January 27, 2022, Mississauga, ON – The Ontario Junior Hockey League today announced a renewal of its broadcast partnership with CHCH-TV – including the airing of five live hockey games during the remainder of the 2021-22 OJHL season.

The “CHCH Game of the Week” will provide viewers across Canada with thrilling Junior A hockey action from the largest Junior A league in Canada, featuring emerging local talent facing off Saturday afternoons in rinks across the province. The deal also includes the broadcast of five episodes of The OJ Today, a weekly hockey magazine show featuring highlights and analysis from all games across the 22-team league.

“The OJHL CHCH-TV Game of the Week and The OJ Today are extremely important initiatives for the promotion of the players competing in the league,” said Marty Savoy, Commissioner of the OJHL. “Although there is a reduced schedule due to COVID-19, we are thrilled to be able to bring the country five nationally-televised games”.

The partnership will again see OJHL games available to millions of households across Ontario via terrestrial TV.  Weekly games will air on CHCH-TV Saturdays at 3 p.m., beginning February 5, 2022 with the North York Rangers visiting the Cobourg Cougars in Cobourg, ON.  

Viewers can expect in-person interviews, features and previews of upcoming matchups and storylines from across the league including live hits from watch parties at supporting community businesses.

“It’s great to see the OJHL back on the ice,” said Nick Bannard, Marketing Manager at CHCH-TV. “We hope our platform can continue to be a launch pad for these young, dynamic players to attract new fans to the game at the local level.”

On-air talent for the event will be new this year. Jack Moore will do the play-by-play, while veteran OJHL broadcaster Alan Corkum, will handle colour commentary and host duties during the broadcasts.  

The “CHCH Game of the Week” schedule includes:

About CHCH-TV

CHCH-TV started broadcasting in 1954 and is proud to be the news leader for Hamilton and the surrounding Halton and Niagara regions of Southwestern Ontario. CHCH produces over 24 hours of original local news programming each week. With a primetime line-up anchored by movies, news magazine shows, fan favourite retro programming and hit dramas, CHCH is available to over 92 per cent of Ontario households and is viewed by millions nationally each week. CHCH News is produced daily out of its broadcast studio located in Hamilton, Ontario. For more information, please visit chch.com.

About the OJHL – “League of Choice”

The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of the Canadian Junior Hockey League with 22 member clubs. A proud member of the CJHL and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94. With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including U SPORTS, the NCAA, CHL, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 125 commitments in 2019-20 – including more than 45 NCAA Division I scholarships.