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American television

2010s

Year	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Ice level reporters
2019	Boston-Carolina	NBCSN (Games 1, 3–4)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Brian Boucher or Pierre McGuire
2019	Boston-Carolina	NBC (Game 2)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Brian Boucher or Pierre McGuire
2018	Tampa Bay-Washington	NBCSN (Games 1–4, 6–7)	Mike Emrick	Mike Milbury (Games 1, 2, 5) Eddie Olczyk (Games, 3, 4, 6, 7)	Brian Boucher (Games 1–2) Pierre McGuire (Games 3–7)
2018	Tampa Bay-Washington	NBC (Game 5)	Mike Emrick		Brian Boucher (Games 1–2) Pierre McGuire (Games 3–7)
2017	Pittsburgh-Ottawa	NBC (Games 1, 5)	John Forslund (Games 1–3) Mike Emrick (Games 4–7)	Eddie Olczyk (Games 1–2, 5–7)	Pierre McGuire
2017	Pittsburgh-Ottawa	NBCSN (Games 2–4, 6–7)	John Forslund (Games 1–3) Mike Emrick (Games 4–7)	Eddie Olczyk (Games 1–2, 5–7)	Pierre McGuire
2016	Pittsburgh-Tampa Bay	NBCSN	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk (Games 1–3, 5–7)	Pierre McGuire
2015	New York Rangers-Tampa Bay	NBC (Game 1)	Mike Emrick (Games 1–2, 5–7) John Forslund (Game 3) Kenny Albert (Game 4)	Eddie Olczyk (Games 2–3, 5–7) Joe Micheletti (Game 4)	Pierre McGuire (Games 1–3, 5–7) Brian Engblom (Game 4)
2015	New York Rangers-Tampa Bay	NBCSN (Games 2–7)		Eddie Olczyk (Games 2–3, 5–7) Joe Micheletti (Game 4)	Pierre McGuire (Games 1–3, 5–7) Brian Engblom (Game 4)
2014	Montreal-New York Rangers	NBC (Game 1)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire
2014	Montreal-New York Rangers	NBCSN (Games 2–6)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire
2013	Boston-Pittsburgh	NBC (Game 1)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire
2013	Boston-Pittsburgh	NBCSN (Games 2–4)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire
2012	New York Rangers-New Jersey	NBCSN (Games 1–2, 4–6)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire
2012	New York Rangers-New Jersey	NBC (Game 3)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire
2011	Boston-Tampa Bay	Versus (Games 1–3, 5–7)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire (Game 1, 5-7) Joe Micheletti (Game 2-4)
2011	Boston-Tampa Bay	NBC (Game 4)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire (Game 1, 5-7) Joe Micheletti (Game 2-4)
2010	Philadelphia-Montreal	Versus (Games 1-3 and 5)	Joe Beninati	Daryl Reaugh	Bob Harwood (Game 1-2) Billy Jaffe (Game 3) Charissa Thompson (Game 5)
2010	Philadelphia-Montreal	NBC (Game 4)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire

Notes

2015–present: Games that fall on the weekend of the Preakness Stakes only featured Emrick and McGuire in the booth, with lead color commentator Eddie Olczyk going on assignment as a handicapper for NBC's coverage of the Preakness Stakes.

2000s

Year	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
2009	Pittsburgh-Carolina	Versus	Joe Beninati	Daryl Reaugh
2008	Pittsburgh-Philadelphia	Versus (Games 1-4)	Joe Beninati	Darren Eliot
2008	Pittsburgh-Philadelphia	NBC (Game 5)	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk
2007	Ottawa-Buffalo	Versus (Games 1-4)	Joe Beninati	Darren Eliot
2007	Ottawa-Buffalo	NBC (Game 5)	Dave Strader	Eddie Olczyk
2006	Carolina-Buffalo	NBC (Game 1)	Mike Emrick	John Davidson (Games 1, 2, 4, 6, 7) Eddie Olczyk (Games 3, 5)
2006	Carolina-Buffalo	OLN (Games 2-7)	Mike Emrick
2005	Canceled due to 2004–05 NHL lockout.
2004	Tampa Bay-Philadelphia	ABC (Games 1, 4)	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement and John Davidson
2004	Tampa Bay-Philadelphia	ESPN (Games 2–3, 5–7)	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement
2003	New Jersey-Ottawa	ESPN (Game 1–3, 5–7)	Steve Levy (Games 1–4) Gary Thorne (Games 5–7)	Darren Pang (Games 1–3) Bill Clement (Games 5–7)
2003	New Jersey-Ottawa	ABC (Game 4)	Steve Levy (Games 1–4) Gary Thorne (Games 5–7)	Darren Pang and John Davidson
2002	Carolina-Toronto	ESPN	Steve Levy	Darren Pang
2001	New Jersey-Pittsburgh	ESPN (Games 1–3, 5)	Steve Levy (Games 1–3) Gary Thorne (Games 4–5)	Darren Pang (Games 1–3) Bill Clement (Games 4–5)
2001	New Jersey-Pittsburgh	ABC (Game 4)	Steve Levy (Games 1–3) Gary Thorne (Games 4–5)	Darren Pang (Games 1–3) Bill Clement (Games 4–5)
2000	Philadelphia-New Jersey	ABC (Game 1)	Gary Thorne (Games 1–2) Steve Levy (Games 3–7)	Bill Clement (Games 1–2) Darren Pang (Games 3–7)
2000	Philadelphia-New Jersey	ESPN (Games 2–7)	Gary Thorne (Games 1–2) Steve Levy (Games 3–7)	Bill Clement (Games 1–2) Darren Pang (Games 3–7)

1990s

Year	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1999	Buffalo-Toronto	Fox (Game 1)	Mike Emrick	John Davidson
1999	Buffalo-Toronto	ESPN (Games 2-5)	Steve Levy	Darren Pang
1998	Washington-Buffalo	ESPN	Gary Thorne (Game 1) Steve Levy (Games 2–6)	Bill Clement (Game 1) Darren Pang (Games 2–6)
1997	Philadelphia-New York Rangers	ESPN (Games 1, 3–4)	Dave Strader (Game 1) Gary Thorne (Games 3–4)	Darren Pang (Game 1) Bill Clement (Games 3–4)
1997	Philadelphia-New York Rangers	Fox (Games 2, 5)	Mike Emrick	John Davidson
1996	Florida-Pittsburgh	ESPN (Games 1–3, 5–7)	Gary Thorne (Games 1–2, 7) Tom Mees (Games 3, 5–6)	Bill Clement (Games 1–2, 7) Darren Pang (Games 3, 5–6)
1996	Florida-Pittsburgh	Fox (Game 4)	Mike Emrick	John Davidson
1995	Philadelphia-New Jersey	ESPN (Games 1-4, 6)	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement
1995	Philadelphia-New Jersey	Fox (Game 5)	Mike Emrick	John Davidson
1994	New York Rangers-New Jersey	ESPN2 (Game 1)	Sean McDonough	Brian Engblom
1994	New York Rangers-New Jersey	ESPN (Games 2-7)	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement
1993	Montreal-New York Islanders	ABC (Game 1)	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement
1993	Montreal-New York Islanders	ESPN (Games 2-5)	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement
1992	Pittsburgh-Boston	SportsChannel America	Jiggs McDonald	Bill Clement
1991	Pittsburgh-Boston	SportsChannel America	Jiggs McDonald	John Davidson
1990	Boston-Washington	SportsChannel America	Jiggs McDonald	Bill Clement

Local television

1990s

Year	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Ice level reporters	Studio host
1994	New York Rangers-New Jersey	MSG Network (Games 1, 5, 7) (New York area) (New York Rangers) MSG II (Game 2) (New York area) (New York Rangers)	Sam Rosen	John Davidson	Al Trautwig	Al Trautwig
1994	New York Rangers-New Jersey	SportsChannel New York (Game 3) (New York area) (New Jersey) SportsChannel New York Plus (Games 4 and 6) (New York area) (New Jersey)	Mike Emrick	Peter McNab	Stan Fischler
1993	Montreal-New York Islanders	SportsChannel New York (Games 2-5) (New York area) (NY Islanders)	Jiggs McDonald	Ed Westfall	Stan Fischler

1980s

Year	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Ice level reporters	Studio host	Studio Analysts
1988	Boston-New Jersey	NESN (Boston area; Games 1-2, 5, 7) Boston	Fred Cusick	Derek Sanderson and Dave Shea	Dave Shea	Tom Larson
		WSBK (Boston area; Games 3-4, 6)	Fred Cusick	Derek Sanderson and Dave Shea		Sean McDonough	Johnny Peirson
		SportsChannel New York (New York area) New Jersey	Gary Thorne and Jiggs McDonald	Peter McNab	Stan Fischler
1986	Montreal-NY Rangers	MSG Network (New York area)	Sam Rosen	Phil Esposito
1984	NY Islanders-Montreal	SportsChannel New York (New York area)	Jiggs McDonald	Ed Westfall
1983	NY Islanders-Boston	SportsChannel New York (New York area)	Jiggs McDonald	Ed Westfall
1982	New York Islanders-Quebec	SportsChannel New York (New York area)	Jiggs McDonald	Ed Westfall

Notes

Prior to the 1993-94 season, the NHL's Eastern Conference was known as the Prince of Wales Conference. The Wales Conference was created in 1974 when the NHL realigned its teams into two conferences and four divisions.

Canadian television

2010s

Year	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Ice level reporters
2016	Pittsburgh-Tampa Bay	CBC	Jim Hughson	Craig Simpson	Glenn Healy and Scott Oake
2015	NY Rangers-Tampa Bay	CBC	Jim Hughson	Craig Simpson	Glenn Healy and Scott Oake
2014	NY Rangers-Montreal	CBC	Jim Hughson	Craig Simpson	Glenn Healy and Scott Oake
2013	Boston-Pittsburgh	CBC	Jim Hughson	Craig Simpson	Glenn Healy and Scott Oake
2012	New York Rangers-New Jersey	CBC	Jim Hughson	Craig Simpson	Glenn Healy and Elliotte Friedman
2011	Boston-Tampa Bay	CBC (Games 1, 5, 6, 7)	Bob Cole	Garry Galley	Scott Oake
2011	Boston-Tampa Bay	TSN (Games 2, 3, 4)	Gord Miller	Pierre McGuire	Ryan Rishaug
2010	Philadelphia-Montreal	CBC	Bob Cole	Garry Galley	Glenn Healy and Elliotte Friedman

Notes

2010, 2012–present:CBC's Glenn Healy was positioned between the team benches at or ice level and provided color commentary in addition to reporting.
2015–present – CBC's coverage is now produced by Sportsnet under a 12-year exclusive contract signed by the NHL and Rogers Communications.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

2000s

Year	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
2009	Pittsburgh-Carolina	TSN (Games 1, 2)	Gord Miller	Pierre McGuire
2009	Pittsburgh-Carolina	CBC (Games 3, 4)	Bob Cole	Greg Millen
2008	Pittsburgh-Philadelphia	CBC	Bob Cole	Greg Millen
2007	Ottawa-Buffalo	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
2006	Buffalo-Carolina	TSN (Games 1, 2, 6, 7)	Gord Miller	Pierre McGuire
2006	Buffalo-Carolina	CBC (Games 3, 4, 5)	Jim Hughson	Greg Millen
2005	Canceled due to 2004–05 NHL lockout.
2004	Tampa Bay-Philadelphia	TSN (Games 1, 4, 6)	Gord Miller	Pierre McGuire
2004	Tampa Bay-Philadelphia	CBC (Games 2, 3, 5, 7)	Bob Cole (Games 2, 3) Chris Cuthbert (Games 5, 7)	Harry Neale (Games 2, 3) Greg Millen (Games 5, 7)
2003	New Jersey-Ottawa	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
2002	Carolina-Toronto	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
2001	New Jersey-Pittsburgh	CBC	Chris Cuthbert	Greg Millen
2000	New Jersey-Philadelphia	CBC	Chris Cuthbert	Greg Millen

1990s

Year	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1999	Buffalo-Toronto	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
1998	Washington-Buffalo	CBC	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
1997	Philadelphia-New York Rangers	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
1996	Pittsburgh-Florida	CBC	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett
1995	Philadelphia-New Jersey	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
1994	New York Rangers-New Jersey	CBC	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1993	Montreal-New York Islanders	CBC	Chris Cuthbert	John Garrett and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1992	Pittsburgh-Boston	CBC	Bob Cole	John Garrett and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1991	Boston-Pittsburgh	CBC	Bob Cole	John Garrett and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1990	Boston-Washington	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale

Notes

Prior to the 1993-94 season, the NHL's Eastern Conference was known as the Prince of Wales Conference. The Wales Conference was created in 1974 when the NHL realigned its teams into two conferences and four divisions.

1980s

Year	Teams	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)
1989	Montreal-Philadelphia	CBC	Bob Cole	Scotty Bowman and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1988	Boston-New Jersey	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale
1987	Philadelphia-Montreal	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1986	Montreal-NY Rangers	CBC	Bob Cole	Dick Irvin, Jr. (all games) Mickey Redmond (games 1, 2, 5)
1985	Quebec-Philadelphia	CTV	Dan Kelly	Ron Reusch
1984	Montreal-New York Islanders	CBC (Games 1, 2, 3, 4 East of Manitoba; Games 5, 6 national)	Danny Gallivan	Gary Dornhoefer and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1983	Boston-New York Islanders	CBC (Games 2, 3, 5, 6)	Danny Gallivan	Mickey Redmond and Dick Irvin, Jr.
1982	New York Islanders-Quebec	CBC (Games 1, 2, 4 East of Manitoba; Game 3 Quebec only)	Danny Gallivan	Dick Irvin, Jr. Don Cherry (in New York) Bobby Hull (in Quebec)

Radio

2000s

Year	Teams	Flagship Station	Play-By-Play	Color Commentator(s)
2003	New Jersey-Ottawa	NHL Radio (Continental) WABC (New Jersey) CFGO (Ottawa)	Sam Rosen John Hennessy Dean Brown	Gary Green Randy Velischek Gord Wilson
2001	New Jersey-Pittsburgh	NHL Radio (Continental) WABC (New Jersey) WBGG and WWSW (Pittsburgh)	Sam Rosen Mike Miller Mike Lange and Paul Steigerwald	Gary Green Randy Velischek Bob Errey
2000	New Jersey-Philadelphia	NHL Radio (Continental) WABC (New Jersey) WIP (Philadelphia)	Sam Rosen Mike Miller Tim Saunders	Gary Green Randy Velischek Steve Coates

1990s

Year	Teams	Flagship Station	Play-By-Play	Color Commentator(s)	Studio Host
1997	Philadelphia-New York Rangers	NHL Radio (Continental) WIP (Philadelphia) WFAN (Games 2-5) and WEVD (Game 1) (NY Rangers)	Sam Rosen John Wiedeman Marv Albert (Games 2–3) Kenny Albert (Games 1, 4–5)	Gary Green Steve Coates Sal Messina	Kenny Albert
1995	Philadelphia-New Jersey	NHL Radio (Continental) WABC (New Jersey) WIP (Philadelphia)	Kenny Albert Mike Miller Jim Jackson	Gary Green Sherry Ross Steve Coates
1994	New York Rangers-New Jersey	NHL Radio (Continental) WFAN–AM (N.Y. Rangers) WABC (New Jersey)	Kenny Albert Marv Albert (Games 2, 5) Howie Rose (Games 1, 3–4, 6–7) Mike Miller	Gary Green Sal Messina Sherry Ross	Howie Rose
1993	Montreal-New York Islanders	CIQC (Montreal) WPAT & WGBB (New York Islanders)	Dino Sisto Barry Landers	Steve Shutt Bob Nystrom	Joel Blumberg

1980s

Year	Teams	Flagship Station	Play-By-Play	Color Commentator(s)	Ice Level reporter
1988	Boston-New Jersey	WPLM (Boston) WMCA (New Jersey)	Bob Wilson Dale Arnold	Johnny Bucyk	Johnny Bucyk
1986	Montreal-NY Rangers
1984	NY Islanders-Montreal
1983	NY Islanders-Boston
1982	NY Islanders-Quebec

References

↑ "NHL signs 12-year TV, Internet deal with Rogers; CBC keeps ‘Hockey Night in Canada’", Toronto Star, November 26, 2013. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.
↑ "Rogers reaches 12-year broadcast deal with NHL worth $5.2-billion", The Globe and Mail, November 27, 2013. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.
↑ "Rogers scores national NHL TV rights for $5.2B", CBC News. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.
↑ "NHL deal with Rogers a huge blow to TSN and CBC: Mudhar", Toronto Star, November 26, 2013. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.
↑ "CBC partners with Rogers in landmark NHL rights deal", CBC Sports. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.

[torstar-rogersnhl14-1] "NHL signs 12-year TV, Internet deal with Rogers; CBC keeps ‘Hockey Night in Canada’", Toronto Star, November 26, 2013. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.

[gandm-rogersnhl14-2] "Rogers reaches 12-year broadcast deal with NHL worth $5.2-billion", The Globe and Mail, November 27, 2013. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.

[cbcnews-rogersnhl-3] "Rogers scores national NHL TV rights for $5.2B", CBC News. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.

[torstar-hugeblow-4] "NHL deal with Rogers a huge blow to TSN and CBC: Mudhar", Toronto Star, November 26, 2013. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.

[cbcsports-rogers14-5] "CBC partners with Rogers in landmark NHL rights deal", CBC Sports. Retrieved on November 26, 2013.

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-*Prior to the [[1993–94 NHL season|1993-94 season]], the [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|NHL's Eastern Conference]] was known as the '''[[Prince of Wales]] Conference'''.  The Wales Conference was created in [[1974–75 NHL season|1974]] when the NHL realigned its teams into two conferences and four divisions.
+*Prior to the [[1993–94 NHL season|1993-94 season]], the [[Eastern Conference (NHL)|NHL's Eastern Conference]] was known as the '''[[Prince of Wales]] Conference'''. The Wales Conference was created in [[1974–75 NHL season|1974]] when the NHL realigned its teams into two conferences and four divisions.
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