Stanley Cup playoffs
| Year | Round | Series | Games covered | Play-by-play | Color commentators |
| 1980 | First round | Philadelphia-Edmonton | Games 1, 3 | Bob Cole (in Philadelphia) Don Wittman (in Edmonton) |
Gary Dornhoefer (in Philadelphia) Gerry Pinder (in Edmonton) |
| Buffalo-Vancouver | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman (in Buffalo) Jim Robson (in Vancouver) |
Gerry Pinder (in Buffalo) Howie Meeker (in Vancouver) | ||
| Montreal-Hartford | Games 1, 3 | Danny Gallivan | Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. | ||
| Boston-Pittsburgh | Game 5 | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Minnesota-Toronto | Games 1, 3 | Bill Hewitt (in Minnesota) Bob Cole (in Toronto) |
Howie Meeker and Brian McFarlane (in Minnesota) Gary Dornhoefer and Brian McFarlane (in Toronto) | ||
| Quarterfinals | Montreal-Minnesota | Games 1–7 | Danny Gallivan | Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Semifinals | Philadelphia-Minnesota | Games 4–5 | Dan Kelly (first half Game 4) Jim Robson (second half Game 4) Don Wittman (Game 5) |
Gerry Pinder and Howie Meeker (Game 4) Dick Irvin, Jr. (Game 5) | |
| Buffalo-New York Islanders | Games 1–3, 6 | Bob Cole Dan Kelly (2nd half of Game 6) |
Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| 1981 | First round | New York Islanders-Toronto | Games 1–3 | Bill Hewitt (in New York) Bob Cole (in Toronto) |
Howie Meeker and Brian McFarlane (in New York) Gary Dornhoefer and Chico Resch (in Toronto) |
| Montreal-Edmonton | Games 1–3 | Danny Gallivan | Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. | ||
| Buffalo-Vancouver | Games 1–3 | Don Wittman (in Buffalo) Jim Robson (in Vancouver) |
Gerry Pinder (in Buffalo) Howie Meeker (in Vancouver) | ||
| Philadelphia-Quebec | Games 4–5 | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Calgary-Chicago | Games 1–3 | Bob Cole (in Calgary) Don Wittman (in Chicago) |
Gary Dornhoefer (in Calgary) Gerry Pinder (in Chicago) | ||
| Quarterfinals | New York Islanders-Edmonton | Games 1–6 | Danny Gallivan (in New York) Don Wittman (in Edmonton) |
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. (in New York) Gary Dornhoefer (Games 3–4) Gerry Pinder (Game 6) | |
| Philadelphia-Calgary | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1–2, 5–7) Gerry Pinder (Games 3–4) | ||
| Semifinals | Calgary-Minnesota | Games 1–6 | Jim Robson (in Calgary) Don Wittman (in Minnesota) |
Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. (in New York) Gary Dornhoefer and Chico Resch (in Minnesota) | |
| 1982 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Quebec | Games 1–5 | Danny Gallivan | Gary Dornhoefer (Games 1, 3–4) Bobby Hull (in Montreal) Dick Irvin, Jr. (Games 2–5) |
| Winnipeg-St. Louis | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | Mickey Redmond | ||
| Edmonton-Los Angeles | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Don Cherry and Gary Dornhoefer (Game 5) | ||
| Vancouver-Calgary | Games 1–3 | Jim Robson (in Vancouver) Dave Hodge (in Calgary) |
Howie Meeker | ||
| Divisional finals | Boston-Quebec | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | Mickey Redmond Dick Irvin, Jr. (in Boston) Bobby Hull (in Quebec) | |
| Vancouver-Los Angeles | Games 1–5 | Jim Robson (in Vancouver) Don Wittman (in Los Angeles) |
Gary Dornhoefer Howie Meeker (in Los Angeles) | ||
| Conference finals | New York Islanders-Quebec | Games 1–4 | Bob Cole (in New York) Danny Gallivan (in Quebec) |
Mickey Redmond and Don Cherry (in New York) Bobby Hull and Dick Irvin, Jr. (in Quebec) | |
| Chicago-Vancouver | Games 1–5 | Don Wittman (in Chicago) Jim Robson (in Vancouver) |
Gary Dornhoefer Howie Meeker (in Vancouver) Bobby Hull (Game 5) | ||
| 1983 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Buffalo | Games 1–3 | Danny Gallivan | Don Cherry and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
| Minnesota-Toronto | Games 1–4 | Bob Cole | Mickey Redmond | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–3 | John Wells (in Edmonton) Don Wittman (in Winnipeg) |
Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Calgary-Vancouver | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman (in Calgary) Jim Robson (in Vancouver) |
Howie Meeker | ||
| Divisional finals | NY Islanders-NY Rangers | Game 6 | Bob Cole | Mickey Redmond and Don Cherry | |
| Edmonton-Calgary | Games 1–5 | Jim Robson | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Conference finals | Boston-NY Islanders | Games 2–3, 5–6 | Danny Gallivan | Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Edmonton-Chicago | Games 1–4 | Jim Robson (in Edmonton) Bob Cole (in Chicago) |
Gary Dornhoefer (in Edmonton) Mickey Redmond (in Chicago) | ||
| 1984 | Divisional semifinals | Boston-Montreal | Games 1–3 | Danny Gallivan | Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
| NY Islanders-NY Rangers | Games 4–5 | Bob Cole | Dick Irvin, Jr. and Don Cherry | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–3 | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Calgary-Vancouver | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman (in Calgary) Jim Robson (in Vancouver) |
Howie Meeker | ||
| Division finals | Quebec-Montreal | Games 1–6 | Bob Cole | Mickey Redmond Dick Irvin, Jr. (Games 1–5 entirely; first 2 periods of game 6) Don Cherry (3rd period of Game 6) | |
| Edmonton-Calgary | Games 1–7 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Conference finals | Montreal-NY Islanders | Games 1–6 | Danny Gallivan | Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Edmonton-Minnesota | Games 1–4 | Jim Robson | Mickey Redmond | ||
| 1985 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Boston | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. |
| Edmonton-Los Angeles | Games 1–3 | Jim Robson | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Winnipeg-Calgary | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | John Davidson | ||
| Divisional finals | Montreal-Quebec | Games 1–2, 5, 7 | Bob Cole | Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Chicago-Minnesota | Game 6 | Jim Robson | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer and John Davidson | ||
| Conference finals | Edmonton-Chicago | Games 1–6 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer and John Davidson | |
| 1986 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Boston | Games 1–3 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Harry Neale |
| Chicago-Toronto | Games 1–3 | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Minnesota-St. Louis | Games 4–5 | Bob Cole | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Edmonton-Vancouver | Games 1–3 | Don Wittman | John Davidson | ||
| Divisional finals | Montreal-Hartford | Games 1–7 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Harry Neale | |
| St. Louis-Toronto | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | John Davidson | ||
| Edmonton-Calgary | Games 1–7 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| Conference finals | Montreal-NY Rangers | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Calgary-St. Louis | Games 1–7 | Don Wittman | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| 1987 | Divisional semifinals | Washington-NY Islanders | Game 7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale |
| Montreal-Boston | Games 1–4 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Gary Dornhoefer | ||
| St. Louis-Toronto | Games 1–6 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| Edmonton-Los Angeles | Games 1–5 | Jim Robson (Games 1–2, 4–5) Steve Armitage (Game 3) |
John Garrett | ||
| Calgary-Winnipeg | Games 1–6 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Divisional finals | Montreal-Quebec | Games 1–2, 5, 7 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Gary Dornhoefer | |
| Detroit-Toronto | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | Harry Neale | ||
| Conference finals | Philadelphia-Montreal | Games 1–6 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| 1988 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Hartford | Games 1–6 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Scotty Bowman |
| Detroit-Toronto | Games 1–6 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | ||
| Calgary-Los Angeles | Games 1–5 | Bruce Buchanan | John Garrett | ||
| Edmonton-Winnipeg | Games 1–5 | Chris Cuthbert | Chico Resch | ||
| Divisional finals | Washington-New Jersey | Games 1 (joined-in-progress), 6–7 | Chris Cuthbert (Game 1) Bob Cole (Games 6–7) |
Harry Neale (Games 6–7) | |
| Montreal-Boston | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | ||
| Calgary-Edmonton | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Conference finals | Boston-New Jersey | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale | |
| 1989 | Divisional semifinals | Montreal-Hartford | Games 1–4 | Dick Irvin, Jr. | Scotty Bowman |
| Calgary-Vancouver | Games 1–7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale (Games 1–2) John Garrett (Games 3–7) | ||
| Los Angeles-Edmonton | Games 1–7 | Chris Cuthbert (Games 1–4) Don Wittman (Games 5–7) |
John Garrett (Games 1–2) Harry Neale (Games 3–7) | ||
| Divisional finals | Montreal-Boston | Games 1–5 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Pittsburgh-Philadelphia | Games 6–7 | Bob Cole | Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr. | ||
| St. Louis-Chicago | Game 5 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Calgary-Los Angeles | Games 1–4 | Don Wittman | Scotty Bowman | ||
| Conference finals | Montreal-Philadelphia | Games 1–6 | Bob Cole | Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin, Jr. | |
| Calgary-Chicago | Games 1–5 | Don Wittman | Harry Neale |
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- On April 9, 1980, CBC carried the ACTRA awards ceremony. This caused the Hartford-Montreal and Edmonton-Philadelphia playoff games not to be televised. Meanwhile, the Toronto-Minnesota game was shifted to CHCH in Hamilton while the Vancouver-Buffalo game was televised by CBC regionally in British Columbia as usual. The ACTRA awards show was tape-delayed into prime time on the west coast.
- Aside from the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals, CBC's only other nationally televised postseason games (all of the other games were seen regionally) from that year were April 23 Boston-Quebec game (Game 6), April 25 Quebec-Boston game (Game 7), and May 6 Vancouver-Chicago game (Game 5).
- CTV had national rights for the 1986 Calgary-St. Louis playoff series, except in the Calgary market, for which CBC and Molson retained exclusive rights to. CTV was unable to televise Games 2 and 3 of this series due to prior commitments. Meanwhile, CBC was allowed to televise Games 2 and 3 to all of Alberta and British Columbia, but not nationally.
- On April 18, 1988 (during Game 1 of the Montreal-Boston playoff series) at approximately 8:08 p.m. local time, there was a power outage in the province of Quebec. While darkness enveloped Montreal and the Forum itself, the Forum's reserve generators kicked into gear. The generators were only able to illuminate the rink surface with enough power to keep the game moving. Ultimately, CBC was left with no choice but to abandon coverage following the first period.
- On April 18, 1988, Chris Cuthbert was assigned by CBC to report and provide updates on Game 1 of Washington-New Jersey playoff series. However, when the Quebec blackout affected CBC's coverage of the Game 1 of the Boston-Montreal playoff series, CBC decided threw to Cuthbert and the solitary camera beside him in his coverage position to work the remainder of this game. The whole process was totally done off the cuff. In other words, there were no graphics, no replay capabilities, and no analyst.
- TSN and CBC aired the 1988 Edmonton-Winnipeg playoff series using separate productions and on-air talent.
- Canwest-Global aired the 1988 Edmonton-Calgary playoff series nationally, except for Edmonton and Calgary markets, where CBC retained exclusive rights.