PWHL to air weekly games on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada
With NHL games gone from the Saturday slot, the women's league is set to take over the historic broadcast brand.
What to know
- NHL games left Hockey Night in Canada, prompting CBC to say it would keep the brand alive in another form.
- Reporting indicates PWHL games will now air weekly on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada starting with the season beginning in December.
- The move helps CBC fill roughly seven hours of Saturday night programming previously occupied by NHL broadcasts.
- PWHL has grown rapidly, drawing over a million fans in 2025-26 and expanding to 12 teams, including five Canadian franchises that stand to benefit most.
PWHL Professional Women's Hockey LeagueCBC Canadian public broadcasterJustin Levine PWHL reporterSportsnet NHL's new Canadian broadcast partner
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Hockey commentators and fans spread the news online
Social media accounts amplified the report that Hockey Night in Canada would feature PWHL games next season, drawing hundreds of engagements.
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Reports say PWHL games will air on Hockey Night in Canada — PWHL reporter Justin Levine and a second source confirmed to Offside that the announcement concerns a Canadian broadcast collaboration reviving Hockey Night in Canada as a weekly primetime platform for PWHL regular season games.
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PWHL calls press conference for 'major announcement' — The PWHL invited reporters to a press conference at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on Thursday morning, telling them in an email it would make a 'major announcement.'
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NHL games leave Hockey Night in Canada — NHL broadcasts moved off Hockey Night in Canada, with CBC saying the brand itself would remain under its ownership even as the league departed.