In much of Ontario and points west the show featured the Maple Leafs and were hosted by Gordon Calder with play-by-play announcer Foster Hewitt and colour man was Percy Lesueur.
The great popularity of the radio show (and its announcer Foster Hewitt) across Canada made it an obvious choice for early Canadian network television programming.
It has been claimed that during the late 1930s, Hockey Night In Canada was the most popular Saturday-night radio show during the fall and winter months in much of the northern United States.
Mutual would follow this up by broadcasting Wednesday night New York Rangers home games in early 1956.
In 1989,[5] the NHL signed a two-year contract (lasting through the 1990–91 season) with ABC Radio for the broadcast rights to the All-Star Game and Stanley Cup Finals.
[6][7] ABC Radio named Don Chevrier[8][9][10][11] and Phil Esposito[12] as their main commentating crew.
[13][14] One year later, the Global Sports Network obtained[15][16] the national radio broadcasting rights to the All-Star Game and Stanley Cup Finals.
[22] On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, NBC Sports Radio was granted rights to broadcast[23] and syndicate the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals.