List of Stanley Cup playoffs broadcasters (Original Six era)

The Original Six are the six teams (Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs) that composed the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 25 seasons between the 1942–43 season and the 1967 NHL Expansion. The name is something of a misnomer, since there were other NHL franchises that ceased operations before 1942, including some that were founded before some of the Original Six. The term dates from the 1967 expansion which added six new franchises; hence the six expansion teams and the "Original Six".

Canadian television coverage

In the 1952–53 season, CBC began televising Hockey Night in Canada as a simulcast to the radio calls, joining the games in progress either 30 minutes or 60 minutes after the opening faceoff. Until 1961, the CBC was the only operating television network in Canada. Not only that, it was likely that not all Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens playoff games were televised in the early years, including to their local markets.

Year Round Series Games covered Play-by-play Color commentators
1953 Semifinals Montréal-Chicago Games 1–2, 5–7 (joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan
1954 Semifinals Detroit-Toronto Games 3–4 (joined-in-progress) Foster Hewitt
Montréal-Boston Games 1–2 (joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan
1955 Semifinals Detroit-Toronto Games 3–4 (joined-in-progress) Foster Hewitt
Montréal-Boston Games 1–2, 5 (joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan
1956 Semifinals Montréal-New York Rangers Games 1–5 (joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan
Detroit-Toronto Games 3–5 (joined-in-progress) Foster Hewitt
1957 Semifinals Montréal-New York Rangers Games 1–5 (Games 3–5 joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan
1958 Semifinals Montréal-Detroit Games 1–4 (joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan
New York Rangers-Boston Games 3, 6 (joined-in-progress) Foster Hewitt (Game 3)
Danny Gallivan (Game 6)
1959 Semifinals Boston-Toronto Games 1–7 (joined-in-progress) Bill Hewitt Foster Hewitt
Montréal-Chicago Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan
1960 Semifinals Montréal-Chicago Games 1–4 (joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan
Toronto-Detroit Games 1–6 (joined-in-progress) Bill Hewitt Foster Hewitt
1961 Semifinals Montréal-Chicago Games 1–6 (Games 1–2, 5 joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan Keith Dancy (in Montréal)
Toronto-Detroit Games 1–5 (Games 1–2, 5 joined-in progress) Bill Hewitt Foster Hewitt (in Toronto)
1962 Semifinals Montréal-Chicago Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan Keith Dancy
Toronto-New York Rangers Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress) Bill Hewitt Jack Dennett (in Toronto)
1963 Semifinals Toronto-Montréal Games 1–5 (joined-in-progress) Bill Hewitt (in Toronto)
Danny Gallivan (in Montreal)

Keith Dancy (in Montreal)
Chicago-Detroit Game 6 Bill Hewitt
1964 Semifinals Montréal-Toronto Games 1–7 (Games 1–6 joined-in-progress) Danny Gallivan (in Montreal)
Bill Hewitt (in Toronto)
Keith Dancy (in Montreal)
Brian McFarlane (in Toronto)
Chicago-Detroit Games 2, 5 (joined-in-progress) Bill Hewitt Brian McFarlane
1965 Semifinals Detroit-Chicago Games 2, 5, 7 (Games 2, 5 joined-in-progress) Bill Hewitt Brian McFarlane (Game 7)
Montréal-Toronto Games 1–6 (joined-in progress) Danny Gallivan (in Montreal)
Bill Hewitt (in Toronto)
Keith Dancy (in Montreal)
Brian McFarlane (in Toronto)
1966 Semifinals Montréal-Toronto Games 1–4 Danny Gallivan (in Montreal)
Bill Hewitt (in Toronto)
Keith Dancy (in Montreal)
Brian McFarlane (in Toronto)
Chicago-Detroit Games 5–6 Bill Hewitt Brian McFarlane
1967 Semifinals Chicago-Toronto Games 1–6 (Games 1–4, 6 joined-in progress) Bill Hewitt Brian McFarlane
Montréal-New York Rangers Games 1–4 Danny Gallivan Dan Kelly (in Montréal)
Dick Irvin Jr. (in New York)

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American television coverage

There was no American network television coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs until 1965–66 (which also marked the first telecasts of an NHL game in color), the second to last season of the Original Six era. The earliest known American television coverage of any kind occurred in 1956, when Games 3 and 5 of the Montréal-New York Rangers playoff series were televised in the New York area on WPIX 11 at 9 p.m. local time. Bud Palmer worked play-by-play for those games on WPIX while and Jack McCarthy hosted from the studio.

Year Round Series Games covered Network Play-by-play Color commentators
1966 Semifinals Games 2, 5 Chicago-Detroit NBC Win Elliot Bill Mazer
1967 Semifinals Game 5 Toronto-Chicago CBS Jim Gordon Stu Nahan

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