List of ESPN National Hockey Night personalities

Broadcast teams

ESPN did not have fixed broadcast teams during the 1985-86 season. Sam Rosen, Ken Wilson, Jim Hughson, Dan Kelly, Mike Lange, and Jiggs McDonald handled the play-by-play and Mickey Redmond, Herb Brooks, Gary Green, John Davidson, Paul Steigerwald, and Peter McNab provided color commentary.

Season	Broadcasters
1986–87	Mike Emrick-Bill Clement Sam Rosen-Mickey Redmond or Tom Mees-John Davidson Ken Wilson-Mike Liut or Herb Brooks
1987–88	Mike Emrick-Bill Clement Sam Rosen-Phil Esposito
1992–93	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Tom Mees-John Davidson, Brian Engblom or Darren Pang
1993–94	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Tom Mees-John Davidson or Brian Engblom Steve Levy-Darren Pang
1994–95	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Tom Mees-John Davidson or Brian Engblom Steve Levy-Darren Pang
1995–96	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Tom Mees-John Davidson or Brian Engblom Steve Levy-Darren Pang
1996–97	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Steve Levy-Darren Pang Dave Strader-Brian Engblom
1997–98	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Steve Levy-Darren Pang Dave Strader-Brian Engblom
1998–99	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Steve Levy-Darren Pang Dave Strader-Brian Engblom Jack Edwards-Jim Schoenfeld Dave Ryan-Joe Micheletti Joe Beninati-Tony Twist
1999–2000	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Steve Levy-Darren Pang Dave Strader-Brian Engblom Jack Edwards-Jim Schoenfeld Dave Ryan-Joe Micheletti Joe Beninati-Neil Smith Sean McDonough-Tony Twist
2000–01	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Steve Levy-Darren Pang Dave Strader-Brian Engblom Jack Edwards-Jim Schoenfeld Dave Ryan-Joe Micheletti Joe Beninati-Neil Smith
2001–02	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement Steve Levy-Darren Pang Dave Strader-Brian Engblom Jack Edwards-Jim Schoenfeld Dave Ryan-Joe Micheletti Joe Beninati-Neil Smith
2002–03	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement-John Davidson Steve Levy-Barry Melrose-Darren Pang Dave Strader-Brian Engblom Mike Emrick-Eddie Olczyk Joe Beninati-Neil Smith Sean McDonough-Ray Ferraro
2003–04	Gary Thorne-Bill Clement-John Davidson Steve Levy-Barry Melrose-Darren Pang Dave Strader-Brian Engblom Mike Emrick-Eddie Olczyk Joe Beninati-Neil Smith Sean McDonough-Ray Ferraro

Stanley Cup playoffs 1986-88

Year	Round	Teams	Games	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters
1986	Divisional semifinals	Philadelphia-New York Rangers	Games 4–5	Jim Kelly (Game 4) Mike Lange (Game 5)	Mickey Redmond
		Washington-New York Islanders	Game 1	Mike Lange	Paul Steigerwald.
		Montreal-Boston	Game 3	Jim Hughson	Gary Green
		Minnesota-St. Louis	Game 2	Ken Wilson	Herb Brooks
	Divisional finals	Washington-New York Rangers	Games 1–2, 4–6	Jiggs McDonald	Mickey Redmond (Game 1) Peter McNab (Game 2, 4–6)
		Montreal-Hartford	Games 3, 7	Jiggs McDonald	Peter McNab
		Edmonton-Calgary	Games 2–7	Mike Lange (Games 2, 7) Jim Hughson (Games 3–6)	Mickey Redmond	Jim Kelly
	Conference finals	Montreal-New York Rangers	Games 1–5	Ken Wilson (Games 1, 3) Jiggs McDonald (Game 2) Mike Lange (Games 4–5)	Mickey Redmond
		Calgary-St. Louis	Games 1–7	Jim Hughson (Games 1, 3, 5) Mike Lange (Game 2) Ken Wilson (Games 4, 6) Sam Rosen (Game 7)	Bill Clement
1987	Divisional semifinals	Philadelphia-New York Rangers	Games 3–4, 6	Mike Emrick (Games 3, 6) Ken Wilson (Game 4)	Bill Clement
		Washington-New York Islanders	Game 7	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement	Tom Mees
		Hartford-Quebec	Game 5	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement
		Montreal-Boston	Games 1–	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement
	Divisional finals	Philadelphia-New York Islanders	Games 2, 4–7	Mike Emrick (Games 2-5, 7) Ken Wilson (Game 6)	Bill Clement
		Montreal-Quebec	Game 1	Ken Wilson	Bill Clement
		Detroit-Toronto	Games 5–7	Sam Rosen (Game 5) Tom Mees (Games 6-7)	John Davidson
		Edmonton-Winnipeg	Games 2–4	Rick Peckham (Game 2) Ken Wilson (Game 3) Sam Rosen (Game 4)	John Davidson
	Conference finals	Philadelphia-Montreal	Games 1–6	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement
		Edmonton-Detroit	Games 1–5	Ken Wilson	Mike Liut
1988	Divisional semifinals	New York Islanders-New Jersey	Games 1, 3, 6	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement
		Philadelphia-Washington	Games 2, 4–5, 7	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement
	Divisional finals	Washington-New Jersey	Games 1, 3, 6–7	Mike Emrick (Game 1) Sam Rosen (Games 3, 6–7)	Bill Clement (Game 1) Phil Esposito (Games 3, 6–7)
		Montreal-Boston	Games 2, 4–5	Sam Rosen	Phil Esposito
		Detroit-St. Louis	Games 2, 5	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement
		Edmonton-Calgary	Games 1, 3–4	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement
	Conference finals	Boston-New Jersey	Games 1–7	Mike Emrick (Games 1, 5–7) Sam Rosen (Games 2–4)	Bill Clement (Games 1, 5–7) Phil Esposito (Games 2–4)
		Edmonton-Detroit	Games 1–5	Sam Rosen (Games 1, 5) Mike Emrick (Games 2–4)	Phil Esposito (Games 1, 5) Bill Clement (Games 2–4)

Stanley Cup playoffs 1993-2004

Year	Round	Teams	Games	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters
1994	Conference quarterfinals	NY Rangers-NY Islanders	Games 2–3	ESPN (Games 2–3)	Tom Mees (Game 2) Gary Thorne (Game 3)	John Davidson (Game 2) Bill Clement (Game 3)	Brian Engblom (Game 3)
	Conference semifinals	NY Rangers-Washington	Games 1–5	ESPN2 (Game 1) ESPN (Games 2–5)	Sean McDonough (Game 1) Gary Thorne (Games 2–5)	Brian Engblom (Game 1) Bill Clement (Games 2–5)	Brian Engblom (Games 2-5)
1995	Conference quarterfinals	New Jersey-Boston	Game 5	ESPN2 (Game 5)	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement	Brian Engblom
	Conference semifinals	New Jersey-Pittsburgh	Games 1–2, 4	ESPN (Game 1) ESPN2 (Games 2, 4)	Tom Mees	John Davidson
	Conference finals	New Jersey-Philadelphia	Games 1–4, 6	ESPN	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement	Brian Engblom

Stanley Cup Finals 1993-2004

Year	Teams	Games	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters
1995	New Jersey-Detroit	Games 2–3	ESPN	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement	Brian Engblom

Reporters

• Brian Engblom
• Darren Pang
• Erin Andrews
• Tom Mees
• Jim Kelly (1985–86)