[Captain_Canuck]

hey guys,

didn't know where to put this thread if in here, or the movie one, feel free to move it.

Anyways last year and year before I enjoyed going to see the Leafs games at SilverCity Theatre when they were being televised on Leafs TV. Watching it on a big screen and in HD was fantastic, I didn't mind pay 10 dollars to go see it.

So were a quarter of a way through the NHL season and it seems Cineplex theatres is no longer showing any NHL games across Canada and I was just wondering does anybody know why? Was there ever an announcement on them giving a reason as to why they have stopped showing hockey games?

Any info would be great

thanks

 

[alebowgm]

Only thing I can think of is that now that Rogers is the primary sponsor of the team - and that is something that happened midseason last year I think, or was it two years ago - LeafsTV (as well as RaptorsTV) got moved down from the Sports Only tier into the basic digital tier. With that change, they probably figured it wasn't worth it anymore since more people now were able to see the Leaf games that were on LeafsTV.

 

[Captain_Canuck]

Leafs Games Shown at Cineplex during the 2006 to 2008 Seasons

They started showing games at the theatres two years ago for only the Leafs TV games ... Here was the schedule from the 2006 to 2008 seasons.

This was the Leafs TV games from last year that was shown at Cineplex Theatres.

Thursday, October 11, 2007
Toronto vs. NY Islanders 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 18, 2007
Toronto vs. Florida 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 25, 2007
Pittsburgh vs. Toronto 7:30 p.m.

Monday, October 29, 2007
Toronto vs. Washington 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Boston vs. Toronto 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, November 29, 2007
Atlanta vs. Toronto 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 06, 2007
NY Rangers vs. Toronto 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tampa Bay vs. Toronto 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 03, 2008
Pittsburgh vs. Toronto 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Anaheim vs. Toronto 10:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 10, 2008
Los Angeles vs Toronto 10:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 17, 2008
Boston vs. Toronto 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 20, 2008
New Jersey vs. Toronto 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 24, 2008
Washington vs. Toronto 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 31, 2008
Carolina vs Toronto 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, February 14, 2008
Toronto vs NY Islanders 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 21, 2008
Toronto vs Buffalo 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 27, 2008
Boston vs. Toronto 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 03, 2008
Toronto vs Ottawa 7:30 p.m.

This was the Leafs TV games from two years ago that was shown at Cineplex Theatres.


Thursday November 2, 2006 7:30 PM
Leafs vs. Florida Panthers

Thursday January 4, 2007 7:00 PM
Leafs vs. Boston Bruins

Thursday January 11, 2007 7:00 PM
Leafs vs. Buffalo Sabres

Tuesday January 30, 2007 7:00 PM
Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Thursday February 8, 2007 7:00 PM
Leafs vs. Nashville Predators

Tuesday February 20, 2007 7:00 PM
Leafs vs. Boston Bruins

Tuesday March 6, 2007 7:30 PM
Leafs vs. Washington Capitals

and This Year NOTHING ... I don't get it, I really liked watching it on a big screen. It's not even the Leafs too, Cineplex isn't showing any Canadian teams anymore. My guess was no many people showed up and they canceled it altogether. It would have been good if they would have put out an announcement or something, oh well what do you do.

 

[waterug]

Were the games not advertised as being in HD? If memory serves me correctly, a lot of games shown locally were not in HD. If that's the case, is it any wonder attendance was so poor?