Canada West games now airing on TELUS Optik TV

CALGARY - The blink-and-you-miss-it action of Canada West competition and its elite athletes is now on your TV screen. TELUS Optik TV customers can catch a featured game in each of women's hockey, men's hockey, women's basketball, men's basketball, women's volleyball and men's volleyball each week.

Canada West action has taken over channel 1997, with a high-level match-up in these highly popular sports each weekend.

During the 2022-23 season, TELUS will host 35 regular season games and 18 playoff games.

“As part of our commitment to foster technology innovation that serves our customers’ interests and supports meaningful outcomes for Canadian youth, we are proud to leverage the most advanced live broadcasting capabilities on Optik TV to bring the best of live sports and hyper-local community programming to the comfort of our customers’ homes,” said Tom Linder, Director TV Content Operations & Development, TELUS.

Fans can also follow along on the teams' quest for national glory as they enter into CW Championship season in mid February. Basketball and hockey playoffs kick off the weekend of February 18, with volleyball quarterfinals slated for the following week. Playoffs continue until champions are crowned in each sport in the first two weeks of March.

Those weeks will be ones to watch as the drama and intensity of postseason play ignite the west.

“Canada West is proud to be able to showcase our elite athletes on broadcast television through this partnership with TELUS. Our conference has a long history of excellence in hockey, volleyball and basketball, which Canadians with TELUS can now enjoy through their TV provider. We hope everyone will join in on the excitement that is CW competition," said Stefanie Lasuik, Associate Director, Communications & Marketing for Canada West.

As always, every CW game is available live and on demand through streaming packages ​ or single-game tickets on Canada West TV.

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