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Marc Crawford will join Hockey Night in Canada as a game analyst, the CBC announced Thursday morning. Crawford, who won the Stanley Cup as the Colorado Avalanche's head coach in

**rinkrat** · July 31st, 2008, 10:23 AM

Marc Crawford will join Hockey Night in Canada as a game analyst, the CBC announced Thursday morning. Crawford, who won the Stanley Cup as the Colorado Avalanche's head coach in 1995-96, was fired at the end of last season by the Los Angeles Kings.

Crawford, who won the Jack Adams Award in 1995 as the league's top coach, returns to the CBC broadcast booth as an analyst, bringing six years experience as an NHL forward and 13 years experience as an NHL head coach.

"We are excited to have Marc Crawford back on Hockey Night in Canada," Sherali Najak, HNIC's executive producer, said in a statement. "Marc's resume speaks for itself - as a former player and NHL head coach, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the game, which is great for our broadcast."

Hockey Night hires ex-Canucks coach Crawford

HOCKEYAHOLIC · July 31st, 2008, 10:45 AM

So will Hockey Night in Canada fail now? falling to 29th in rankings.

**taz42** · July 31st, 2008, 11:21 AM

I hope he's better at that than he was at coaching.

**PPharoah** · July 31st, 2008, 11:24 AM

Taz, as much as we hope that's true, it does require a certain amount of common sense to do the job well.
Maybe Cherry will teach him something?

**taz42** · July 31st, 2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by PPharoah

Taz, as much as we hope that's true, it does require a certain amount of common sense to do the job well.
Maybe Cherry will teach him something?

You really think he'd listen to Cherry?
We all know how stubborn he is.

**mudfisher** · July 31st, 2008, 12:00 PM

Will HNIC be a Pay Per View Channel now? Or will the censor button be in high demand?

**taz42** · July 31st, 2008, 12:36 PM

Looks like no other teams wanted his style of coaching maybe? Hmmm Guess they all have set higher standards than DL did when he was hired in L.A.

BurgerKingSty59 · July 31st, 2008, 12:44 PM

I hope he sees the Kings win the cup.

**PPharoah** · July 31st, 2008, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by taz42

You really think he'd listen to Cherry?
We all know how stubborn he is.

No, but I can dream can't I Taz?

**taz42** · July 31st, 2008, 04:01 PM

They've also hired Millbury.
Now, I'm really happy that I don't get that channel.

HOCKEYAHOLIC · July 31st, 2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BurgerKingSty59

I hope he sees the Kings win the cup.

**x-wingcamewest** · July 31st, 2008, 05:24 PM

all of you can bite me. LONG LIVE THE CROW!! hope he has a great tour there.

**taz42** · July 31st, 2008, 06:37 PM

Well, to each his own. I'm just glad I don't get CBC and have to watch him and Milbury strut their stuff.

King Henrik · July 31st, 2008, 07:08 PM

first melrose now crawford does every coach we have turn into a hockey analysist?

**lesgardiens** · August 1st, 2008, 04:50 AM

Former Vancouver Canucks head coach Marc Crawford will join Hockey Night in Canada as a game analyst, the CBC announced Thursday morning. Crawford, who won the Stanley Cup as the Colorado Avalanche's head coach in 1995-96, was fired at the end of last season by the Los Angeles Kings.

Crawford, who won the Jack Adams Award in 1995 as the league's top coach, returns to the CBC broadcast booth as an analyst, bringing six years experience as an NHL forward and 13 years experience as an NHL head coach.

"We are excited to have Marc Crawford back on Hockey Night in Canada," Sherali Najak, HNIC's executive producer, said in a statement. "Marc's resume speaks for itself - as a former player and NHL head coach, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the game, which is great for our broadcast."