Rogers Sportsnet Ontario to air 29 Maple Leafs games

The Toronto Maple Leafs will have all 82 of their regular season games shown on television, but here is the Rogers Sports Ontario portion of their 2011-2012 broadcast schedule.

The Toronto Maple Leafs will call Sportsnet Ontario home for 29 regular-season games in 2011/12 – more than any other Canadian broadcaster.

Sportsnet Ontario's Molson Canadian Leafs Hockey coverage gets underway on Monday, October 17th at 7:00 PM ET when the Leafs host the Colorado Avalanche. Coverage throughout the season features six divisional-rival games, including five against fellow Canadian teams.

"Toronto is a hockey-hungry market, and the appetite for Leafs hockey remains extremely strong," said Navaid Mansuri, Vice President of Finance & Sports Programming, Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. "Our goal is to expand the fan experience and make Hockeycentral the destination before and after Leafs games."

The Leafs made a series of summer moves to end its lengthy post-season drought, acquiring help on defence in Cody Franson and John-Michael Liles while addressing depth at the centre position by adding Matthew Lombardi. Once again, the team will look to sophomore goaltender James Reimer to stop pucks, the rookie won 20 games in his first season, including three shutouts.

Leafs fans are invited to join Hockeycentral 30 minutes before and immediately following every Leafs broadcast for all the latest news and analysis. Hockeycentral features popular analysts Nick Kypreos, a former Maple Leaf, Doug MacLean, a former general manager for the Columbus Blue Jackets, and host Daren Millard.

As an added bonus, Sportsnet will deliver to fans the Leafs pre-season game on Wednesday, September 21st at 7:00 PM (ET) when the Leafs face the Philadelphia Flyers.

ROGERS SPORTSNET ONTARIO
2011-2012 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS BROADCAST SCHEDULE
(game start times are in Eastern Time)

October 17 - Colorado at Toronto, 7:00 PM
October 30 - Toronto at Ottawa, 7:30 PM
November 3 - Toronto at Columbus, 7:00 PM
November 8 - Florida at Toronto, 7:00 PM
November 15 - Toronto at Phoenix, 7:00 PM
November 22 - Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:30 PM
November 25 - Toronto at Dallas, 8:30 PM
November 27 - Toronto at Anaheim, 8:00 PM
December 6 - New Jersey at Toronto, 7:00 PM
December 9 - Toronto at Washington, 7:00 PM
December 13 - Carolina at Toronto, 7:00 PM
December 19 - Los Angeles at Toronto, 7:00 PM
December 27 - Toronto at Florida, 7:30 PM
January 3 - Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:00 PM
January 10 - Buffalo at Toronto, 7:00 PM
January 17 - Ottawa at Toronto, 7:00 PM
January 24 - Toronto at New York Islanders, 7:00 PM
February 6 - Edmonton at Toronto, 7:00 PM
February 7 - Toronto at Winnipeg, 8:30 PM
February 14 - Toronto at Calgary, 9:00 PM
February 21 - New Jersey at Toronto, 7:00 PM
February 28 - Florida at Toronto, 7:00 PM
March 6 - Boston at Toronto, 7:00 PM
March 11 - Toronto at Washington, 5:00 PM
March 13 - Toronto at Florida, 7:30 PM
March 19 - Toronto at Boston, 7:00 PM
March 20 - New York Islanders at Toronto, 7:00 PM
March 27 - Carolina at Toronto, 7:00 PM
April 3 - Toronto at Buffalo, 7:00 PM