Hockey Day in Canada

**Grace** · 02-21-2009, 11:29 AM

For all hockey lovers out there, today is Hockey Day in Canada.

While we live close enough to Windsor to get CBC on our roof antenna, we also have DirecTV. The NHL Channel is carrying every minute of it.

**phesina** · 02-21-2009, 01:53 PM

You mean there is a special "Day" for hockey in Canada? I thought every day was hockey day there! What goes on on Hockey Day?

I don't get Channel 9 from Windsor well enough here to actually watch it. I do listen to the CBC radio station from Windsor most of the time, but I haven't heard anything about that from them (or maybe it just didn't sink in?). Right now there is an opera on.

**Karen** · 02-21-2009, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by phesina

You mean there is a special "Day" for hockey in Canada? I thought every day was hockey day there!

My thoughts exactly!

**Grace** · 02-21-2009, 02:35 PM

HERE you go. They explain it so much better than I can.

This is held every year in February. Lots of footage, early on, of small town hockey from around the nation.

**phesina** · 02-21-2009, 07:30 PM

Thank you. I think it sounds really neat. What fun! A good time to be had by all.

I'd heard before of "Hockey night in Canada" but thought that just an expression sort of like the film "Friday night lights" about the whole town coming out for the local or nearby teams, high school, minor league, major league, whatever.

**Grace** · 02-21-2009, 07:41 PM

Hockey Night in Canada is on every Saturday night. Starts at 6:30pm with pre-game hype. Game begins at 7pm, and another usually follows around 10pm.

You haven't seen anything until you've seen Don Cherry in one of his jackets!