APTN and Rogers partner for first NHL broadcast in Plains Cree language Globe_Sports
APTN will use Sportsnet’s production capabilities to air the program featuring Cree commentary and analysis.Sportsnet vice president Rob Corte called it a “momentous broadcast.”
The event will come on the same weekend that the Rogers Hometown Hockey festival stops at the Enoch Cree Nation near Edmonton. David Proper, executive vice president of media and international strategy with the NHL, said the partnership between Sportsnet and APTN will serve Canada’s Indigenous communities and all hockey fans across the country.
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