{"id":638534,"date":"2026-08-07T08:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/638534\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T08:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:27:19","slug":"former-nhl-goalie-turned-broadcaster-kelly-hrudey-says-sportsnet-contract-not-renewed-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/638534\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NHL goalie turned broadcaster Kelly Hrudey says Sportsnet contract not renewed | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOn June 19, I was told that my contract was not going to be renewed for the upcoming season, so big changes in my life,\u201d Hrudey said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774941971_445_indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank you, the viewer. You might have hated me or loved me. I\u2019m OK with either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 65-year-old from Edmonton, who lives in Calgary, played 677 NHL games for the New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks, and reached the Stanley Cup final in 1993 with the Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Hrudey was part of a HNIC studio crew rotation that included Ron MacLean, David Amber, Jennifer Botterill, Kevin Bieksa, Luke Gazdic and Elliotte Friedman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill shocked. Hard to find the right things to say,\u201d Friedman wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>Hrudey said he wasn\u2019t retiring, but didn\u2019t state his future plans.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers-owned Sportsnet has made changes to its national NHL broadcasts, which will no longer air on CBC.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers and Amazon Prime Video recently announced a 12-year sublicensing agreement that gives Prime Video exclusive rights to Wednesday games and some early-round Stanley Cup playoff games.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers also closed six radio stations in four Canadian cities in July, including sports radio stations in Calgary and Vancouver. <\/p>\n<p>That move came on the heels of Rogers becoming the sole owner of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. The company spent $4.35 billion to buy out the remaining 25 per cent stake from Kilmer Sports Inc.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOn June 19, I was told that my contract was not going to be renewed for the upcoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[967,895,26,5294,966,896,5,960,968,959,961,962,40,4,963,964,965,43],"class_list":["post-638534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary-flames","tag-breaking-news","tag-calgary","tag-calgary-flames","tag-calgaryflames","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-flames","tag-hockey","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-nhl","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117053282499474868","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}