Oake is probably best known as a regular contributor to "Hockey Night in Canada". Since the 2003–04 season, he has hosted the second game of "HNIC"'s Saturday night double-headers, first alongside Kelly Hrudey, then with Marc Crawford, then with Kevin Weekes, and now with Louie DeBrusk. Even though Oake remains with the CBC after Rogers Communications, the owners of Sportsnet networks bought the sole national rights for the 2014–15 season, Oake joined the Sportsnet's national NHL coverage in June 2014. In addition to his "Hockey Night" role, he gains new role as ice level reporter for Sportsnet's Wednesday night games.