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The '''[[Original Six]]''' are the six teams ([[Boston Bruins]], [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]], [[Detroit Red Wings]], [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[New York Rangers]], and  [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]) that composed the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) for the 25 seasons between the [[1942–43 NHL season|1942–43 season]] and the [[1967 NHL Expansion]]. The name is something of a [[misnomer]], since there were other NHL franchises that ceased operations before 1942, including some that were founded before some of the Original Six. The term dates from the 1967 expansion which added six new franchises; hence the six expansion teams and the "Original Six".

==Canadian television coverage==
In the [[1952–53 NHL season|1952–53 season]], [[CBC Television|CBC]] began televising ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' as a [[simulcast]] to the radio calls, joining the games in progress either 30 minutes or 60 minutes after the opening faceoff. Until [[1961 in television|1961]], the CBC was the only operating television network in Canada. Not only that, it was likely that not all [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and [[Montréal Canadiens]] playoff games were televised in the early years, including to their local markets.

{| class="wikitable"
|'''Year'''
|'''Round'''
|'''Series'''
|'''Games covered'''
|'''[[Play-by-play]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator|Colour commentator]](s)'''
|-
|[[1953 Stanley Cup playoffs|1953]]
|Semifinals
|[[1952–53 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1952–53 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago]]
|Games 1–2, 5–7 (joined-in-progress)
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1954 Stanley Cup playoffs|1954]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[Maple Leafs–Red Wings rivalry|Detroit-Toronto]]
|in Toronto (joined-in-progress)
|[[Foster Hewitt]]
|-
|[[Bruins–Canadiens rivalry|Montréal-Boston]]
|in Montréal (joined-in-progress) 
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|- 
|rowspan=2|[[1955 Stanley Cup playoffs|1955]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals  
|[[Maple Leafs–Red Wings rivalry|Detroit-Toronto]]
|in Toronto (joined-in-progress)
|[[Foster Hewitt]]
|-
|[[Bruins–Canadiens rivalry|Montréal-Boston]]
|in Montréal (joined-in-progress)
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1956 Stanley Cup playoffs|1956]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1955–56 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]] 
|Games 1–5 (joined-in-progress)
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|-
|[[Maple Leafs–Red Wings rivalry|Detroit-Toronto]]
|Games 3–5 (joined-in-progress) 
|[[Foster Hewitt]]
|-
|[[1957 Stanley Cup playoffs|1957]]
|Semifinals
|[[1956–57 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1956–57 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]
|Games 1–5 (Games in Montreal joined-in-progress)
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1958 Stanley Cup playoffs|1958]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1957–58 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit]]
|Games 1–4 (joined-in-progress)
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|-
|[[1957–58 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]-[[1957–58 Boston Bruins season|Boston]]
|Games 3, 6 (joined-in-progress)
|[[Foster Hewitt]] (Game 3)<br>[[Danny Gallivan]] (Game 6)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1959 Stanley Cup playoffs|1959]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[1958–59 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1958–59 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago]]
|Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress)
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|-
|[[1958–59 Boston Bruins season|Boston]]-[[1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto]]
|Games 1–7 (joined-in-progress)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_DStBUeq_Q</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7b-97JV4K8</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIKbSR9U778</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZkbj3pUJC4</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx1vQ2GepoU}}</ref>
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]
|[[Foster Hewitt]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1960 Stanley Cup playoffs|1960]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[1959–60 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1959–60 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago]]
|Games 1–4 (joined-in-progress)
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|[[Frank Selke Jr.]]
|-
|[[Maple Leafs–Red Wings rivalry|Toronto-Detroit]]
|Games 1–6 (joined-in-progress)
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]
|[[Foster Hewitt]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1961 Stanley Cup playoffs|1961]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1960–61 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago]]
|Games 1–6 (Games in Montréal are joined-in-progress)
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|[[Keith Dancy]] (in Montréal)
|-
|[[Maple Leafs–Red Wings rivalry|Toronto-Detroit]]
|Games 1–5 (Games in Toronto are joined-in progress)
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]
|[[Foster Hewitt]] (in Toronto)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1962 Stanley Cup playoffs|1962]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[1961–62 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago]]
|Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress)
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|[[Keith Dancy]]
|-
|[[1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto]]-[[1961–62 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]
|Games 1–6 (Games 1–5 joined-in-progress)
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]
|[[Jack Dennett]] (in New York City)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1963 Stanley Cup playoffs|1963]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[Canadiens–Maple Leafs rivalry|Toronto-Montréal]]
|Games 1–5 (joined-in-progress)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyVuDbXRpnw</ref>
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]] (in Toronto)<br>[[Danny Gallivan]] (in Montréal)
|Various newspaper writers (in Toronto)<br>[[Keith Dancy]] (in Montréal)
|-
|[[Blackhawks–Red Wings rivalry|Chicago-Detroit]]
|Game 6
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1964 Stanley Cup playoffs|1964]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[Canadiens–Maple Leafs rivalry|Montréal-Toronto]]
|Games 1–7 (Games 1–6 joined-in-progress)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHdciJnLmyU</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoeFPSwBlRQ</ref>.
|[[Danny Gallivan]] (in Montréal)<br>[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]] (in Toronto)
|[[Keith Dancy]] (in Montréal)<br>Various newspaper writers (in Toronto)
|-
|[[Blackhawks–Red Wings rivalry|Chicago-Detroit]]
|Games 2, 5 (joined-in-progress)
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]
|[[Brian McFarlane]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1965 Stanley Cup playoffs|1965]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[Blackhawks–Red Wings rivalry|Detroit-Chicago]]
|Games 2, 5, 7 (Games 2, 5 joined-in-progress)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EUSNFacHLc</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PCSlCcaW8Y</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9M9a1Kxls</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJsqAhFtxR8</ref>.
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]
|[[Jim Morrison (ice hockey)|Jim Morrison]] (Game 7)
|-
|[[Canadiens–Maple Leafs rivalry|Montréal-Toronto]]
|Games 1–6 (joined-in progress)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yop3XzDscsU</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_kIBi7viTk</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHxTaC6kk_c</ref>.
|[[Danny Gallivan]] (in Montréal)<br>[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]] (in Toronto)
|[[Keith Dancy]] (in Montréal)<br>Various newspaper writers (in Toronto)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1966 Stanley Cup playoffs|1966]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[Canadiens–Maple Leafs rivalry|Montréal-Toronto]]
|Games 1–4<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltwcKPveJZY</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxhzIzu0cbM</ref>.
|[[Danny Gallivan]] (in Montréal)<br>[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]] (in Toronto)
|[[Keith Dancy]] (in Montréal)<br>[[Brian McFarlane]] (in Toronto)
|- 
|[[Blackhawks–Red Wings rivalry|Chicago-Detroit]]
|Games 5–6
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]
|[[Brian McFarlane]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1967 Stanley Cup playoffs|1967]]
|rowspan=2|Semifinals
|[[1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago]]-[[1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto]]
|Games 1–6 (Games 1–4, 6 joined-in progress)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1u8hf1jRDc</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkMuBm327lg</ref>.
|[[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]]
|[[Brian McFarlane]]
|- 
|[[1966–67 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1966–67 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]] 
|Games 1–4
|[[Danny Gallivan]]
|[[Dan Kelly (sportscaster)|Dan Kelly]] (in Montréal)<br>[[Dick Irvin Jr.]] (in New York)
|}

===Notes===
*[[1955 Stanley Cup playoffs|1955]] - Game 3 of the [[1954–55 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit]]-[[1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto]] series and Game 5 of the [[1954–55 Boston Bruins season|Boston]]-[[1954–55 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]] series were televised nationally.
*[[1956 Stanley Cup playoffs|1956]] - Game 4 of the [[1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1955–56 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]] series was not the potential clincher, nor was it played in [[Montreal Forum|Montréal]]. Therefore, there was a possible chance that the game wasn't going to be televised.
*[[1957 Stanley Cup playoffs|1957]] - Games 1, 2, and 4 of the [[1956–57 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1956–57 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]] series were likely not seen outside the [[CBMT|Montreal]] region if not televised at all.
*[[1958 Stanley Cup playoffs|1958]] - Games 1–3 of the [[1957–58 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1957–58 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit]] series were likely not seen outside [[CBVE-TV|Quebec]].
*[[1959 Stanley Cup playoffs|1959]] - [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]]'s telecast of Game 7 of [[1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto]]-[[1958–59 Boston Bruins season|Boston]] series at [[Boston Garden]] joins just before the start of the second period. [[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill]] and [[Foster Hewitt]] were simulcasting on Toronto's [[CJCL|CKFH]] and [[CBC Radio]], and one of them welcomes the television audience.
*[[1960 Stanley Cup playoffs|1960]] - In the May 28 edition of the ''[[Winnipeg Free Press]]'', a ''[[Canadian Press]]'' article mentioned the fact that the [[CBC Television|CBC]] fielded numerous angry calls from viewers upset that [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]] continued to televise all three overtimes of Game 3 of the [[1959–60 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto]]-[[1959–60 Detroit Red Wings season|Detroit]] series. Because of this, the angry viewers missed several previously scheduled shows as the overtime continued on. The CBC said that the policy of telecasting each Stanley Cup playoff game to its conclusion would be enforced.
*[[1961 Stanley Cup playoffs|1961]] - Some semifinal games may not have been seen outside the [[CBLT|Toronto]] or [[CBMT|Montreal]] metro areas.
**This may have been the first time that all playoff games were televised somewhere across Canada.
*[[1962 Stanley Cup playoffs|1962]] - [[CBC Television|CBC]]'s [[CBWT|Winnipeg affiliate]] carried Game 3 of the [[1961–62 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]]-[[1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago]] series at 8:30 p.m. [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central time]] (9 p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern time]]). Meanwhile, they aired ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. Eastern), which included guest stars [[Wayne and Shuster]]. This was followed by ''Close-Up'' at 8 p.m. (9 p.m. Eastern), and then the hockey game in progress.
**On April 3, [[CBC Television|CBC]]'s affiliates in and near [[CBLT|Toronto]] aired ''[[Garry Moore|The Garry Moore Show]]'' at 8 p.m. followed by Game 4 of the [[1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto]]-[[1961–62 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]] game in progress at 9 p.m.
*[[1967 Stanley Cup playoffs|1967]] - Except Game 2 of the [[1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto]]-[[1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago]] series, all Stanley Cup playoff games on [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]] were televised in [[Color television|color]]. The 1967 playoffs were the first time CBC televised NHL games in color.

==American television coverage==
There was no American network television coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs until [[1965–66 NHL season|1965–66]] (which also marked the first telecasts of an NHL game in [[Color television|color]]), the second to last season of the Original Six era. The earliest known American television coverage of any kind occurred in [[1955–56 NHL season|1956]], when Games 3 and 5 of the [[1955–56 Montreal Canadiens season|Montreal]]-[[1955–56 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]] playoff series were televised in the New York area on [[WPIX]] 11 at 9 p.m. local time. [[Bud Palmer]] worked play-by-play for those games on WPIX while and [[Jack McCarthy (television)|Jack McCarthy]] hosted from the studio.

{| class="wikitable"
|'''Year'''
|'''Round'''
|'''Series'''
|'''Games covered'''
|'''Network'''
|'''[[Play-by-play]]'''
|'''[[Color commentator]](s)'''
|-
|[[1966 Stanley Cup playoffs|1966]]
|Semifinals
|Games 2, 5
|[[Blackhawks–Red Wings rivalry|Chicago-Detroit]]
|[[NHL on NBC|NBC]]
|[[Win Elliot]]
|[[Bill Mazer]]
|-
|[[1967 Stanley Cup playoffs|1967]]
|Semifinals
|Game 5
|[[1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks season|Chicago]]-[[1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs season|Toronto]]
|[[NHL on CBS|CBS]]
|[[Jim Gordon (sportscaster)|Jim Gordon]]
|[[Stu Nahan]]
|}

===Notes===
*[[1967 Stanley Cup playoffs|1967]] - [[NHL on CBS|CBS]] was scheduled to televise the Game 2 of the [[1966–67 New York Rangers season|New York Rangers]]-[[1966–67 Montreal Canadiens season|Montréal]] series. However, an [[American Federation of Television and Radio Artists|AFTRA]] [[Strike action|strike]] forced cancellation of the telecast.

==References==
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==External links==
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