''Krown Produce Canada West Football on Shaw'' was a presentation of

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football aired on

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and Access7. In 2012, broadcasts were streamed on CanadaWest.tv. Shaw TV added to their network-wide sports coverage which offered only WHL games, with

Football in 2006. The network broadcast six of eight weeks plus playoffs and

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game through 2009. In 2010, Shaw TV began to cover a game every week, plus one of two semifinals and the Hardy Cup. In 2011, Shaw TV lost the Hardy Cup broadcast rights to TSN but began to cover both semifinal games. Prior to the 2012 season, Shaw and Canada West renewed their agreement for another three years. In 2012, Shaw sold the title sponsorship to Krown Produce of

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. Shaw broadcast a game of the week and two semifinals. TSN continued to broadcast the

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. The Hardy Trophy returned to Shaw in 2013. In 2015, in addition to regular season coverage on Shaw TV, coverage of one semi-final and the Hardy Trophy final would be broadcast nationally by the

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(then owned by Shaw subsidiary

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) and produced and managed by N8 Group, producers of

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. "We are fortunate to have three willing and progressive partners in Shaw, Global Television, and Canada West who embrace the vision of enhancing the exposure to Canadians for CIS football by way of the Canada West Conference playoffs," said L. David Dube N8 Group Founding Partner. The broadcasts were distributed to 10.2 million Canadian households. In 2016, Shaw, Access Communications and N8 Group produced 14 games which included playoffs. This included the first broadcast and event out of Mosaic Stadium, a game featuring the Saskatchewan Huskies and Regina Rams which set a conference record with 16,500 in attendance. In 2017, Canada West announced that it had reached an agreement with

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and

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for 12 regular season games and coverage of the semi-finals and Hardy Cup game.

Commentators

Play-by-play

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(2006 – 2016) * Wray Morrison (2006 - 2011) * Tim Dancy (2006) * Mitchell Blair (2015 - 2016) * Warren Woods (2016)

Colour commentary

* Dan Eliott (2006 - 2010) *

(2010) *

Laurence Nixon Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ...

(2011 - 2014) *

Jesse Lumsden Jesse Lumsden (born August 3, 1982) is a Canadian Olympic bobsledder and a retired Canadian football player, who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders. Career Football Lumsden is the son of former CFL fullba ...

(2012 - 2015) *

Daved Benefield Daved Benefield (born February 16, 1968) is a former professional American football player who played thirteen seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for five different teams. He also was a backup at linebacker and defensive end for the Sa ...

(2011 - 2012) *

Matt Sheridan Matt Sheridan (born May 27, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec) is a professional Canadian football offensive lineman who is currently retired. He played eight seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League and was twice named Winnip ...

(2012) *

Mike Siroshka Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and docume ...

(2011) *Erik Glavic (2011) *Gord Randall (2015) *Wray Morrison (2015-2016)

Hosts

*Andy Neal (2012 - 2016) *Rod Pedersen (2016)

Sideline reporters

Vancouver: *Kevin Cady (2006 - 2007) * Stu Walters (2008 - 2016) Calgary/Edmonton: * Alanna Nolan (2011 - 2016) *Brendan ParkerBrendan Parker Global Calgary Biography - http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/brendan+parker/4678081/story.html (2007 - 2010) Saskatoon/Regina: *

Dave Thomas Dave may refer to: Film, television, and theater * Dave (film), ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver * Dave (musical), ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film * Dave (TV channel), a digital ...

(2009 - 2015) *Dave Dawson (2014) *Darren Dupont (2015 - 2016) *Mitchell Blair (2015 - 2016) Winnipeg: * Jim Toth (2008 - 2015)

References

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