The Western Hockey League and SHAW Communications today announced that SHAW will broadcast 32 games on the full cable network in Western Canada during the 2012-13 WHL Regular Season. This will include four Calgary Hitmen games, with the first road game airing on December 7/12. See complete Hitmen broadcast schedule below.

The WHL on SHAW will also provide extensive coverage of the 2013 WHL Playoffs, broadcasting a full series in each of the four rounds including the WHL Championship Series, as team’s battle for the Ed Chynoweth Cup.  SHAW is entering its ninth season as the official regional cable broadcaster of the WHL and has made huge strides during the 2011 and 2012 WHL Playoffs broadcasting the entire WHL Championship Series in High Definition.

The 2012-13 WHL on SHAW broadcast schedule will highlight key rivals LIVE every Friday night on ‘The WHL on SHAW Friday Night Hockey’ across Western Canada on SHAW TV and Shaw Direct ‘Channel 299’.

2012-13 ‘WHL on SHAW’ Broadcast Schedule