That's Hockey

That's Hockey (currently known as 7-Eleven That's Hockey for sponsorship reasons) is a Canadian television series on TSN which presents the latest news in hockey as well as panelists and interviews with hockey personalities. The current host is Gino Reda. The opening and closing theme song was composed by Canadian musicians Andy Curran and Greg Godovitz.

That's Hockey
StarringGino Reda
Country of originCanada
Production
Running timevaries; usually 30 minutes
Release
Original networkTSN
Original releaseOctober 1995 (1995-10) –
present
Related
TSN Hockey
That's Hockey 2Day
GenreTalk, sports
Running time12-1 PM (Eastern)
Country of originCanada
Language(s)English
Home stationTSN Radio 1050
TV adaptationsThat's Hockey 2Night
Original releaseApril 13, 2011

History

The show debuted in October 1995 with Dave Hodge as host. It replaced TSN Inside Sports, which Hodge also hosted. Gord Miller hosted the show from 1998 to 2002. The show got its name from former TSN broadcaster Jim Hughson exclaiming "That's Hockey!" during exciting plays.

On October 8, 2014, TSN announced that Tim Hortons would become title sponsor of the program.[1] Molson was the former sponsor. In 2018, 7-Eleven became title sponsor.

Format

The show airs at 7:00pm ET on nights when TSN isn't airing live sports coverage in that time slot. If TSN is airing a hockey game at 7:00, they usually air the spin-off show That's Hockey 2Nite following the game at 9:30pm ET on the main network. An NHL on TSN analyst will join Reda for the program on most nights. These analysts include Darren Dreger, Bob McKenzie, Ray Ferraro, and Keith Jones, among others.

That's Hockey: The Playoff Edition

During the playoffs That's Hockey: Playoff Edition airs instead. Times of this show will vary because of TSN's Stanley Cup Playoff coverage.[2] Otherwise the show is the same as the regular season version. During the Stanley Cup Finals TSN, airs That's Hockey: Stanley Cup Final Edition. On game nights this will air for a full hour. Gino is joined by three or four NHL on TSN analysts. These include Darren Dreger, Bob McKenzie and Pierre McGuire.[3]

Spin Offs

That's Hockey 2Nite

The aforementioned spin-off, That's Hockey 2Nite debuted February 1, 2011 on TSN2. The show was hosted by Steve Kouleas until 2014. The show ends with a segment called "Who Won the Night?". Glenn Schiiler was the last host. The 2016-17 NHL season marked the end of the show, getting replaced by SC with Jay and Dan.

That's Hockey 2Day

The hosts also hosted a noon to 1pm show called That's Hockey 2 Day.[4]

References
  1. "Tim Hortons, TSN announce partnership for That's Hockey". TSN.ca. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. "CANADIAN TV / TIM HORTONS THAT'S HOCKEY PLAYOFF EDITION". On TV Tonight.
  3. "Tim Hortons, TSN announce partnership for That's Hockey". TSN. October 8, 2014.
  4. "Mudhar: TV titan TSN gets ready for a fight with Rogers Sportsnet". Toronto Star. March 13, 2011.


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