{"id":918085,"date":"2026-10-02T17:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/918085\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:24:11","slug":"cbc-radio-canada-reveals-pwhl-broadcast-schedule-league-announces-playoff-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/918085\/","title":{"rendered":"CBC\/Radio-Canada reveals PWHL broadcast schedule, league announces playoff expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CBC\/Radio-Canada unveiled its broadcast schedule Friday for the upcoming PWHL season, which features more games on the network than ever before.<\/p>\n

A total of 26 matchups will be available on CBC TV and CBC Gem, including eight Hockey Night in Canada primetime games on Saturday nights.\u00a0Earlier this week, CBC announced that Hockey Night in Canada will return in partnership with the PWHL for its 90th season on CBC.<\/p>\n

Coverage begins with the PWHL’s season-opening game between the Vancouver Goldeneyes and Seattle Torrent on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Hockey Night In Canada returns with the PWHL:\"\"<\/p>\n

Hockey Night in Canada returns with the PWHL<\/p>\n

Hockey Night in Canada is set to return to CBC this fall, this time showcasing women\u2019s hockey. Starting Dec. 5, CBC will air eight Saturday night PWHL games. The partnership could bring a much bigger audience to the expanding women’s league.<\/p>\n

The action continues at 7 p.m. ET when the first-ever women\u2019s hockey game will be featured on CBC\u2019s Hockey Night in Canada. That game features the reigning Walter Cup champion Montr\u00e9al Victoire hosting PWHL Hamilton.<\/p>\n

CBC\u2019s Hockey Night in Canada 2026-27 Schedule (times subject to change)<\/p>\n

Dec. 5\t\tHamilton vs Montr\u00e9al\t7 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PCTDec. 12\t\tBoston vs Toronto\t\t7 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PCTDec. 26\t\tToronto vs Hamilton\t\t7 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PCTJan. 2\t\tNew York vs Vancouver\t7 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PCTJan. 23\t\tMinnesota vs Vancouver\t7 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PCTFeb. 20\t\tSeattle vs Toronto\t\t7 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PCTFeb. 27\t\tVancouver vs Boston\t\t7 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PCTApril 3\t\tDetroit vs Montr\u00e9al\t\t7 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PCT<\/p>\n

PWHL on CBC 2026-27 Schedule<\/p>\n

Dec. 5\t\tSeattle vs Vancouver\t\t3 p.m. ET\/1 p.m. PCTDec. 12\t\tSan Jose vs Montr\u00e9al\t2 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTDec. 19\t\tVancouver vs Detroit\t\t2 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTDec. 26\t\tOttawa vs Montr\u00e9al\t\t2 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTJan. 9\t\tToronto vs Boston\t\t2 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTJan. 16\t\tHamilton vs Vancouver\t3 p.m. ET\/1 p.m. PCTJan. 23\t\tBoston vs Montr\u00e9al\t\t2 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTJan. 30\t\tToronto vs Hamilton\t\t2 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTFeb. 6\t\tMontr\u00e9al vs Ottawa\t\t2 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTFeb. 13\t\tVancouver vs San Jose\t1 p.m. ET\/11 a.m. PCTFeb. 20\t\tMontr\u00e9al vs Boston\t\t3 p.m. ET\/1 p.m. PCTFeb. 27\t\tMinnesota vs Toronto\t2 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTMarch 13\t\tSan Jose vs Vancouver\t3 p.m. ET\/1 p.m. PCTMarch 20\t\tDetroit vs Minnesota\t\t3 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTMarch 27\t\tToronto vs Montr\u00e9al\t\t2 p.m. ET\/11 a.m. PCTApril 3\t\t\tHamilton vs Ottawa\t\t2 p.m. ET\/11 a.m. PCTApril 10\t\tHamilton vs Boston\t\t3 p.m. ET\/12 p.m. PCTApril 17 \t\tTBA\t\t\t\tTBA<\/p>\n

The PWHL also announced Friday that it is establishing Eastern and Western conferences this season and increasing the number of playoff teams from four to eight. <\/p>\n

The Eastern Conference teams will include the Boston Fleet, Hamilton, the Montreal Victoire, the New York Sirens, the Ottawa Charge and the Toronto Sceptres. Western Conference clubs include Detroit, Las Vegas, the Minnesota Frost, San Jose, the Seattle Torrent and the Vancouver Goldeneyes.<\/p>\n

Each team will play 30 regular-season games, including 18 within its conference and 12 interconference games.\u00a0 The top four teams in each conference will qualify for the playoffs. Best-of-three first-round series will be followed by best-of-five conference finals and then a best-of-five league final for the Walter Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WATCH | ‘Exciting’ for girls to see women’s players on HNIC, PWHL’s Brianne Jenner says:\"\"<\/p>\n

Brianne Jenner on the return of Hockey Night in Canada featuring the PWHL<\/p>\n

The PWHL Hamilton forward shares her favourite Hockey Night in Canada memories and her reaction to women’s hockey being featured on the historic CBC program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-918085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}