Year
|
Round
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Series
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Games covered
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Play-by-play
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Colour commentator(s)
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1980
|
First round
|
Philadelphia-Edmonton
|
Games 1, 3
|
Bob Cole (in Philadelphia) Don Wittman (in Edmonton)
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Gary Dornhoefer (in Philadelphia) Gerry Pinder (in Edmonton)
|
Buffalo-Vancouver
|
Games 1–4
|
Don Wittman (in Buffalo) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)
|
Gerry Pinder (in Buffalo) Howie Meeker (in Vancouver)
|
Montréal-Hartford
|
Games 1, 3
|
Danny Gallivan
|
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Boston-Pittsburgh
|
Game 5
|
Jim Robson
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Minnesota-Toronto
|
Games 1, 3
|
Bill Hewitt (in Minnesota) Bob Cole (in Toronto)
|
Brian McFarlane (in Minnesota) Gary Dornhoefer (in Toronto)
|
Quarterfinals
|
Montréal-Minnesota
|
Games 1–7[1]
|
Danny Gallivan
|
Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Semifinals
|
Philadelphia-Minnesota
|
Games 4–5
|
Dan Kelly (first half of Game 4) Jim Robson (second half of Game 4) Don Wittman (Game 5)
|
Gerry Pinder (Game 4) Dick Irvin Jr. (Game 5)
|
Buffalo-New York Islanders
|
Games 1–3, 6[2][3]
|
Bob Cole (Games 1–2 entirely; first half of Game 6) Jim Robson (first half of Game 3) Dan Kelly (2nd half of Games 3 and 6)
|
Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1–2, 6) Gerry Pinder (Game 3)
|
1981
|
First round
|
New York Islanders-Toronto
|
Games 1–3[4]
|
Bill Hewitt (in New York) Bob Cole (in Toronto)
|
Gary Dornhoefer and Chico Resch
|
Montréal-Edmonton
|
Games 1–3
|
Danny Gallivan
|
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Buffalo-Vancouver
|
Games 1–3
|
Don Wittman (in Buffalo) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)
|
Howie Meeker
|
Philadelphia-Québec
|
Games 4–5
|
Bob Cole
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Calgary-Chicago
|
Games 1–3
|
Bob Cole (in Calgary) Don Wittman (in Chicago)
|
Gerry Pinder
|
Quarterfinals
|
New York Islanders-Edmonton
|
Games 1–6
|
Danny Gallivan (in New York) Don Wittman (in Edmonton)
|
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr. (in New York) Gary Dornhoefer (Games 3–4) Gerry Pinder (Games 6)
|
Philadelphia-Calgary
|
Games 1–7
|
Bob Cole
|
Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1–2, 5–7) Gerry Pinder (Games 3–4)
|
Semifinals
|
Calgary-Minnesota
|
Games 1–6
|
Jim Robson (in Calgary) Don Wittman (in Minnesota)
|
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr. (in Calgary) Gary Dornhoefer and Chico Resch (in Minnesota)
|
1982
|
Divisional semifinals
|
Montréal-Québec
|
Games 1–5
|
Danny Gallivan
|
Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1, 3–4) Bobby Hull (in Montréal) Dick Irvin Jr. (Games 2–5)
|
Winnipeg-St. Louis
|
Games 1–4
|
Don Wittman
|
Mickey Redmond
|
Edmonton-Los Angeles
|
Games 1–5
|
Bob Cole
|
Don Cherry Gary Dornhoefer (Game 5)
|
Vancouver-Calgary
|
Games 1–3
|
Jim Robson (in Vancouver) Dave Hodge (in Calgary)
|
Howie Meeker
|
Divisional finals
|
Boston-Québec
|
Games 1–7[5]
|
Bob Cole
|
Mickey Redmond Don Cherry (Games 1–2) Bobby Hull (in Québec) Dick Irvin Jr. (Games 5–7)
|
Vancouver-Los Angeles
|
Games 1–5
|
Jim Robson (in Vancouver) Don Wittman (in Los Angeles)
|
Gary Dornhoefer Howie Meeker (in Vancouver)
|
Conference finals
|
New York Islanders-Québec
|
Games 1–4
|
Danny Gallivan
|
Dick Irvin Jr. Don Cherry (in New York) Bobby Hull (in Québec)
|
Chicago-Vancouver
|
Games 1–5
|
Don Wittman (in Chicago) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)
|
Gary Dornhoefer Howie Meeker (in Vancouver) Bobby Hull (Game 5)
|
1983
|
Divisional semifinals
|
Montréal-Buffalo
|
Games 1–3
|
Danny Gallivan
|
Don Cherry and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Minnesota-Toronto
|
Games 1–4
|
Bob Cole
|
Mickey Redmond
|
Edmonton-Winnipeg
|
Games 1–3
|
John Wells (in Edmonton) Don Wittman (in Winnipeg)
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Calgary-Vancouver
|
Games 1–4
|
Don Wittman (in Calgary) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)
|
Howie Meeker
|
Divisional finals
|
New York Islanders-New York Rangers
|
Game 6
|
Bob Cole
|
Mickey Redmond and Don Cherry
|
Edmonton-Calgary
|
Games 1–5
|
Jim Robson
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Conference finals
|
Boston-New York Islanders
|
Games 2–3, 5–6
|
Danny Gallivan
|
Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Edmonton-Chicago[6]
|
Games 1–4
|
Jim Robson (in Edmonton) Bob Cole (in Chicago)
|
Gary Dornhoefer (in Edmonton) Mickey Redmond (in Chicago)
|
1984
|
Divisional semifinals
|
Boston-Montréal
|
Games 1–3
|
Danny Gallivan
|
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
New York Islanders-New York Rangers
|
Games 4–5[7]
|
Bob Cole
|
Dick Irvin Jr. and Don Cherry
|
Edmonton-Winnipeg
|
Games 1–3
|
Bob Cole
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Calgary-Vancouver
|
Games 1–4
|
Don Wittman (in Calgary) Jim Robson (in Vancouver)
|
Howie Meeker
|
Division finals
|
Québec-Montréal
|
Games 1–6[8]
|
Bob Cole
|
Mickey Redmond Dick Irvin Jr. (first two periods of Game 6; rest of series entirely) Don Cherry (third period of Game 6)
|
Edmonton-Calgary
|
Games 1–7
|
Don Wittman
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Conference finals
|
Montréal-New York Islanders
|
Games 1–6
|
Danny Gallivan
|
Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Edmonton-Minnesota
|
Games 1–4
|
Jim Robson
|
Mickey Redmond and Chico Resch
|
1985
|
Divisional semifinals
|
Montréal-Boston
|
Games 1–5
|
Bob Cole
|
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Edmonton-Los Angeles
|
Games 1–3
|
Jim Robson
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Winnipeg-Calgary
|
Games 1–4
|
Don Wittman
|
John Davidson
|
Divisional finals
|
Montréal-Québec
|
Games 1–2, 5, 7
|
Bob Cole
|
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Chicago-Minnesota
|
Game 6
|
Jim Robson
|
John Davidson
|
Edmonton-Winnipeg
|
Games 1–4
|
Don Wittman
|
Gary Dornhoefer and John Davidson
|
Conference finals
|
Edmonton-Chicago
|
Games 1–6
|
Don Wittman
|
Gary Dornhoefer and John Davidson
|
1986
|
Divisional semifinals
|
Montréal-Boston
|
Games 1–3
|
Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Harry Neale
|
Chicago-Toronto
|
Games 1–3
|
Bob Cole
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Minnesota-St. Louis
|
Games 4–5
|
Bob Cole
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Edmonton-Vancouver
|
Games 1–3
|
Don Wittman
|
John Davidson
|
Divisional finals
|
Montréal-Hartford
|
Games 1–7
|
Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Harry Neale
|
St. Louis-Toronto
|
Games 1–7[9]
|
Bob Cole
|
John Davidson
|
Edmonton-Calgary
|
Games 1–7[10]
|
Don Wittman
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Conference finals
|
Montréal-New York Rangers
|
Games 1–5
|
Bob Cole
|
Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Calgary-St. Louis
|
Games 1–7
|
Don Wittman
|
John Davidson
|
1987
|
Divisional semifinals
|
Montréal-Boston
|
Games 1–4
|
Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
St. Louis-Toronto
|
Games 1–6
|
Bob Cole
|
Harry Neale
|
Edmonton-Los Angeles
|
Games 1–5
|
Jim Robson (Games 1–2, 4–5) Steve Armitage (Game 3)
|
John Garrett
|
Calgary-Winnipeg
|
Games 1–6
|
Don Wittman
|
Scotty Bowman
|
Washington-New York Islanders
|
Game 7[11]
|
Bob Cole
|
Harry Neale
|
Divisional finals
|
Montréal-Québec
|
Games 1–2, 5[12], 7
|
Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Gary Dornhoefer
|
Detroit-Toronto
|
Games 1–7
|
Bob Cole
|
Scotty Bowman
|
Edmonton-Winnipeg
|
Games 1–4
|
Don Wittman
|
Harry Neale
|
Conference finals
|
Philadelphia-Montréal
|
Games 1–6
|
Bob Cole
|
Harry Neale and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
1988
|
Divisional semifinals
|
Montréal-Hartford
|
Games 1–6
|
Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Scotty Bowman
|
Detroit-Toronto
|
Games 1–6
|
Bob Cole
|
Harry Neale
|
Calgary-Los Angeles
|
Games 1–5
|
Bruce Buchanan
|
John Garrett
|
Edmonton-Winnipeg
|
Games 1–5
|
Chris Cuthbert
|
Chico Resch
|
Divisional finals
|
Montréal-Boston
|
Games 1–5
|
Bob Cole
|
Harry Neale and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Washington-New Jersey
|
Games 1 (joined-in-progress), 6–7
|
Chris Cuthbert (Game 1) Bob Cole (Games 6–7)
|
Harry Neale (Games 6–7)
|
Calgary-Edmonton[13]
|
Games 1–4
|
Don Wittman
|
Scotty Bowman
|
Conference finals
|
Boston-New Jersey
|
Games 1–7
|
Bob Cole
|
Harry Neale
|
1989
|
Divisional semifinals
|
Montréal-Hartford
|
Games 1–4
|
Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Scotty Bowman
|
Calgary-Vancouver[14]
|
Games 1–7
|
Bob Cole
|
Harry Neale (Games 1–2) John Garrett (Games 3–7)
|
Los Angeles-Edmonton
|
Games 1–7
|
Chris Cuthbert (Games 1–4) Don Wittman (Games 5–7)
|
John Garrett (Games 1–2) Harry Neale (Games 3–7)
|
Divisional finals
|
Montréal-Boston
|
Games 1–5
|
Bob Cole
|
Harry Neale and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Pittsburgh-Philadelphia
|
Games 6–7
|
Bob Cole
|
Harry Neale and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
St. Louis-Chicago
|
Game 5
|
Don Wittman
|
Scotty Bowman
|
Calgary-Los Angeles
|
Games 1–4
|
Don Wittman
|
Scotty Bowman
|
Conference finals
|
Montréal-Philadelphia
|
Games 1–6
|
Bob Cole
|
Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin Jr.
|
Calgary-Chicago
|
Games 1–5
|
Don Wittman
|
Harry Neale
|