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John Bartlett is returning to TSN as the play-by-play broadcaster for the network’s regional TV coverage of the Canadiens.

Bartlett, who originally moved to Montreal to handle the radio play-by-play of the team on TSN 690, spent the past three seasons working on Sportsnet’s regional coverage of the Canadiens. He also provided coverage of the Clarkson Cup Canadian Women’s Hockey League final and Canadian university playoffs.

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TSN, which re-acquired the Canadiens regional rights, will televise 50 regular-season games as well as five exhibition games. (The remaining 32 regular-season games and all playoff games will be broadcast nationally by Sportsnet.) Early reports indicated that TSN would try to cut costs by covering some road games from a studio feed, but that decision has been reversed. The games can be seen on TSN2 for those in the Canadiens’ broadcast region, which includes eastern Ontario and all of Quebec and Atlantic Canada.

Olympic gold medallist Tessa Bonhomme and veteran broadcaster Glenn Schiller will share the hosting duties, while Bartlett will be joined in the booth by a rotating cast of analysts — Dave Poulin, Mike Johnson and Craig Button.

TSN 690 will broadcast every Canadiens game with play-by-play announcer Dan Robertson and analyst Sergio Momesso.