List of current National Hockey League broadcasters
The following is a list of current (as of 2019–20 NHL season) National Hockey League broadcasters.
Regional broadcasters
The following is a list of local TV and radio broadcasters for each individual team. As a result of Rogers Communications and Bell Canada having both an ownership stake in the Toronto Maple Leafs, that team's regional English language TV broadcasts are split between Rogers' Sportsnet Ontario and Bell's TSN4, and radio coverage is split between Sportsnet 590 and TSN 1050. The Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars, do television/radio simulcasts. Both the Los Angeles Kings and the New Jersey Devils lack flagship terrestrial radio stations, and have instead partnered with the Internet radio platforms iHeartRadio and Radio.com, respectively. Both the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators each have local English and French language broadcasts to serve their large anglophone and francophone fan bases. The Florida Panthers, Chicago Blackhawks and Vegas Golden Knights both added Spanish language broadcasts to serve their Hispanic fan bases. Not all teams televise their preseason games.
Eastern Conference
Team | Play-by-play | Color commentators | Flagship stations |
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Boston | Jack Edwards | Andy Brickley Sophia Jurksztowicz (rinkside) |
NESN[1] |
Judd Sirott | Bob Beers | The Sports Hub[1] Rock 92.9 (during conflicts with Patriots games or road games in conflict with Celtics home games) | |
Buffalo | Rick Jeanneret (primary) Dan Dunleavy (during Jeanneret's absences) |
Rob Ray Martin Biron |
MSG Western New York/Bell TV[2] |
WGR 550[3] | |||
Carolina | John Forslund Mike Maniscalco (during Forslund's NHL on NBC assignments) |
Tripp Tracy | FOX Sports Carolinas[4] |
99.9 The Fan[4] | |||
Columbus | Jeff Rimer | Jody Shelley | Fox Sports Ohio[5] |
Bob McElligott | 97.1 The Fan[6] | ||
Detroit | Ken Daniels | Mickey Redmond (home games and select away games) Larry Murphy (select away games) Chris Osgood (select away games) |
FOX Sports Detroit[7] |
Ken Kal | Paul Woods | 97.1 The Ticket[8] | |
Florida | Steve Goldstein | Randy Moller | FOX Sports Florida[9] |
Doug Plagens | Bill Lindsay | 560 The Joe Fox Sports 640[9] (English Radio) | |
Arley Londoño | 990 ESPN Deportes (Spanish Radio) | ||
Montreal | Bryan Mudryk | Dave Poulin (select games) Mike Johnson (select games) Craig Button (select games)[10] |
TSN2 (English Regional) |
Dan Robertson | Sergio Momesso | TSN 690 (English Radio) | |
Pierre Houde | Marc Denis | RDS (French Regional)[11] | |
Martin McGuire | Danny Dubé | 98.5 FM (French Radio) | |
New Jersey | Steve Cangialosi | Ken Daneyko Bryce Salvador (rinkside on all home games) |
MSG Plus MSG Network (during Knicks and Rangers off-days)[12] |
Matt Loughlin | Chico Resch | Radio.com app WFAN Sports Radio (select games) | |
New York Islanders | Brendan Burke | Butch Goring A.J. Mleczko (select games) Jennifer Botterill (select games) |
MSG Plus[13] MSG Network (during Knicks, Rangers, and Devils off-days) |
Chris King | Greg Picker | ESPN 1050 AM ESPN 98.7 FM (during conflicts with either Knicks or Rangers broadcasts) WRHU (during conflicts with both Knicks and Rangers broadcasts)[14] | |
New York Rangers | Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's Fox NFL assignments; rinkside on all other games) |
Joe Micheletti | MSG Network MSG Plus (during conflicts with Knicks broadcasts)[15] |
Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's Fox NFL, NHL on NBC, Knicks on MSG, or Fox MLB TV broadcasts) Sam Rosen (during select national TV broadcasts) |
Dave Maloney | ESPN 98.7 FM ESPN 1050 AM (during conflicts with Knicks broadcasts) | |
Ottawa | Gord Miller (select games) TBA (select games) |
Ray Ferraro (select games) Jamie McLennan (select games) Mike Johnson (select games)[16] |
TSN5 (English Regional) |
Michel Y. Lacroix | Norman Flynn | RDS RDS2 (French Regional) | |
Dean Brown | Gord Wilson | TSN 1200 (English Radio) | |
Nicolas St. Pierre | Alain Sanscartier | Unique FM (French Radio) | |
Philadelphia | Jim Jackson | Keith Jones (primary) Bill Clement (during Keith Jones' NHL on NBC assignments) |
NBC Sports Philadelphia[17] |
Tim Saunders | Steve Coates | 97.5 The Fanatic 93.3 WMMR | |
Pittsburgh | Steve Mears | Bob Errey | AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh[18] |
Mike Lange (primary) Josh Getzoff (select away games) |
Phil Bourque | The X at 105.9[18] | |
Tampa Bay | Rick Peckham | Brian Engblom | FOX Sports Sun[19] |
Dave Mishkin | Phil Esposito (home games only) Caley Chelios (away games only) |
970 WFLA[20] | |
Toronto | Gord Miller (select games) TBA (select games) |
Ray Ferraro (select games) Jamie McLennan (select games)[21] |
TSN4 |
John Bartlett | Greg Millen | Sportsnet Ontario | |
Joe Bowen | Jim Ralph | Sportsnet 590 TSN 1050 | |
Washington | Joe Beninati | Craig Laughlin Alan May (rinkside on all home games) |
NBC Sports Washington[22] |
John Walton (primary) Grady Whittenburg (during Walton's NHL on NBC assignments) |
Ken Sabourin | WFED 1500 106.7 The Fan (Selected Games Only) |
Western Conference
Team | Play-by-play | Color commentators | Flagship Stations |
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Anaheim | John Ahlers | Brian Hayward | FOX Sports West Prime Ticket KCOP (during conflicts with Kings, Clippers and Angels broadcasts)[23] |
Steve Carroll | Dan Wood | Angels Radio AM 830 The Mighty 1090[23] | |
Arizona | Matt McConnell | Tyson Nash | FOX Sports Arizona[24] |
Bob Heethuis | Paul Bissonnette[25] | ESPN Phoenix 620 AM Arizona Sports 98.7 FM[26] | |
Calgary | Rick Ball | Kelly Hrudey (primary) Cassie Campbell-Pascall (during Hrudey's Hockey Night in Canada assignments) |
Sportsnet West Sportsnet Flames (during conflicts with Oilers broadcasts or other Sportsnet programming)[27] |
Derek Wills | Peter Loubardias | Sportsnet 960 | |
Chicago | Pat Foley | Eddie Olczyk (primary) Steve Konroyd (during Olczyk's NHL on NBC assignments) |
NBC Sports Chicago[28] |
John Wiedeman | Troy Murray | WGN Radio (English Radio) | |
Héctor Lozano (primary) Omar Ramos (during Lozano's Chicago Fire broadcasts) |
Omar Ramos (primary) Mateo Moreno (when Ramos is doing play-by-play) |
Univision Deportes 1200 AM (Spanish Radio) | |
Colorado | Marc Moser | Peter McNab Mark Rycroft (select games) |
Altitude[29] |
Conor McGahey | Altitude Sports Radio AM 950 KKSE (FM) | ||
Dallas | Josh Bogorad | Daryl Reaugh Sarah Merrifield (rinkside) |
FOX Sports Southwest[30] |
The Ticket[31] | |||
Edmonton | Kevin Quinn | Louie DeBrusk (primary) Drew Remenda (during DeBrusk's Hockey Night in Canada assignments) |
Sportsnet West Sportsnet Oilers (during conflicts with Flames broadcasts or other Sportsnet programming)[32] |
Jack Michaels | Bob Stauffer | 630 CHED | |
Los Angeles | Alex Faust | Jim Fox | FOX Sports West Prime Ticket KCOP (during conflicts with Ducks, Clippers and Angels broadcasts)[33] |
Nick Nickson | Daryl Evans | iHeartRadio app | |
Minnesota | Anthony LaPanta | Mike Greenlay (select games) Wes Walz (select games) Ryan Carter (select games) Lou Nanne (select games) Krissy Wendell (select games) Kevin Gorg (rinkside) |
FOX Sports North[34] |
Bob Kurtz (home games and select away games) Paul Allen (select away games) Jim Erickson (select away games) Kevin Falness (select away games) Joe O'Donnell (select away games) |
Tom Reid | 100.3 FM KFAN: The Fan[34] | |
Nashville | Willy Daunic[35] | Chris Mason | FOX Sports Tennessee[36] |
Pete Weber | Hal Gill | 102.5 The Game | |
San Jose | Randy Hahn | Jamie Baker (select games) Bret Hedican (select games) Kendall Coyne Schofield (select games)[37] |
NBC Sports California[38] |
Dan Rusanowsky | Jamie Baker (select games) Bret Hedican (select games) Mark Smith (select games) Scott Hannan (select games) |
98.5 K-FOX[39] | |
St. Louis | John Kelly | Darren Pang Bernie Federko |
FOX Sports Midwest[40] |
Chris Kerber | Joe Vitale | 101 ESPN | |
Vancouver | John Shorthouse | John Garrett | Sportsnet Pacific Sportsnet Canucks (during conflicts with other Sportsnet programming)[41] |
Brendan Batchelor | Corey Hirsch | Sportsnet 650 Vancouver | |
Vegas | Dave Goucher | Shane Hnidy Stormy Buonantony (rinkside) |
AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain KTNV-TV (preseason only)[42] |
Dan D'Uva | Gary Lawless | KKGK (English Radio) | |
Jesus Lopez | Herbert Castro | 1460 ESPN Deportes (Spanish Radio) | |
Winnipeg | Dennis Beyak (primary) Brian Munz (during Beyak's World Juniors assignments) |
Kevin Sawyer | TSN3[43] |
Paul Edmonds (primary) Dennis Beyak (during select national TV broadcasts) |
Brian Munz | TSN 1290 |
National broadcasters
Canada
National television rights in Canada are held by Rogers Media. CBC Television, the previous over-the-air television broadcaster of the NHL, continues to participate in coverage to an extent: Rogers reached a deal with CBC to license the Hockey Night in Canada brand and maintain the network's traditional Saturday night games. HNIC games now airs nationally across CBC, Citytv, and the Sportsnet channels, rather than be split across CBC stations on a regional basis. FX Canada was originally also used to show games (usually simulcasts of all-American matchups), but has not carried regular season or playoff broadcasts since the first year of the Rogers contract. Sportsnet also airs a primetime game of the week on Sunday nights, known as Rogers Hometown Hockey, and exclusive Wednesday night games. During the playoffs, games are split between CBC and the Sportsnet channels.
Additionally, the Quebecor Media-owned TVA Sports receives French-language rights as part of another sub-licensing deal with Rogers.
United States
National television rights in English and Spanish languages in the United States are held by NBC. During the regular season, most national broadcasts are on NBCSN, including an exclusive Wednesday night game. From January until the end of the season, an exclusive afternoon "Game of the Week" airs on the weekend on the NBC broadcast network. The NHL Network in the U.S. also regularly airs games, but primarily simulcasts of either a regional or Canadian feed.
Selected games broadcast on NBCSN have syndication exclusivity instead of national exclusivity. For these games, NBCSN televises them nationally, but are blacked out in the teams' local markets in favor of the telecasts of their respective regional broadcaster. Most first round playoff games are also aired on a syndication-exclusivity basis; NBC holds national exclusivity to only a few selected first-round games, but then has it for the remaining three rounds of the playoffs. Playoff games are split between NBC, NBCSN, CNBC (during the first two rounds), and NHL Network (as an overflow channel). In 2015, USA Network also carried several first- and second-round games. In 2018, the Golf Channel was also used for some playoff games.
Also, starting in 2015, Telemundo Deportes, which is NBC Sports Group's Spanish-language sports division, started to carry NHL games in Spanish until the end of the network's current contract with the league in 2021. These Spanish-language simulcasts will be aired on NBC Universo and Telemundo.
International broadcasters
Africa
Country | Broadcaster |
---|---|
Middle East and North Africa | OSN Sports |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ESPN |
Asia
Country | Broadcaster |
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Asia | Sports Illustrated |
iflixSEA | |
TVB Jade | |
Fox Sports | |
CCTV | |
TV Varzish | |
^SEA - only available in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Europe
Latin America
Country | Broadcaster |
---|---|
ESPN Brasil |
Oceania
Country | Broadcaster |
---|---|
Fox Sports |
See also
- NHL networks
- NHL Network (United States)
- NHL Network (Canada) (Defunct)
- Out-of-market packages
References
- Boston Bruins broadcasters
- Buffalo Sabres Broadcasters
- Buffalo Sabres Broadcasters
- Carolina Hurricanes broadcasters
- Columbus Blue Jackets on TV
- Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network
- Detroit Red Wings TV Announcers
- Detroit Red Wings Radio announcers
- Florida Panthers broadcasters
- TSN Features Live Coverage of 50 Regular Season Montreal Canadiens Games as Part of 2019-20 Regional NHL Broadcast Schedule
- Montreal Canadiens schedule
- New Jersey Devils schedule
- MSG Plus Announces New York Islanders 2010-2011 Telecast Schedule
- "Islanders make the jump to ESPN New York for radio home". New York Post. September 25, 2019.
- New York Rangers schedule
- TSN Announces 2019-20 Ottawa Senators Broadcast Schedule, Featuring Regional Coverage of 55 Regular Season Games
- Philadelphia Flyers schedule
- Pittsburgh Penguins Media Affiliates
- Tampa Bay Lightning schedule
- Tampa Bay Lightning Radio Network
- TSN Delivers 26 Regular Season Toronto Maple Leafs Games as Part of 2019-20 Regional NHL Broadcast
- Washington Capitals schedule
- Anaheim Ducks broadcasters
- Phoenix Coyotes Television Information
- "Bissonnette Joins Coyotes as Announcer/Ambassador". NHL.com. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
- Phoenix Coyotes Radio Information
- Calgary Flames schedule
- Chicago Blackhawks schedule
- Colorado Avalanche schedule
- Dallas Stars Broadcast Information
- Dallas Stars Broadcast Information
- Edmonton Oilers TV schedule
- LA Kings Broadcast Information
- Minnesota Wild TV, radio broadcasts will feature new announcers this season
- http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2015/7/10/8930533/pete-weber-and-willy-daunic-switching-roles-for-predators-in-2015-16
- Nashville Predators schedule
- Sharks Add Gold Medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield to TV Broadcast Team
- San Jose Sharks schedule
- San Jose Sharks Radio Affiliates
- St. Louis Blues schedule
- Vancouver Canucks schedule
- "All VGK Preseason Games to Air on KTNV". NHL.com. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- Tait, Ed (July 21, 2011). "Jets Reach Broadcast Agreement With TSN". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- "Yandex to broadcast NHL games in Russia". NHL.com. Retrieved 2019-10-04.