NEW YORK AND TORONTO – The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) in the present day introduced a lineup of Canadian nationwide broadcast partnerships which can present followers with complete dwell protection of the 2024-25 season. TSN, RDS, and CBC/Radio-Canada will return as companions, whereas the PWHL welcomes Prime Video to the lineup, collectively delivering all 90 video games of the upcoming regular-season, together with unique French-language protection of all 30 Montréal Victoire video games.
PWHL protection begins on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 2:00 p.m. ET when the puck drops between the Toronto Sceptres and the visiting Boston Fleet dwell on CBC, CBC Gem and cbcsports.ca. The opening contest marks the primary of 17 weekly Saturday afternoon video games on the CBC schedule. Later that afternoon, the Montréal Victoire will host the Ottawa Cost at 5:00 p.m. ET dwell on TSN and RDS. The sport is the primary of 57 to be carried by TSN all through the League’s second season. New this season, Prime Video can have unique Canadian protection of all 16 Tuesday evening PWHL video games, starting Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 7:00 p.m. ET when the Cost host the Sceptres. Canadian protection of the semifinal spherical of the PWHL Playoffs might be break up solely between TSN/RDS and Prime Video. TSN and RDS are the unique house of the PWHL Finals.
“The constant visibility and accessibility of PWHL video games in partnership with TSN and RDS, CBC/Radio-Canada, and Prime Video is a win for the League, however most significantly for our followers in Canada,” stated Amy Scheer, PWHL Senior Vice President of Enterprise Operations. “The composition of our Canadian broadcast schedule displays a rising curiosity in girls’s hockey and a dedication from our companions to showcase the PWHL to followers and new audiences on quite a lot of platforms.”
The PWHL will announce its United States broadcast companions, schedule, and expertise at a later date.
PWHL Canadian Broadcast Schedule Abstract:
- TSN can have unique dwell protection of 57 regular-season video games throughout linear channels, TSN+, TSN.ca, and the TSN app.
- CBC can have unique dwell protection of 17 Saturday afternoon video games throughout CBC TV, CBC Gem, and cbcsports.ca.
- Prime Video can have unique dwell protection of all 16 Tuesday evening video games.
- Montréal Victoire video games can even broadcast in French solely on RDS (18), Radio-Canada (6) on ICI TÉLÉ and ICI TOU.TV, and Prime Video (5). Protection of 1 sport continues to be TBD.
- The PWHL Playoffs will open with protection of 1 semifinal sequence solely on TSN and RDS and one semifinal sequence solely on Prime Video.
- The PWHL Finals might be solely on TSN and RDS.
- All video games might be produced by the PWHL.
- Click Here to see the full PWHL Canadian Broadcast Schedule
PWHL Canadian Broadcast Associate Quotes:
“Constructing on the momentum of a traditionally profitable inaugural season, TSN and RDS are extremely proud to work alongside the PWHL because the league enters its sophomore 12 months,” stated Shawn Redmond, VP, Bell Media Sports activities. “As we put together for puck drop on the 2024-25 PWHL season, we’re devoted to delivering probably the most complete broadcast schedule – showcasing the perfect of girls’s hockey with extra video games and unparalleled protection.”
“The primary PWHL season was an incredible success, and CBC/Radio-Canada is happy to associate with the league to broadcast its second season. The general public broadcaster is delighted to help girls’s sport in Canada, and to carry the exploits of those distinctive athletes to Canadians.” – Catherine Tait, President and CEO, CBC/Radio-Canada
“Prime Video is thrilled to announce this new partnership with the Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League, furthering our funding in girls’s sports activities. The PWHL is Canada’s most fun new league and we’re dedicated to assist it increase its viewers throughout the nation,” stated Magda Grace, Head of Prime Video, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. “Including to the rising lineup of dwell sports activities accessible to Prime members at no extra value, Prime Video would be the unique streaming vacation spot for all of the PWHL electrifying motion each Tuesday evening in Canada, with all Montréal Victoire video games accessible in each French and English.”
