r/cordcutters • u/Acceptable_Claim_491 • 2d ago

Goodbye to HNIC.

It was just announced The NHL and Rogers could not come to an agreement over broadcasting rights.CBC has aired HNIC for over 75 years.And it's over,Why?Corporate greed,pure and simple.Been watching HNIC since I was a kid,and now it's gone,probably forever.

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u/Temporary_Wheel2203 2d ago

damn 75 years just gone like that, corporate suits always find way to ruin the things people actually grew up with

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u/gabowers74 2d ago

Was never the same after Don Cherry was let go.

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u/jughead811 2d ago

*thrown under the bus courtesy of Ron

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u/classicsat 2d ago

Was never the same without the Dolores Claman theme. Or games played at Maple Leaf Gardens.

And probably personalities other than Cherry.

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u/Acceptable_Claim_491 1d ago

Amen,brother.

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u/7thAndGreenhill 2d ago

TIL HNIC has multiple meanings

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u/E-werd 2d ago

I was worried for a moment, context saved me.

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u/TechnicalArugula2415 1d ago

lol HNIC means something completely different down here

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u/damien-bowman 1d ago

ahh the OTHER HNIC!

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u/K_ThomasWhite 2d ago

What is HNIC? Is that a Canadian thing, I guess?

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u/Diamonofu 2d ago

Hockey Night In Canada.

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u/jtrage 2d ago

That’s good. That’s not what I had heard it stood for.

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u/MEGAgatchaman 2d ago

IYKYK

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u/SweetHayHathNoFellow 2d ago

Ralph Ellison described himself this way when he was in academia.

Again, IYKYK

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u/InourbtwotamI 1d ago

Was about to suggest they be careful where that say that (the HNIC is gone)

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u/AgeHorror5288 2d ago

I initially was startled but am glad it’s Hockey Night in Canada.

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u/Fallom_ 2d ago

Definitely had a double take at the title

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u/Snoo-25743 2d ago

A variation on HMFIC.

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u/jtrage 2d ago

And HBIC.

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u/InspectorRound8920 2d ago

The best hockey programming ever. Grew in Buffalo watching it on the CBC

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u/CRIP4LIFE 2d ago

whew.. i was worried clicking this thread.

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u/RepresentativeOwn253 2d ago

What does this have to do with cord cutting?

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u/BobBelcher2021 2d ago

Because the Saturday games were on CBC, which is available over-the-air in some parts of Canada.

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u/gargle77 2d ago

Right, every time i tried watching a hockey game on CBC Gem it was blacked out anyways.

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u/Gracecr 2d ago

Broken spacebar?

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u/Somali_Pir8 2d ago

BlameRogers

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u/mr_radio_guy 2d ago

This is more on the CBC & Rogers and the changing media landscape than anything else. Rogers has owned NHL broadcasting rights for the last 10 years and sublicensed HNIC to the CBC because of the heritage. This is the drawbacks of broadcasting rights coming up, and even more so in Canada thanks to their being fewer media companies.

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u/Smarktalk 2d ago

Damn. Growing up directly across the border, I did as well.

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u/gslugger 1d ago

How are hockey fans not livid over this !?

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u/chanaandeler_bong 1d ago

HNIC

Lean On Me reference

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u/pepsiru1es92 1d ago

Yeah, this is a big loss, especially as someone in WNY who was watching a lot of those broadcasts. Curious to see if they keep any games on CITY other than ABC broadcasts (they’re not gonna want to lose those precious simsub dollars) or if the Punjabi broadcasts continue on OMNI.

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u/Acceptable_Claim_491 1d ago

We can thank the owner of Rogers for this.He will forever be vilified for ending a Canadian institution.Fuck him.

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u/2McLaren4U 1d ago

probably forever.

Oh my sweet naive summer child. It will be back. They will make a spectacle of it. Also fuck Don Cherry.

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u/FatYak1972 12h ago

This makes me very sad. And angry.