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This in return, was the first time ever that a National Hockey League game was played on a Sunday afternoon in Montreal. In the United States, the clinching game of the 1966 Stanley Cup Finals on the evening of Thursday, May 5 aired on RKO General's stations, such as WOR-TV in New York City and WHCT in Hartford, Connecticut.
2 1960s. 3 1970s. 4 1980s. 5 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of shows from the network era. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English.
1956–1960 (regular season games only) 1967–1972 (playoffs only in 1967) 1976 (Two weekend games of the Super Series only) 1979 (Game 2 of the Challenge Cup only) 1980 (Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals only) NBC: 1966 (playoffs only) 1972–1975 1990–1994 (All-Star Game only) 2005–2021: RKO General: 1966 (Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals ...
The National Hockey League (NHL) is shown on national television in the United States and Canada. With 25 teams in the U.S. and 7 in Canada, the NHL is the only one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada that maintains separate national broadcasters in each country, each producing separate telecasts of a slate of regular season games, playoff games, and ...
The National Hockey League has never fared as well on American television in comparison to the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, or the National Football League, although that has begun to change, with NBC's broadcasts of the final games of the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 Stanley Cup Finals scoring some of the best ratings ever enjoyed by the sport on American television.
The season was marked by important changes in the NHL, as Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante, like Clint Benedict before him, began to wear a mask in hockey games. Plante, who had asthma -related problems throughout his career, first began wearing a mask in practice shortly after a sinus operation in 1957 .
The 1960–61 NHL season was the 44th season of the National Hockey League.The Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals four games to two to win the Stanley Cup.
The 1960–61 AHL season was the 25th season of the American Hockey League. Seven teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The All-Star Game was not played, and put on hold until resurrected in the 1994–95 AHL season. The Springfield Indians finished first overall again in the regular season, and won their second Calder Cup championship.