Sea Dogs game to air on CBC

The Saint John Sea Dogs will appear on national television at least once this season.

The CHL announced the 2021-22 CBC broadcast schedule on Thursday, which features six games airing nationally in October and November.

The games, which will all air on Saturdays at 4 p.m. Atlantic (conveniently before Hockey Night in Canada), include the Sea Dogs visiting the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Nov. 6. Drummondville has always been a popular spot for national broadcasts.

The other QMJHL game to air will see the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies taking on the Shawinigan Cataractes on Oct. 9.

The first game CBC will broadcast is on Oct. 2 when the Prince Albert Raiders visit Connor Bedard and the Regina Pats. The full CBC schedule can be found on the CHL website.

The CHL news release notes that "in addition to being broadcast on CBC TV, all six games will also be available via CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and the free CBC Gem streaming service. Beginning in November, CBC Gem, CBCSports.ca and the CBC Sports app will offer live streaming coverage of one CHL game per week through the end of the regular season. The schedule for these games will be confirmed in the coming weeks."

No further details on CBC's broadcasts - like who will be doing play-by-play - have been released. This will be the first year of a "multi-platform, multi-year broadcast rights partnership" between the CHL and CBC.

TSN will also be airing CHL games nationally this year.

The CHL also confirmed the pricing for CHL TV on Thursday. Seasons passes, monthly passes and single-day passes will all be available for purchase. "The high-quality CHL TV streaming service is available on the Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV platforms, via mobile with iOS and Android, and the Safari and Google Chrome web browsers," reads a news release.