Why NHL fans should tune in for The Price Is Right Tonight on Monday

Several NHL players including Matthew Schaefer and Tom Wilson will be part special episode of popular game show on Monday.

Published Oct 16, 2026  •  Last updated 24 minutes ago  •  2 minute read

NHL players including Brandon Montour (Seattle Kraken), Matthew Schaefer (New York Islanders), Jake Walman (Edmonton Oilers) and Tom Wilson (Washington Capitals) made an appearance on The Price Is Right Tonight with Howie Mandel. Supplied photo

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Matthew Schaefer, come on down. 

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And bring Wendel Clark, Tom Wilson, Brandon Montour and Jake Walman with you to The Price Is Right Tonight.

Schaefer, the personable New York Islanders’ Calder Trophy-winning defenceman, whose team plays the Maple Leafs here Saturday headlines a special NHL themed edition of the iconic game show’s Canadian version Monday night at 8 p.m.

It’s part of Season 2 of the evening supplement that launched this past week, hosted by Howie Mandel and seen locally on CITY-TV. 

What do the players recall about the show?

The NHL celebrities, who help contestants in classic games such as Plinko, Let It Roll and, of course, spinning the Big Wheel, was taped in June in Toronto. The audience will be wearing their favourite NHL team sweaters.

A Toronto Maple Leafs fan during an episode of The Price is Right Tonight. Supplied photo

“My dad watched the show and my grandparents definitely did,” Schaefer told the Sun in June. “Any time you bring the show up with someone it’s: ‘Oh my God, no way.’ My dad said to me: ‘You sure they don’t want me on there?’”

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Wilson, the rugged Washington Capitals winger, said he watched the original Price Is Right with Bob Barker religiously as a kid in Toronto. The retired Clark, now a Maple Leaf ambassador and an avid golfer, said he enjoyed Barker’s putting for prizes. 

The crowd in attendance during an episode of The Price is Right Tonight. Supplied photo

“Before iPads and YouTube, The Price Is Right is what I had going on,” Wilson said. “I just like to hang in to the very end and see the new car and the trips they won. It was pretty exciting. 

“Hopefully. people like the hockey theme.” 

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Mandel is joined by presenter Ashley Callingbull and announcer Ben Shulman. 

“As the first fully co-branded episode of The Price Is Right anywhere in the world, it gives fans a new way to connect with some of the game’s biggest stars, weaving NHL players and moments into the show in ways that are fun, unexpected and uniquely Canadian,” executive producer Claire Adams said.

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