First-ever Indigenous NHL broadcast set for Sunday – Radio Canada International

March 21, 2019

Plenty of First Nations people have played in the National Hockey League and more are coming but to the best of anyone’s knowledge no NHL game has ever been broadcast in an Indigenous language.

That will change Sunday night when the Montreal Canadiens visit the Carolina Hurricanes.

The game will be called in the Plains Cree language and telecast on Sportsnet and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).

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