Peter Puck returns to television

After a
long 28-year hiatus, Peter Puck is returning to television. Leafs TV announced
Monday that Peter Puck, the beloved 1970s hockey puck icon, will return to
television starting December 20 as part of Leafs TV’s Maple Leafs game
broadcasts.

The
scrappy animated character was first introduced to audiences in the 1970’s when
NBC officials created it to use during their Game of the Week hockey broadcasts
to help teach Americans about hockey. It quickly became recognized as a popular
intermission personality featured on televised NHL games. The Peter Puck
features also aired on CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada in the late 1970’s.

“Peter
Puck is a part of hockey’s cultural heritage,” said Chris Hebb, senior
vice-president of broadcast and content for Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.
“Now the thousands of hockey fans who grew up watching Peter Puck can
relive cherished childhood memories of the past, and also introduce their own
children to this beloved character.”

Leafs TV
will broadcast 11 segments of the original footage as follows:

Thursday,
December 20 – Leafs at

Tampa

Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday,
December 27 – Leafs at

Philadelphia,
7 p.m.

Thursday,
January 3 – Leafs at

Pittsburgh,
7:30 p.m.

Wednesday,
January 9 – Leafs at

Anaheim,
10 p.m.

Thursday,
January 10 – Leafs at

Los Angeles,
10:30 p.m.

Thursday,
January 17 – Leafs at

Boston,
7 p.m.

Sunday,
January 20 – Leafs at

New Jersey,
5 p.m.

Thursday,
January 24 – Leafs at

Washington,
7 p.m.

Thursday,
January 31 – Leafs at

Carolina,
7 p.m.

Thursday,
February 14 – Leafs vs.

New York
Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday,
February 21 – Leafs vs.

Buffalo,
7:30 p.m.

All game
times are listed in Eastern Standard Time