''NHL on Hughes'' is the de facto name of a

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that broadcast

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games on the defunct independent

Hughes Television Network HTN Communications, better known as Hughes Television Network (HTN) and formerly Sports Network, was an American television network created by Richard Eugene Bailey. The company is now in the business of providing video and audio services to spo ...

during the 1979–80 season. The program aired under the title ''The NHL '80''. Hughes broadcast Thursday night games, the

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, some

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games, and the first five games of the Stanley Cup Finals (the final game, Game 6, was broadcast by

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). Hughes and the USA cable network technically, used CBC's ''Hockey Night in Canada'' feeds for the American coverage of the first five games of the Stanley Cup Finals. The first broadcast involved the

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against the

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on January 25.

Playoff coverage

Stanley Cup Finals

Videos:

References

{{The NHL Network (1975–79) Hughes Television Network Hughes 1980 American television series debuts 1980 American television series endings