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. Three teams, the Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars, do television/radio simulcasts. Both the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators each have local English and French language broadcasts to serve their large anglophone and francophone fan bases. 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. The Florida Panthers, Chicago Blackhawks and Vegas Golden Knights both added Spanish language broadcasts to serve their Hispanic fan bases.
Eastern Conference
| Team | Play-by-play | Color commentators | Flagship stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | Jack Edwards | Andy Brickley Sophia Jurksztowicz (rinkside) |
NESN[1] |
| Judd Sirott | Bob Beers | The Sports Hub[1] WBOS (during conflicts with Patriots or Celtics broadcasts) | |
| Buffalo | Rick Jeanneret (primary) Dan Dunleavy (during Jeanneret's absences) |
Rob Ray and Martin Biron | MSG Western New York/Bell TV[2] |
| WGR[3] | |||
| Carolina | John Forslund (primary) Jason Shaya (during Forslund's NHL on NBC assignments) Mike Maniscalco (during Forslund's NHL on NBC assignments) |
Tripp Tracy | Fox Sports Carolinas[4] |
| WCMC-FM[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 | Denis Potvin Randy Moller |
Fox Sports Florida[9] |
| Doug Plagens | Bill Lindsay | WQAM 560 WMEN 640[9] (English Radio) | |
| Arley Londoño | 990 ESPN Deportes (Spanish Radio) | ||
| Montreal | Bryan Mudryk | Dave Poulin Mike Johnson Craig Button |
TSN2 (English Regional) |
| Dan Robertson | Sergio Momesso | TSN 690 (English Radio) | |
| Pierre Houde | Marc Denis | RDS (French Regional)[10] | |
| Martin McGuire | Danny Dubé | 98.5 FM (French Radio) | |
| New Jersey | Steve Cangialosi | Ken Daneyko | MSG Plus MSG Network (during Knicks and Rangers off-days)[11] |
| Matt Loughlin | Chico Resch | WFAN 660 AM and 101.9 FM (English Radio) | |
| New York Islanders | Brendan Burke | Butch Goring | MSG Plus[12] MSG Network (during Knicks, Rangers, and Devils off-days) |
| Chris King | Greg Picker | WRHU-FM WRCN-FM | |
| 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)[13] |
| 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 | 98.7 ESPN WEPN 1050 (during conflicts with Knicks broadcasts) | |
| Ottawa | Gord Miller Chris Cuthbert |
Ray Ferraro Jamie McLennan Mike Johnson |
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[14] |
| Tim Saunders | Steve Coates | 97.5 The Fanatic 93.3 WMMR | |
| Pittsburgh | Steve Mears | Bob Errey | AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh[15] |
| Mike Lange (primary) Josh Getzoff (select away games) |
Phil Bourque | The X at 105.9[15] | |
| Tampa Bay | Rick Peckham | Brian Engblom | Fox Sports Sun[16] |
| Dave Mishkin | Phil Esposito (home games only) Dave Andreychuk (select away games only) Caley Chelios (select away games only) Chris Dingman (select away games only) |
970 WFLA[17] | |
| Toronto | Gord Miller Chris Cuthbert |
Ray Ferraro Jamie McLennan |
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[18] |
| John Walton | Ken Sabourin | Federal News Radio | |
Western Conference
| Team | Play-by-play | Color commentators | Flagship Stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim | John Ahlers | Brian Hayward | Fox Sports West Prime Ticket KCOP (during conflicts with Kings and Clippers broadcasts)[19] |
| Steve Carroll | Dan Wood | Angels Radio AM 830 The Mighty 1090[19] | |
| Arizona | Matt McConnell | Tyson Nash | FOX Sports Arizona[20] |
| Bob Heethuis | Paul Bissonnette[21] | ESPN Phoenix 620 AM Arizona Sports 98.7 FM[22] | |
| 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)[23] |
| Derek Wills | Peter Loubardias | Sportsnet 960 | |
| Chicago | Pat Foley | Eddie Olczyk (primary) Steve Konroyd (during Olczyk's NHL on NBC assignments) |
NBC Sports Chicago[24] |
| 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 | Altitude[25] |
| Conor McGahey | Altitude Sports Radio AM 950 | ||
| Dallas | Josh Bogorad | Daryl Reaugh Sarah Merrifield (rinkside) |
FOX Sports Southwest[26] |
| The Ticket[27] | |||
| 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)[28] |
| Jack Michaels | Bob Stauffer | 630 CHED | |
| Los Angeles | Alex Faust | Jim Fox | Fox Sports West Prime Ticket KCOP (during conflicts with Ducks and Clippers broadcasts)[29] |
| Nick Nickson | Daryl Evans | IHeart Radio | |
| Minnesota | Anthony LaPanta | Mike Greenlay Wes Walz Ryan Carter Lou Nanne Kevin Gorg (rinkside) |
Fox Sports North[30] |
| Bob Kurtz | Tom Reid | 100.3 FM KFAN: The Fan | |
| Nashville | Willy Daunic | Chris Mason | Fox Sports Tennessee[32] |
| Pete Weber | Hal Gill | 102.5 The Game | |
| San Jose | Randy Hahn | Jamie Baker Bret Hedican Kendall Coyne Schofield |
NBC Sports California[33] |
| Dan Rusanowsky | Mark Smith Scott Hannan Jamie Baker Bret Hedican |
98.5 K-FOX[34] | |
| St. Louis | John Kelly | Darren Pang Bernie Federko |
Fox Sports Midwest[35] |
| Chris Kerber | Joe Vitale | 101 ESPN[36] | |
| Vancouver | John Shorthouse | John Garrett | Sportsnet Pacific Sportsnet Canucks (during conflicts with other Sportsnet programming)[37] |
| Brendan Batchelor | Corey Hirsch | Sportsnet 650 Vancouver | |
| Vegas | Dave Goucher | Shane Hnidy | AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain |
| Dan D'Uva | Gary Lawless and Stu Grimson | Fox Sports Radio Las Vegas (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[38] |
| 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, City, 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 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 | Fox Sports |
Asia
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
| Asia | Sports Illustrated |
| iflix
| |
 Hong Kong
|
TVB Jade |
 Israel
|
Fox Sports |
 Philippines
|
GMA Network |
 China
|
CCTV |
 Tajikistan
|
TV Varzish |
^SEA - only available in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Europe
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Arena Sport |
 Bulgaria
|
Max Sport |
 Croatia
|
Arena Sport |
 Cyprus
|
Fox Sports |
 Czech Republic
|
Nova Sport 1 |
 Denmark
|
TV3 Sport, Viaplay |
 Finland
|
Viasat Jääkiekko, Viaplay |
 France
|
Canal+ Sport |
 Germany
|
Sport 1 |
 Greece
|
Fox Sports |
 Ireland
|
Eir Sport 1 |
 Malta
|
Fox Sports |
 Montenegro
|
Arena Sport |
 Netherlands
|
Fox Sports |
 North Macedonia
|
Arena Sport |
 Norway
|
Viasport, Viaplay |
 Poland
|
TVP Sport |
 Portugal
|
Sport TV |
 Russia
|
Eurosport |
 Serbia
|
Arena Sport |
 Slovakia
|
Nova Sport 1 |
| Slovenia
|
Arena Sport |
 Spain
|
Teledeporte |
| Movistar Deportes | |
 Sweden
|
Viasat Hockey, Viaplay |
 Switzerland
|
Teleclub |
 Turkey
|
Fox Sports |
 United Kingdom
|
Premier Sports |
| FreeSports |
Latin America
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 Brazil
|
ESPN Brasil |
Oceania
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 Australia
|
Fox Sports |
See also
- NHL networks
- Out-of-market packages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Boston Bruins broadcasters
- ↑ Buffalo Sabres Broadcasters
- ↑ Buffalo Sabres Broadcasters
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Carolina Hurricanes broadcasters
- ↑ Columbus Blue Jackets on TV
- ↑ Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network
- ↑ Detroit Red Wings TV Announcers
- ↑ Detroit Red Wings Radio announcers
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Florida Panthers broadcasters
- ↑ Montreal Canadiens schedule
- ↑ New Jersey Devils schedule
- ↑ MSG Plus Announces New York Islanders 2010-2011 Telecast Schedule
- ↑ New York Rangers schedule
- ↑ Philadelphia Flyers schedule
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Pittsburgh Penguins Media Affiliates
- ↑ Tampa Bay Lightning schedule
- ↑ Tampa Bay Lightning Radio Network
- ↑ Washington Capitals schedule
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Anaheim Ducks broadcasters
- ↑ Phoenix Coyotes Television Information
- ↑ Bissonnette Joins Coyotes as Announcer/Ambassador (en-US).
- ↑ 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 schedule
- ↑ http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2015/7/10/8930533/pete-weber-and-willy-daunic-switching-roles-for-predators-in-2015-16
- ↑ Nashville Predators schedule
- ↑ San Jose Sharks schedule
- ↑ San Jose Sharks Radio Affiliates
- ↑ St. Louis Blues schedule
- ↑ St. Louis Blues Radio Network
- ↑ Vancouver Canucks schedule
- ↑ Tait, Ed. "Jets Reach Broadcast Agreement With TSN", July 21, 2011. Retrieved on July 21, 2011.
See also
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