That's Hockey
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That's Hockey is a Canadian television series on TSN
The Sports Network
The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...

 which presents the latest news in hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 as well as panelists and interview
Interview
An interview is a conversation between two people where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.- Interview as a Method for Qualitative Research:"Definition" -...

s with hockey personalities. The current host is Gino Reda.

History

The show debuted in October 1995 with Dave Hodge
Dave Hodge
Dave Hodge is a Canadian sports announcer who currently works for TSN, and has worked in the past for the CBC and CFRB 1010 radio in Toronto.-Broadcasting career:...

 as host. It replaced TSN Inside Sports, which Hodge also hosted. Gord Miller
Gord Miller (sportscaster)
Gord Miller is a Canadian sportscaster for the cable networks, TSN and Versus. Working alongside Pierre McGuire, Miller has been the lead National Hockey League play-by-play announcer for TSN since 2002, when the network re-acquired national broadcast rights for the NHL...

 hosted the show from 1998 to 2002.

Format

The show airs at 7:00pm ET on nights when TSN isn't airing live sports coverage in that time slot. If TSN is airing a hockey game at 7:00, they usually air the spin-off show That's Hockey 2Nite following the game at 9:30pm ET on the main network. An NHL on TSN
NHL on TSN
The NHL on TSN is TSN's broadcast of National Hockey League games. The show's current incarnation debuted in 2002. The channel has exclusive local rights to the Montreal Canadiens and the Winnipeg Jets.-Coverage overview:...

analyst will join Gino for the program on most nights. These analysts include Darren Dreger
Darren Dreger
Darren Dreger is a Canadian sportscaster for TSN. He serves as hockey insider on the NHL on TSN, and is the host of Leafs Lunch on AM640 Toronto Radio...

, Bob McKenzie
Bob McKenzie (broadcaster)
Robert "Bob" McKenzie is a Canadian hockey commentator who has covered ice hockey since joining TSN in the late 1980s....

, Ray Ferraro
Ray Ferraro
Raymond Ferraro is a retired professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers , New York Islanders , New York Rangers , Los Angeles Kings , Atlanta Thrashers and St. Louis Blues...

, Matthew Barnaby
Matthew Barnaby
Matthew Barnaby is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey right winger. Barnaby played in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers, Colorado Avalanche, Chicago Blackhawks and the Dallas Stars.-Playing career:He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres...

 and Keith Jones, among others.

That's Hockey: The Playoff Edition

During the playoffs That's Hockey: The Playoff Edition airs instead. Times of this show will vary because of TSN's Stanley Cup Playoff coverage. Otherwise the show is the same as the regular season version. During the Stanley Cup Final TSN, airs That's Hockey: Stanley Cup Final Edition. On game nights this will air for a full hour. Gino is joined by three or four NHL on TSN analysts. These include Darren Dreger, Bob McKenzie and Pierre McGuire
Pierre McGuire
Pierre McGuire , is an ice hockey analyst for National Hockey League broadcasts on NBC and Versus in the United States. Until 2011, he was a prominent hockey analyst on The Sports Network in Canada. Previously, he was a player, coach, and scout.-Hockey career:McGuire won two Stanley Cups as a scout...

.

That's Hockey 2Nite

The aforementioned spin-off, That's Hockey 2Nite debuted February 1, 2011 on TSN2
TSN2
TSN2 is a secondary feed of the Canadian English language Category C specialty channel TSN, owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc., a joint venture of Bell Media and ESPN...

. Steve Kouleas
Steve Kouleas
Steve Kouleas is a Canadian television anchor, radio host and hockey broadcaster who currently works for TSN...

 serves as the program's host and Matthew Barnaby
Matthew Barnaby
Matthew Barnaby is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey right winger. Barnaby played in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers, Colorado Avalanche, Chicago Blackhawks and the Dallas Stars.-Playing career:He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres...

, among others, will serve as analysts. The show ends with a segment called "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly".

That's Hockey 2Day

From noon-1pm Steve Kouleas
Steve Kouleas
Steve Kouleas is a Canadian television anchor, radio host and hockey broadcaster who currently works for TSN...

 will host That's Hockey 2 Day
That's Hockey
That's Hockey is a Canadian television series on TSN which presents the latest news in hockey as well as panelists and interviews with hockey personalities. The current host is Gino Reda.-History:...

, on TSN Radio 1050, although during the summer of 2011, the show has been pre-empted.
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