Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi is ending after an 18-year run on OMNI TV, with the program’s team confirming the broadcast will not return. The announcement is made public on Friday and includes a message to viewers from the show’s long-time on-air staff, which reflects on the program’s role in serving Punjabi-speaking hockey fans.
The show is described as a community-driven spinoff of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. It broadcasts NHL games in Punjabi, airing on Saturday nights, and positions language and local connection at the center of its coverage. City News Toronto emphasizes the show’s long-term impact on how the sport is represented for its audience, while The Athletic focuses on the spinoff nature of the program and its specific function as a Punjabi-language television broadcast. Both outlets present the same core fact: the Punjabi edition concludes after nearly two decades of weekly NHL-game coverage.
