List of current National Hockey League broadcasters

The following is a list of current (entering 2021–22 NHL season) National Hockey League broadcasters. With 25 teams in the U.S. and 7 in Canada, the NHL is the only one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada that maintains separate national broadcasters in each country, each producing separate telecasts of a slate of regular season games, playoff games, and all seven games of the Stanley Cup Finals. Games are also shown on multiple regional sports networks in both countries.

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 Audacy, respectively; the San Jose Sharks likewise abandoned terrestrial radio, instead keeping all audio broadcasts exclusive to its own online platforms. 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.

On road games for the 2021–22 season, broadcasters were given the option to either travel with the team or call games in the studio.

Eastern Conference[]

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Host/Ice level reporter(s)	Flagship stations
Boston	Jack Edwards	Andy Brickley	Sophia Jurksztowicz	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	Dan Dunleavy (all road games and 21 home games) Rick Jeanneret (20 home games)	Rob Ray Martin Biron	Dan Dunleavy (during games where Jeanneret calls play-by-play)	MSG Western New York/Bell TV[2]
				WGR 550[2]
Carolina	Mike Maniscalco	Tripp Tracy	Abby Labar	Bally Sports South[3]
				99.9 The Fan[3]
Columbus	Jeff Rimer	Jody Shelley	Dave Maetzold	Bally Sports Ohio[4]
	Bob McElligott			97.1 The Fan[5]
Detroit	Ken Daniels	Mickey Redmond (home games and select away games) Chris Osgood (select away games) Larry Murphy (select away games)	Trevor Thompson	Bally Sports Detroit[6]
	Ken Kal	Paul Woods		97.1 The Ticket[7]
Florida	Steve Goldstein	Randy Moller	Katie Gaus Jessica Blaylock	Bally Sports Florida[8]
	Doug Plagens	Bill Lindsay		560 The Joe Fox Sports 640[8] (English Radio)
	Arley Londoño			990 ESPN Deportes (Spanish Radio)
Montreal	Bryan Mudryk (primary) Dan Robertson (when Mudryk is unavailable)	Dave Poulin (select games) Mike Johnson (select games) Craig Button (select games)[9]	John Lu	TSN2 (English Regional)
	Dan Robertson (primary) Sean Campbell (during Robertson's TV assignments)	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 Bryce Salvador (rinkside on all home games)		MSG Plus MSG Network (during Knicks and Rangers off-days)[11]
	Matt Loughlin	Chico Resch		Audacy app WFAN Sports Radio (select games)
New York Islanders	Brendan Burke	Butch Goring (most games) A.J. Mleczko (select games)		MSG Plus[12] 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)[13]
New York Rangers	Sam Rosen (primary) John Giannone (during Rosen's absences)	Joe Micheletti		MSG Network MSG Plus (during conflicts with Knicks broadcasts)[14]
	Kenny Albert (primary) Don La Greca (during Albert's NFL on Fox, TNT, Knicks on MSG TV assignments)	Dave Maloney		ESPN 98.7 FM ESPN 1050 AM (during conflicts with Knicks broadcasts)
Ottawa	Gord Miller (primary) (when Miller is unavailable)	Jamie McLennan (primary) Mike Johnson (select games)[15]		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		94,5 Unique FM (French Radio)
Philadelphia	Jim Jackson	Keith Jones (primary) Scott Hartnell or Brian Boucher (during Jones's NHL on TNT assignments)		NBC Sports Philadelphia[16]
	Tim Saunders	Steve Coates		97.5 The Fanatic 93.3 WMMR
Pittsburgh	Steve Mears	Bob Errey	Dan Potash	AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh[17]
	Josh Getzoff	Phil Bourque		The X at 105.9[17]
Tampa Bay	Dave Randorf	Brian Engblom		Bally Sports Sun[18]
	Dave Mishkin	Phil Esposito (home games only) Bobby Taylor (away games only)		970 WFLA[19]
Toronto	Gord Miller	Ray Ferraro		TSN4
	Chris Cuthbert	Craig Simpson	Shawn McKenzie	Sportsnet Ontario
	Joe Bowen	Jim Ralph		Sportsnet 590 TSN 1050
Washington	Joe Beninati	Craig Laughlin	Al Koken	NBC Sports Washington[20]
	(primary) (select games) (select games)		Ken Sabourin	WFED 1500 106.7 The Fan (Selected Games Only)

Western Conference[]

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Host/Ice level reporter(s)	Flagship Stations
Anaheim	John Ahlers	Brian Hayward	Aly Lozoff	Bally Sports SoCal (most games) Bally Sports West (some games) KCOP (during conflicts with Kings, Clippers and Angels broadcasts)[21]
	Steve Carroll	Dan Wood		Angels Radio AM 830 The Mighty 1090[21]
Arizona	Matt McConnell	Tyson Nash (primary) Paul Bissonnette (select games)	Todd Walsh	Bally Sports Arizona[22]
	Bob Heethuis	Lyndsey Fry		Fox Sports 910
Calgary	Rick Ball	Kelly Hrudey (primary) Cassie Campbell-Pascall (during Hrudey's Hockey Night in Canada assignments)	Ryan Leslie	Sportsnet West Sportsnet Flames (during conflicts with Oilers broadcasts or other Sportsnet programming)[23]
	Derek Wills	Peter Loubardias		Sportsnet 960
Chicago	Pat Foley (primary) John Wiedeman (select games) Mike Monaco (select games) Stephen Nelson (select games) Chris Vosters (select games)	Eddie Olczyk (primary) Colby Cohen (when Olczyk works on NHL on TNT or as a studio analyst)		NBC Sports Chicago[24]
	John Wiedeman (primary) Alan Fuehring (when Wiedeman is doing TV) Joey Zakrzewski (when Wiedeman is doing TV) Jason Ross, Jr. (when Wiedeman is doing TV)	Troy Murray (primary) Colby Cohen (select games) Colin Fraser (select games) Caley Chelios (select games) Paul Caponigri (select games) Nick Olczyk (select games)		WGN Radio (English Radio)
	Hector 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		Peter McNab Mark Rycroft (select games)	Vic Lombardi	Altitude[25]
	Conor McGahey			Altitude Sports AM Altitude Sports FM
Dallas	Josh Bogorad	Daryl Reaugh	Sarah Merrifield Michelle McMahon	Bally Sports Southwest[26]
				The Ticket[26]
Edmonton		Louie DeBrusk	Gene Principe	Sportsnet West Sportsnet Oilers (during conflicts with Flames broadcasts or other Sportsnet programming)[27]
	(when Michaels work regional or select national TV games) (most national TV games)			630 CHED
Los Angeles	Alex Faust (primary) Nick Nickson (select games)	Jim Fox	Carrlyn Bathe	Bally Sports West (most games) Bally Sports SoCal (some games) KCOP (during conflicts with Ducks, Clippers and Angels broadcasts)[28]
	Nick Nickson (primary) (select games)	Daryl Evans		iHeartRadio app
Minnesota	Anthony LaPanta	Wes Walz (select games) Ryan Carter (select games) Lou Nanne (select games) Gigi Marvin (select games)	Kevin Gorg	Bally Sports North[29]
	Joe O'Donnell (primary) Bob Kurtz (select home games)	Tom Reid		100.3 FM KFAN: The Fan[29]
Nashville	Willy Daunic[30]	Chris Mason	Kara Hammer (home games) Lyndsey Rowley (road games)	Bally Sports South[31]
	Pete Weber	Hal Gill		102.5 The Game
San Jose	Randy Hahn	Bret Hedican (primary) Drew Remenda (select games)[32][33]		NBC Sports California[34]
	Dan Rusanowsky	Mark Smith (select games) Scott Hannan (select games) Drew Remenda (select games)[32][33] Bret Hedican (select games)		Sharks Audio Network (sjsharks.com and Sharks + SAP Center app)[35][36]
Seattle	John Forslund	J. T. Brown		Root Sports Northwest
	Everett Fitzhugh	Dave Tomlinson		KJR 950 AM
St. Louis	John Kelly	Darren Pang (primary) Jamie Rivers (during Pang's NHL on TNT assignments)		Bally Sports Midwest[37]
	Chris Kerber	Joe Vitale		101 ESPN
Vancouver	John Shorthouse	John Garrett (primary) Corey Hirsch (select games)	Dan Murphy	Sportsnet Pacific Sportsnet Canucks (during conflicts with other Sportsnet programming)[38]
	Brendan Batchelor	Corey Hirsch (primary) Dan Riccio (select games)		Sportsnet 650 Vancouver
Vegas	Dave Goucher	Shane Hnidy	Ashali Vise	AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain KTNV-TV (preseason only)[39]
	Dan D'Uva	Gary Lawless		KKGK (English Radio)
	Jesus Lopez	Herbert Castro		1460 ESPN Deportes (Spanish Radio)
Winnipeg	Dennis Beyak	Kevin Sawyer	Sara Orlesky	TSN3[40]
	Paul Edmonds	Jamie Thomas		CJKR-FM & CJOB

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 Monday nights, known as Rogers Hometown Hockey, and exclusive Wednesday night games under the Scotiabank Wednesday Night Hockey brand. On other days of the week, Sportsnet's national broadcasts typically feature all-American matchups, carrying a simulcast of either ESPN, Turner Sports or a home team's network. On a few occasions, regional Sportsnet broadcasts of Canucks, Flames, Maple Leafs and Oilers games are also aired nationally, with the host team's network in charge of in-game coverage. 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.

Announcers[]

Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Host/reporter	Network
Chris Cuthbert Harnarayan Singh John Bartlett Rick Ball Jack Michaels John Shorthouse Leah Hextall	Craig Simpson Louie DeBrusk Garry Galley Greg Millen Cassie Campbell-Pascall John Garrett	Kyle Bukauskas Scott Oake Shawn McKenzie Gene Principe Ryan Leslie Dan Murphy	Sportsnet CBC (English)
Felix Seguin Sebastien Goulet Denis Casavant	Patrick Lalime Alain Chainey Yvon Pedneault Renaud Lavoie (rinkside for Montreal Canadiens games)	Louis Jean Michel Godbout	TVA Sports (French)

United States[]

National television rights in English language in the United States are held by ESPN/ABC and Turner Sports, with ESPN Deportes broadcasting games in the Spanish language. During the regular season, ESPN, TBS, and TNT airs most nationally televised games. Most national games on ESPN would not be available on television; instead they are streamed online exclusively on ESPN+. ABC will also air a select number of games nationally. The NHL Network in the U.S. also regularly airs games, but primarily simulcasts of either a regional or Canadian feed. Starting in 2021, Saturday afternoon games on NHL Network were rebranded as the NHL Network Showcase, using the network's on-air staff instead of merely simulcasting a regional feed.

All nationally televised regular season games on ESPN, ABC and TNT are exclusive broadcasts and only these networks can air the games. Likewise, games produced by ESPN that stream on ESPN+ are exclusive and not available to co-exist with the regional networks. With the exception of games aired on ABC, first round playoff games may be aired by the local networks alongside ESPN and TNT, but all playoff games from the second round onward would be exclusive to either of the three networks.

Announcers[]

Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Rules Analyst	Reporter	Network
Sean McDonough Steve Levy John Buccigross Bob Wischusen Leah Hextall	Ray Ferraro Brian Boucher A. J. Mleczko Ryan Callahan Cassie Campbell-Pascall Dominic Moore Kevin Weekes Hilary Knight	Dave Jackson	Emily Kaplan Leah Hextall Linda Cohn Blake Bolden	ESPN ABC ESPN+/Hulu
Kenny Albert Brendan Burke	Eddie Olczyk Darren Pang	Don Koharski Stéphane Auger	Keith Jones Jennifer Botterill Jamal Mayers	TNT
E. J. Hradek Stephen Nelson	Rotating analysts	N.A.		NHL Network (NHL Network Showcase)

International broadcasters[]

Africa[]

Country	Broadcaster
Sub-Saharan Africa	ESPN

America[]

Country	Broadcaster
Argentina Bolivia Central America Chile Colombia Dominican Republic Ecuador Mexico Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela	ESPN
Brazil	ESPN
Caribbean	ESPN

Asia[]

Country	Broadcaster
Central Asia	Setanta Sports
China	CCTV
Hong Kong	Now TV
Indonesia	Mola
Israel	Sport 5
Tajikistan	TV Varzish

Europe[]

Country	Broadcaster
Armenia	Setanta Sports
Austria	Sky Sport, Puls 4
Azerbaijan	Setanta Sports
Balkans Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia North Macedonia Slovenia Montenegro	Sport Klub
Belarus	Setanta Sports
Belgium	ESPN Player
Bulgaria	Max Sport
Cyprus	ESPN Player
Czech Republic	Nova Sport
Denmark	TV3 Sport, Viaplay
Estonia	Viaplay
Finland	Viasat Jääkiekko, Viaplay
France	Canal+ Sport
Georgia	Setanta Sports
Germany	Sky Sport, ProSieben Maxx
Greece	ESPN Player
Hungary	Arena4, ESPN Player
Iceland	Viaplay
Ireland	Premier Sports
Italy	ESPN Player
Latvia	Viaplay
Lithuania	Viaplay
Liechtenstein	MySports, Sky Sport
Luxembourg	Sky Sport
Malta	ESPN Player
Moldova	Setanta Sports
Netherlands	ESPN
Norway	Viasport, Viaplay
Poland	Viaplay
Portugal	Sport TV
Romania	ESPN Player
Russia	Yandex\KinoPoisk,[41][42] Wink,[43] Match TV
San Marino	ESPN Player
Slovakia	Nova Sport
Spain	ESPN Player
Sweden	Viasat Hockey, Viaplay
Switzerland	MySports
Turkey	ESPN Player
Ukraine	Setanta Sports
United Kingdom	Premier Sports

Oceania[]

Country	Broadcaster
Australia	ESPN
New Zealand	ESPN
Pacific Islands	ESPN
Papua New Guinea	ESPN

See also[]

NHL networks

• NHL Network (United States)
• NHL Network (Canada) (2001–2015)

Out-of-market packages

• NHL Center Ice (U.S.)
• NHL Centre Ice (Canada)
• National Hockey League on television
• List of current Major League Baseball broadcasters
• List of current Major League Soccer broadcasters
• List of current National Basketball Association broadcasters
• List of current National Football League broadcasters

References[]

External links[]

• International broadcasters