– Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour and host
Ron MacLean to visit 24 new
communities
across Canada in 2015/16 –
– Tour kicks off
in Kitchener, ON on October 10 & 11, 2015 –
– Sportsnet
new broadcast destination for Rogers Hometown Hockey –
TORONTO, June 2, 2015 /CNW/ - Big wheels keep on turning!
Following a successful inaugural season that saw more than 175,000
Canadians visit the ultimate hockey festival in communities across
the country, Rogers Hometown Hockey announced today
that it will be returning for a second spectacular season. The
announcement was made as part of the 2015 Rogers Upfront.
Kicking off in Kitchener, ON on
October 10 & 11, 2015, host
Ron MacLean and the two-day hockey
celebration will roll into 24 new communities during the 2015/16
NHL season, with even more hockey festivities, bigger entertainment
and special guests, and all new hockey stories. Due to its
overwhelming success in Year 1, Rogers Hometown
Hockey will also have a new broadcast home this season,
airing on Sportsnet on Sunday nights.
"Rogers Hometown Hockey represents the essence of hockey in this
country," said Scott Moore,
President, Sportsnet & NHL Properties, Rogers. "Sundays have
quickly become an established destination night for hockey fans,
which will now be available on the home of hockey in Canada – Sportsnet. We're excited to share
this experience with 24 new communities across the country this
upcoming season and continuing to grow the game at a grassroots
level."
"Last season we began on a journey to uncover the great hockey
stories that run deep within this country's fabric, and share them
with all Canadians. That backyard rink, those local heroes. Hockey
in Canada is a love story – a
story with no end, and we look forward to discovering our
collective passion once again next year," said Ron MacLean, host, Rogers Hometown
Hockey.
In its first year, Rogers Hometown
Hockey travelled 31,617km across all 10 provinces and all
six times zones, featuring a weekend of free outdoor hockey
festivities for all ages, including an outdoor viewing party of NHL
game broadcast every Sunday hosted live onsite by MacLean from the
Sportsnet Mobile Studio.
Hockey fans coast-to-coast joined in the celebration, with an
average audience of 2.8 million Canadians tuning into some part of
the Rogers Hometown Hockey broadcast each week,
attracting an average audience of 598,000 (2+).*
More details on the 2015/16 Rogers Hometown Hockey
Tour will be announced in the coming
months.
*Source: Numeris; Oct 8/14 – Apr 5/15; AvWk Reach; Ind.2+;
Sportsnet & City, Total Canada
Social Media Links
Official website, Rogers Hometown
Hockey www.hometownhockey.com
Facebook www.Facebook.com/RogersHometownHockey
Twitter @HometownHockey_ #HometownHockey
Instagram @HometownHockey
About Rogers
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communications and media company. We are Canada's largest provider of wireless
communications services and one of Canada's leading providers of cable
television, high-speed Internet and telephony services to consumers
and businesses. Through Rogers Media, we are engaged in radio and
television broadcasting, televised shopping, magazines and trade
publications, sports entertainment, and digital media. Our stock is
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rogers.com.
SOURCE Rogers Media