List of Hockey Night in Canada commentating crews (1990s)

Throughout this period, Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts started at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto in the regular season and the first two rounds. However, on-site broadcasts began in the final two rounds of the playoffs, including the Stanley Cup Finals. Ron MacLean and Don Cherry hosted the national broadcast, the main Conference Final, the Stanley Cup Finals, and Coach's Corner across Canada while Scott Russell and one of Rick Bowness, Greg Millen, or Kelly Hrudey hosted the other Conference Final. Meanwhile, game reporters/hosts were sent to games during the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs. Scott Russell hosted the Montreal Canadiens games, Steve Armitage hosts the Western Canada and Vancouver Canucks games. Meanwhile, Tom Harrington either the Calgary Flames or Edmonton Oilers games from Alberta while Scott Oake hosted the Eastern Canada and Winnipeg Jets games. In those instances, the game host/reporter interviews the players and coaches during the intermissions.

Stanley Cup playoffs

Year	Round	Series	Games covered	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1990	Divisional Semifinals	Buffalo-Montreal	Games 1–6	Dick Irvin Jr. (Games 1–4) Bob Cole (Games 5–6)	Scotty Bowman (Games 1–5) Dick Irvin Jr. (Games 5–6) John Garrett (Game 6)
		St. Louis-Torornto	Games 1–5	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Calgary-Los Angeles	Games 1–6	Chris Cuthbert	Jim Peplinski (Games 1–5) Harry Neale (Game 6)
		Edmonton-Winnipeg	Games 1–7	Don Wittman	John Garrett
	Divisional Finals	Boston-Montreal	Games 1–5	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin Jr.
		New York Rangers-Washington	Game 2 (from Boston)	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Edmonton-Los Angeles	Games 1–4	Don Wittman	John Garrett
		Chicago-St. Louis	Games 5–7	Don Wittman	Scotty Bowman
	Conference Finals	Boston-Washington	Games 1–4	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Edmonton-Chicago	Games 1–6	Don Wittman	Scotty Bowman
1991	Divisional Semifinals	Montreal-Buffalo	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Los Angeles-Vancouver	Games 1–6	Don Wittman	John Garrett
		Calgary-Edmonton	Games 1–7	Chris Cuthbert	Jim Peplinski
	Divisional Finals	Boston-Montreal	Games 1–7	Bob Cole	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Los Angeles-Edmonton	Games 1–6	Don Wittman	Harry Neale
	Conference Finals	Boston-Pittsburgh	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Edmonton-Minnesota	Games 1–5	Don Wittman	Harry Neale
1992	Divisional Semifinals	Montreal-Hartford	Games 1–7	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Vancouver-Winnipeg	Games 1–7	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
		Los Angeles-Edmonton	Games 1–6	Don Wittman	Jim Peplinski
	Divisional Finals	Montreal-Boston	Games 1–4	Bob Cole	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		New York Rangers-Pittsburgh	Games 5–6	Bob Cole	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Detroit-Chicago	Game 1	Don Wittman	Jim Peplinski
		Vancouver-Edmonton	Games 1–6	Chris Cuthbert	Harry Neale
	Conference Finals	Pittsburgh-Boston	Games 1–4	Bob Cole	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Chicago-Edmonton	Games 1–4<ref>Chicago Blackhawks Edmonton Oilers May 22, 1992 Game 4 Highlights on YouTube</ref>	Don Wittman	Harry Neale
1993	Divisional Semifinals	Quebec-Montreal	Games 1–6	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Detroit-Toronto	Games 1–7	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Vancouver-Winnipeg	Games 1–6	Steve Armitage	John Garrett
		Calgary-Los Angeles	Games 1–6	Don Wittman	Jim Peplinski
	Divisional Finals	Montreal-Buffalo	Games 1–4	Bob Cole (Game 1) Chris Cuthbert (Games 2–4)	Dick Irvin Jr. Harry Neale (Game 1) John Garrett (Games 2–4)
		Pittsburgh-New York Islanders	Games 5–7	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Torornto-St. Louis	Games 1–7	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Vancouver-Los Angeles	Games 1–6	Don Wittman	John Garrett
	Conference Finals	Montreal-New York Islanders	Games 1–5	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Toronto-Los Angeles	Games 1–7	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
1994	Conference Quarterfinals	Boston-Montreal	Games 1–7	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Calgary-Vancouver	Games 1–7	Don Wittman	Jim Peplinski
		Toronto-Chicago	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
	Conference Semifinals	New York Rangers-Washington	Games 1–5	Bob Cole (Game 1) Chris Cuthbert (Games 2–5)	Harry Neale (Game 1) John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr. (Games 2–5)
		New Jersey-Boston	Games 1, 6	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Toronto-San Jose	Games 1–7	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Dallas-Vancouver	Games 1–5	Don Wittman	Jim Peplinski
	Conference Finals	New York Rangers-New Jersey	Games 1–7	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Toronto-Vancouver	Games 1–5	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
1995	Conference Quarterfinals	Quebec-New York Rangers	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Calgary-San Jose	Games 1–7	Ken Daniels	Brian Hayward
		St. Louis-Vancouver	Games 1–7	Don Wittman	Greg Millen
		Chicago-Toronto	Games 1–7	Chris Cuthbert	Harry Neale
	Conference Semifinals	Philadelphia-New York Rangers	Games 1–4	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Pittsburgh-New Jersey	Games 1, 5	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Chicago-Vancouver	Games 1–4	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Detroit-San Jose	Game 4	Don Wittman	Brian Hayward
	Conference Finals	Philadelphia-New Jersey	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Detroit-Chicago	Games 1–5	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
1996	Conference Quarterfinals	New York Rangers-Montreal	Games 1–6	Dick Irvin Jr.	Greg Millen
		Florida-Boston	Game 3	Don Wittman	Greg Millen
		Detroit-Winnipeg	Games 1–6	Don Wittman	Brian Hayward
		Colorado-Vancouver	Games 1–6	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
		Chicago-Calgary	Games 1–4	Ken Daniels	Jim Peplinski
		Toronto-St. Louis	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
	Conference Semifinals	Philadelphia-Florida	Games 1–4	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
		Pittsburgh-New York Rangers	Game 5	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
		Detroit-St. Louis	Games 1–7	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Colorado-Chicago	Games 2–3, 5–6	Ken Daniels	Greg Millen
	Conference Finals	Pittsburgh-Florida	Games 1–7	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
		Detroit-Colorado	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
1997	Conference Quarterfinals	New Jersey-Montreal	Games 1–5	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Buffalo-Ottawa	Games 1–7	Ken Daniels	Greg Millen
		Florida-New York Rangers	Game 2	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
		Dallas-Edmonton	Games 1–7	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Colorado-Chicago	Game 6	Don Wittman	Brian Hayward
	Conference Semifinals	New Jersey-New York Rangers	Games 2–5	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
		Buffalo-Philadelphia	Games 1–2	Ken Daniels	Greg Millen
		Colorado-Edmonton	Games 1–5	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
	Conference Finals	Philadelphia-New York Rangers	Games 1–5	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Colorado-Detroit	Games 1–6	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
1998	Conference Quarterfinals	New Jersey-Ottawa	Games 1–6	Chris Cuthbert	Harry Neale
		Pittsburgh-Montreal	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Greg Millen and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Colorado-Edmonton	Games 1–7	Don Wittman	John Garrett
		Washington-Boston	Game 6	Chris Cuthbert	Harry Neale
	Conference Semifinals	Washington-Ottawa	Games 1–5	Chris Cuthbert	Harry Neale
		Buffalo-Montreal	Games 1–4	Bob Cole	Greg Millen and Dick Irvin Jr.
		Dallas-Edmonton	Games 1–5	Don Wittman	John Garrett
		Detroit-St. Louis	Games 5–6	Bob Cole	Greg Millen and Dick Irvin Jr.
	Conference Finals	Washington-Buffalo	Games 1–6	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
		Dallas-Detroit	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
1999	Conference Quarterfinals	Ottawa-Buffalo	Games 1–4	Chris Cuthbert	John Davidson (Games 1–2, 4) Dick Irvin Jr. (Game 3)
		Toronto-Philadelphia	Games 1–6	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Dallas-Edmonton	Games 1–4	Don Wittman	Patrick Flatley
		Phoenix-St. Louis	Games 5–7	Don Wittman	Marc Crawford (Games 5, 7) Dick Irvin Jr. (Game 6)
		New Jersey-Pittsburgh	Game 7	Chris Cuthbert	John Davidson
	Conference Semifinals	Toronto-Pittsburgh	Games 1–6	Bob Cole (Games 1, 5–6) Chris Cuthbert (Games 2–4)	Harry Neale
		Boston-Buffalo	Game 4	Don Wittman	Brian Hayward
		Dallas-St. Louis	Games 1–4	Chris Cuthbert (in Dallas) Don Wittman (in St. Louis)	John Davidson (Games 1, 3–4) Brian Hayward (Game 2)
		Colorado-Detroit	Games 2, 5–6	Don Wittman (Game 2) Chris Cuthbert (Games 5–6)	Dick Irvin Jr. (Game 2) Brian Hayward (Game 5) John Davidson (Game 6)
	Conference Finals	Toronto-Buffalo	Games 1–5	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
		Dallas-Colorado	Games 1–7	Chris Cuthbert	Brian Hayward (Games 1, 5) John Davidson (Games 2–4, 6–7)

Notes

• 1990 – According to Dick Irvin Jr.'s My 26 Stanley Cups book, the play-by-play man for the Sabres-Canadiens series, detailed in full that he received a call from the CBC Sports executives the day before Game 5 of the series in Buffalo and was told that should the Toronto Maple Leafs be eliminated from the playoffs, they would be sending Bob Cole to do play-by-play for the rest of the series, and Irvin would do colour commentary along with Scotty Bowman. As the Leafs were eliminated, CBC sent Cole to Buffalo for Game 5, and Irvin, who didn't like the idea of being replaced in the middle of a series, said he didn't want anything to do with the broadcast and sat out the rest of the series, but he was back to do colour commentary for the next round. Scotty Bowman worked Game 5 with Bob Cole but then called in "sick" (or something like that) for Game 6 in Montreal since he wasn't happy either about the way Irvin had been pushed aside. So John Garrett was flown into Montreal on last-minute notice to do colour commentary for Game 6.
• 1991 – Game 2 of the Bruins-Penguins series was joined in progress at 9 PM as CBC aired the final episode of the prime-time soap Dallas.
• 1994 – The conferences were renamed from Campbell and Wales to Western and Eastern respectively, and the divisions' names were renamed from Adams, Patrick, Norris, and Smythe to Northeast, Atlantic, Central, and Pacific respectively. New league commissioner Gary Bettman, who had previously worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA), thought the old names were confusing to non-traditional fans and believed that a change to geographically named divisions, as used in the NBA and most other North American professional sports, were more easily understandable to new fans. In addition, the playoff format was changed to a conference-based seeding over division-specific brackets: the division winners were seeded 1–2 by point total order while the top 6 remaining teams in the conference were seeded 3–8. However, unlike the NBA, the NHL matched the highest-seeded winners against the lowest-seeded winners in the second round. To reduce the number of long trips to and from the West Coast, whenever a Central Division team played a Pacific Division team in the playoffs, the format was 2–3–2 rather than the traditional 2–2–1–1–1, a format that was only used for the 1993–94 season.
• 1999 – With the addition of the expansion Nashville Predators, the NHL realigned this year to a strictly geographic six-division structure (three per conference), erasing the last vestiges of the traditional Adams/Patrick/Norris/Smythe four-division structure abandoned in 1993–94. Other than the reassignment of Colorado to the Western Conference in 1995 due to its move from Quebec, the divisions' membership had remained static for five years although several franchises had relocated. As part of this realignment, the Toronto Maple Leafs moved from the Western Conference to the Eastern Conference. This put three of the Original Six teams and the three original cities of the NHL in the Northeast (Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto). In addition, the playoff format was changed: the division winners were seeded 1–3 by point total order while the five remaining teams in each conference were seeded 4–8. No change from the rules that were enforced in 1994.

See also

• List of Hockey Night in Canada commentators

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