missing Hockey night in Canada

[sheeshkabelle 153]

ya they do but the games are only available on two channels..and barely if at all. Versus, which you can only get with those higher end packages or a specific comcast sports channel. and i refuse to pay 100/month for freaking cable...my only other option is to listen to it on the radio but again..its not the same

i did this during the immigration process so i could watch hulu etc..but i can't seem to find the reverse possibility for Canada..tried all sorts of proxies. and justin tv half the time its just a black screen i get

I almost started humming the hockey night in canada theme song today at work..LOL. I grew up in Montreal with a big brother and a father who were absolutely NUTS for montreal canadiens...i actually scared my hubby's family the year teh hawks won the cup...i watched the games at their house and i was all yelling and swearing and freaking out...lol

Versus comes with the mid tier package with Comcast, since Comcast owns every freakin' thing. (GE/NBC Universal etc)

I also have Versus and NHL network with the $65.00 AT&T Uverse package.

Anyone who reads this, check into AT&T Uverse. If it's available in your area. I switched from Comcast and I get better service, faster internet, more channels and it's $100 less a month!

[Flames9_RN 358]

ya they do but the games are only available on two channels..and barely if at all. Versus, which you can only get with those higher end packages or a specific comcast sports channel. and i refuse to pay 100/month for freaking cable...my only other option is to listen to it on the radio but again..its not the same

i did this during the immigration process so i could watch hulu etc..but i can't seem to find the reverse possibility for Canada..tried all sorts of proxies. and justin tv half the time its just a black screen i get

I almost started humming the hockey night in canada theme song today at work..LOL. I grew up in Montreal with a big brother and a father who were absolutely NUTS for montreal canadiens...i actually scared my hubby's family the year teh hawks won the cup...i watched the games at their house and i was all yelling and swearing and freaking out...lol

A few down here in Nicaragua use http://strongvpn.com/ and go out of Montreal. They say the service is very good. I'll be signing up in the next few days

[AlinaH 38]

Streem2watch http://www.stream2watch.me/ has all the games free, it works about 80% of the time and its the canadian feeds most of the time. I know for somting like 160 you can do it for the year at nhl.com and get all the games and all the feeds all the time, and direct tv wants somthing like 250 for nhl center ice and its the same thing all the feeds all the time id like to know how to do the xbox though since im still in AOS the hockey package is a needless expense lol

Thank you for this!!

[J & J 3]

Hey Kimbear, About the Xbox thing, You need to be a Xbox Live member and have a ESPN3 affiliated internet provider. Here is the link to check it out... http://espn.go.com/watchespn/xbox

[Colleens 40]

Not only can I not afford the center ice package, I work a 4pm to 2:30 am shift so I rarely get to see any games. I do get the NHL network and Versus so we do get some games...I am just never home to watch them, and rarely is it my team playing.

As for the Hockey Night in Canada Theme and CBC.....did Hockey Night in Canada not move to CTV a few years ago and CBC had to do a new theme song?

On the weekend I went to our storage unit to pull out some bins of my clothes that I can finally fit back into since having my baby and I found this T-Shirt that I got at walmart a few years ago. It says "I Hockey Night in Canada" and I just happened to wear it today!!

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

Actually, the "Hockey Night In Canada" theme was never actually the Hockey Night In Canada theme. It's actually called "The Hockey Theme", and CBC wasn't willing to fork over the money required by the copyright holder to renew the license. They apparently offered a million dollars. CTV outbid them, and the theme has been for TSN's hockey coverage for the past three years. And TSN's hockey coverage is really second to none. Honestly, that's one of the things I miss most about living in Canada. I'm on TSN's website a few times every day to get all my hockey news.

I never liked CBC, and still contend that the only good programming they've ever had has been HNIC, and Kids in the Hall in the '90's. I tried to watch Being Erica when it first came out, but three or four episodes in, I realized it was pretty crappy too.

[Kimbear 53]

Versus comes with the mid tier package with Comcast, since Comcast owns every freakin' thing. (GE/NBC Universal etc)

I also have Versus and NHL network with the $65.00 AT&T Uverse package.

Anyone who reads this, check into AT&T Uverse. If it's available in your area. I switched from Comcast and I get better service, faster internet, more channels and it's $100 less a month!

Well whenever we get a house LOL, we already decided on probably U-Verse, alot of people we know say good things about it and i hate hate hate with a passion Comcast.

Hey Kimbear, About the Xbox thing, You need to be a Xbox Live member and have a ESPN3 affiliated internet provider. Here is the link to check it out... http://espn.go.com/watchespn/xbox

Oh ho...wonder if there is anything extra, the xbox we got was the 250g bundle with 3 month gold membership. It should come today along with our new Samsung "cough" LED LCD....i just could not refuse the price we got it at lol. I told my husband this is the problem with me working again I just love me some good electronics A/V style LOL

Actually, the "Hockey Night In Canada" theme was never actually the Hockey Night In Canada theme. It's actually called "The Hockey Theme", and CBC wasn't willing to fork over the money required by the copyright holder to renew the license. They apparently offered a million dollars. CTV outbid them, and the theme has been for TSN's hockey coverage for the past three years. And TSN's hockey coverage is really second to none. Honestly, that's one of the things I miss most about living in Canada. I'm on TSN's website a few times every day to get all my hockey news.

I never liked CBC, and still contend that the only good programming they've ever had has been HNIC, and Kids in the Hall in the '90's. I tried to watch Being Erica when it first came out, but three or four episodes in, I realized it was pretty crappy too.

^^^^^^OMG i soo miss kids...used to watch it every Friday before going out for Midnight Bowling. Hubby doesn't quite get it when i pinch my two fingers togethers and say " crush your head" And dont get me started on my fav char..Buddy the barfly!!! lol

[Penny Lane 8,159]

For some reason, NHL Center Ice isn't available in our area so we signed up for NHL GameCenter Live. It's about 19 dollars a month, I think, and we have access to most games. You're also able to pick the feed that you watch, so I always pick the Ottawa one. It's nice to hear the home announcers, and to see the Canadian commercials. We either watch the game on our laptop or we stream it on our PS3. Just as good as watching the game on television!

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

^^^^^^OMG i soo miss kids...used to watch it every Friday before going out for Midnight Bowling. Hubby doesn't quite get it when i pinch my two fingers togethers and say " crush your head" And dont get me started on my fav char..Buddy the barfly!!! lol

Yeah, I've been watching some of it streaming on Netflix. It had been a long time since I'd seen most of the skits (I was a teenager when it was on TV). It was hit and miss, but some of those scenes and characters are so classic. I think my favorite skit comes from the very last episode.

SON: "Daddy, what's that bad man doing to my donkey?"

FATHER: "Son, that's Hitler, and he's #$*@ing your donkey!"

[sheeshkabelle 153]

Well whenever we get a house LOL, we already decided on probably U-Verse, alot of people we know say good things about it and i hate hate hate with a passion Comcast.

Oh ho...wonder if there is anything extra, the xbox we got was the 250g bundle with 3 month gold membership. It should come today along with our new Samsung "cough" LED LCD....i just could not refuse the price we got it at lol. I told my husband this is the problem with me working again I just love me some good electronics A/V style LOL

^^^^^^OMG i soo miss kids...used to watch it every Friday before going out for Midnight Bowling. Hubby doesn't quite get it when i pinch my two fingers togethers and say " crush your head" And dont get me started on my fav char..Buddy the barfly!!! lol

Love love love Uverse. For years all we had for cable providers here was Crumcast. I hated them with a purple passion. It got to the point my bill was almost $300 for TV, phone and internet. I never got the speed of internet I was paying for and was constantly hiccuping, they throttled me three times for going over the '250GB limit'. The cable had issues the entire time we had it. The only thing good about the phone package was Canada was free to call.

The AT&T guy said I'd notice a difference with my TV and internet. Because Comcast compresses their HD so much that the quality is effected, and everyone knows that cable is a 'shared' connection. I thought he was blowing smoke up my #### until I turned on my TV.

It's awesome to watch hockey in true quality HD on an LED TV!!

[Kimbear 53]

Ok so we hooked up the new xbox to the new led tv and our live gold membership i did all the d/l for espn updates etc. was watching some highlights etc on it..guess i'll find out tonight if i can actually watch hodkey eh? hubby is already crying that he wont be able to play halo:reach cuz i'll steal the xbox from him ROFL..noooo i wont..honest!

[Kimbear 53]

Love love love Uverse. For years all we had for cable providers here was Crumcast. I hated them with a purple passion. It got to the point my bill was almost $300 for TV, phone and internet. I never got the speed of internet I was paying for and was constantly hiccuping, they throttled me three times for going over the '250GB limit'. The cable had issues the entire time we had it. The only thing good about the phone package was Canada was free to call.

The AT&T guy said I'd notice a difference with my TV and internet. Because Comcast compresses their HD so much that the quality is effected, and everyone knows that cable is a 'shared' connection. I thought he was blowing smoke up my #### until I turned on my TV.

It's awesome to watch hockey in true quality HD on an LED TV!!

Just read your post to my husband All i could say when he facepalmed was BLAME VJ!!!

he has no idea what hes in for...lol