List of current National Hockey League broadcasters

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The following is a list of current (entering 2025–26 NHL season) National Hockey League broadcasters. With 25 teams in the U.S. and seven in Canada, the NHL 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 Final. Games are also shown on multiple regional sports networks in both countries.

Regional TV broadcasters

The following is a list of local TV and radio broadcasters for each individual team. Toronto Maple Leafs regional TV broadcasts are split between Rogers Communications' Sportsnet Ontario and Bell Canada's TSN4. Even though Rogers has bought out Bell's stake on the Maple Leafs' parent company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment in 2024, it did allow Bell to continue broadcasting a select number of Maple Leafs games on television as part of a content rights agreement. The Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars, and St. Louis Blues do television/radio simulcasts. Not all teams televise their preseason games.

A select number of teams have resumed broadcasting games on terrestrial television affiliates; teams such as the Chicago Blackhawks, Vegas Golden Knights, Florida Panthers, Dallas Stars, Anaheim Ducks, Seattle Kraken, and Utah Mammoth have utilized this approach.

Eastern Conference

More information Team, Play-by-play ...
Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Ice level reporter(s) Studio host(s) Studio analyst(s) Flagship station(s) Over-the-air affiliates Direct-to-consumer streaming
Boston Judd Sirott Andy Brickley (primary)
Andrew Raycroft (select home games, 3-person broadcast)
Sophia Jurksztowicz (primary)
Andrew Raycroft (select games)
Adam Pellerin (select games)
Billy Jaffe (select games)
Sophia Jurksztowicz (primary)
Adam Pellerin (select games)
Barry Pederson, Billy Jaffe, P.J. Stock, Gigi Marvin, and Andrew Raycroft NESN None NESN 360
Buffalo Dan Dunleavy Rob Ray (primary)
Martin Biron (select games)
Brian Duff Martin Biron MSG Western New York/Bell TV[1] Gotham Sports App
Carolina Mike Maniscalco Tripp Tracy Hanna Yates Shane Willis FanDuel Sports Network South (primary)[2]
FanDuel Sports Network Southeast (select games)
8[a] (2 games) FanDuel Sports Network
Columbus Steve Mears Jody Shelley (most games)
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (select games)
John Davidson (select games)
Dave Maetzold Brian Giesenschlag Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre FanDuel Sports Network Ohio (Primary) 7[b] (5 games)[3][4] FanDuel Sports Network
Detroit Ken Daniels Mickey Redmond (home games and select away games)
Chris Osgood (select away games)
Larry Murphy (select away games)
N/a N/a Chris Osgood and Larry Murphy Detroit SportsNet None TBA
Florida Steve Goldstein Randy Moller Katie Engleson (primary)
Jessica Blaylock (select games)
Craig Minervini (primary)
Jessica Blaylock (select games)
Ed Jovanovski Scripps Sports[5] 3[c] (all games) Panthers+
Montreal Bryan Mudryk (primary)
Victor Findlay (during Mudryk's IIHF or curling assignments)
Frank Corrado (select games)
Mike Johnson (select games)
Craig Button (select games)[6]
Nate Thompson (select games)
Jon Still (most home games)
Ryan Rishaug(select home games)
Kenzie Lalonde(select home games)
N/a N/a TSN2 (English Regional) None TSN+
Pierre Houde Marc Denis (most games)
Bruno Gervais (select games)
Luc Gélinas Alain Crête N/a RDS (French Regional)[7] RDS En Direct
New Jersey Don La Greca Ken Daneyko Bryce Salvador (rinkside on all home games) Rachel Herzog Bryce Salvador MSG Sportsnet (primary)
MSG Network (during Knicks and Rangers off-days)[8]
Gotham Sports App
New York Islanders Brendan Burke (most games)
Alan Fuehring (select games)
Thomas Hickey (most games)
Butch Goring (select games)
Cal Clutterbuck (select games)
A. J. Mleczko (select games)
Thomas Hickey (select games)
A. J. Mleczko (select games)
Cory Schneider (select games)
Shannon Hogan Thomas Hickey
Cory Schneider (select games)
Matt Moulson (select games)
Cal Clutterbuck (select games)
MSG Sportsnet (primary)[9]
MSG 2 (select games during conflicts with Devils Broadcasts)
MSG Network (select games during Knicks, Rangers, and Devils off-days)
New York Rangers Kenny Albert (primary)
Alex Faust (select games during Albert's absences)
John Giannone (select games when both Albert and Faust are on assignment)
Dave Maloney (primary)
Brian Boyle (select games)
Michelle Gingras John Giannone Steve Valiquette and Henrik Lundqvist MSG Network (primary)
MSG Sportsnet (select during conflicts with Knicks broadcasts)
MSG 2 (select during conflicts with Knicks and Devils Broadcasts)[10]
Ottawa Gord Miller (primary)
Matt Cullen (select games during Miller's Maple Leafs assignments)
Kenzie Lalonde (select games during Miller's Maple Leafs assignments)
Jamie McLennan
(primary)
Mike Johnson (select games when not on Maple Leafs or Canadiens assignments)[11]
Claire Hanna N/a TSN5 (English regional) TSN+
Michel Y. Lacroix Norman Flynn Alexandre Tourigny
(select home games)
Andrée-Anne Barbeau
(primary)
Jasmin Leroux
(select games)
Bruno Gervais or Jocelyn Lemieux RDS (primary French regional)
RDS2 (select French regional during conflicts with Canadiens broadcasts)
RDS Info (select French regional during conflicts with Canadiens and other sports broadcasts)[12]
RDS En Direct
Philadelphia Jim Jackson Brian Boucher (primary)
Scott Hartnell (select games during Boucher's NHL on TNT assignments)
Al Morganti (select games during Boucher's NHL on TNT assignments)
N/a Ashlyn Sullivan Scott Hartnell and Al Morganti NBC Sports Philadelphia[13] Peacock via add-on
Pittsburgh Josh Getzoff Colby Armstrong (select games)
Phil Bourque (select games)
Dan Potash (select games)
Hailey Hunter (select games)
Rob King Mike Rupp, Jay Caufield, Bryan Trottier, Matt Bartkowski, and Ryan Malone SportsNet Pittsburgh[14] SNP 360
Tampa Bay Dave Randorf Brian Engblom Gabby Shirley Paul Kennedy Bobby Taylor and Dave Andreychuk Scripps Sports 5[d] (all games) Tampa Bay Lightning App
Toronto Gord Miller Mike Johnson Mark Masters James Duthie Jeff O'Neill
Darren Dreger
Cheryl Pounder
TSN4 None TSN+
Chris Cuthbert Craig Simpson Shawn McKenzie David Amber Justin Bourne
Nick Kypreos
Elliotte Friedman
Sportsnet Ontario Sportsnet+
Washington Joe Beninati Craig Laughlin
Alan May (rinkside on all home games)
Al Koken Alexa Landestoy
Russ Thaler
Alan May
Alan May and Brent Johnson Monumental Sports Network[15] Monumental+
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Western Conference

More information Team, Play-by-play ...
Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Ice level reporter(s) Studio host(s) Studio analyst(s) Flagship station(s) Over-the-air affiliates Direct-to-consumer streaming
Anaheim John Ahlers Brian Hayward (primary)
Guy Hebert (select games)
Alyson Lozoff Alyson Lozoff
Mike Pomeranz
Guy Hebert
Brian Hayward
None 1 (KCOP-TV/KTTV; 64 games)[16] Victory+
Calgary Jon Abbott[17] Kelly Hrudey (primary)
Jason York (select games during Hrudey's Hockey Night in Canada assignments)
Brendan Parker Meaghan Mikkelson
Eric Francis
Cory Sarich
Sportsnet West
Sportsnet Flames (during conflicts with Oilers broadcasts or other Sportsnet programming)[18]
None Sportsnet+
Chicago Rick Ball Darren Pang (primary)
Caley Chelios (select games during Pang's NHL on TNT assignments)
Steve Konroyd (select games during Pang's NHL on TNT assignments)
Luke Stuckmeyer Pat Boyle, Caley Chelios, or Genna Rose Caley Chelios, Chris Chelios, Denis Savard, Tony Granato, and John Scott Chicago Sports Network 7[e]
(All games)
CHSN
Colorado Marc Moser Mark Rycroft (primary)
John-Michael Liles (select games)
Rachel Tos or Kyle Keefe Mark Rycroft
John-Michael Liles
Erik Johnson (select games)
Altitude Sports[19] 1 (KTVD/KUSA, 20 games)[20] Altitude+
Dallas Josh Bogorad Daryl Reaugh (primary)
Brent Severyn (select games)
Brien Rea Brien Rea Brent Severyn None 1 (KDFW/KDFI; 4 games) Victory+[21]
Edmonton Jack Michaels Louie DeBrusk Gene Principe Bob Stauffer
Craig MacTavish
Jason Strudwick
Joaquin Gage
Sportsnet West
Sportsnet Oilers (during conflicts with Flames broadcasts or other Sportsnet programming)[22]
None Sportsnet+
Los Angeles John Kelly (primary)
Josh Schaefer (select games during Kelly's ESPN assignments)
Jim Fox (primary)
Tony Granato (select games)
Ray Ferraro (select games)
Daryl Evans (select games)
Jarret Stoll (select games)
Carrlyn Bathe Patrick O'Neal Jarret Stoll
Derek Armstrong
Blake Bolden
Angels Broadcast Television[23] 1 (KCAL-TV, simulcasts 8 games) TBA
Minnesota Anthony LaPanta Ryan Carter (select games)
Alex Stalock (select games)
Lou Nanne (select games)
Kevin Gorg Katie Storm
Audra Martin
Ben Clymer
Mark Parrish
Wes Walz
FanDuel Sports Network North[24] None FanDuel Sports Network
Nashville Willy Daunic[25] Chris Mason (primary)
Hal Gill (select games)
Kara Hammer (home games)
Lyndsay Rowley (road games)
Lyndsay Rowley Hal Gill Scripps Sports[26] 1 (WTVF, 3 games)[27] TBA
San Jose Randy Hahn Drew Remenda[28][29][30][31]
Scott Hannan (select games)
Alex Stalock (select games)
Jason Demers (select games)
Jamal Mayers (select games)
Tara Slone (select home games) Alan Hoshida Mark Smith
Dan Boyle
Ted Ramey
Nick Nollenberger
NBC Sports California[32] None Peacock via add-on
Seattle John Forslund (primary)
Everett Fitzhugh (select games when Forslund is on assignment for TNT or Prime)
Ian Furness (select games when Forslund is on assignment for TNT or Prime)
J. T. Brown (rinkside on select home games when E. Olczyk is in the broadcast booth, in the booth for all other games)
Eddie Olczyk (select games)
Piper Shaw (primary)
Alison Lukan (select games)
Ian Furness (primary)
Piper Shaw (select games)
Alison Lukan and Brett Festerling Kraken Hockey Network[33] 7 [f] (All games) Prime Video
St. Louis Chris Kerber Joe Vitale Andy Strickland Scott Warmann Bernie Federko
Chris Pronger
Jamie Rivers
FanDuel Sports Network Midwest[34] 1 (KMOV/Matrix Midwest, 4 games)[27] FanDuel Sports Network
Victory+ (Preseason only)
Utah Matt McConnell Dominic Moore
Nick Olczyk (rinkside for home games)
Sarah Merrifield Kim Becker Nick Olczyk (primary)
Tyson Nash (select games)
Lyndsey Fry (select games)
SEG Media[35][36] 3 [g] (All games) SEG+
Vancouver John Shorthouse Dave Tomlinson (primary)
Ray Ferraro (select games)
Dan Murphy Tyson Barrie
Landon Ferraro
Sportsnet Pacific
Sportsnet Canucks (during conflicts with other Sportsnet programming)[37]
None Sportsnet+
Vegas Dave Goucher Shane Hnidy (primary)
Darren Eliot (select games)
Ashali Vise (primary)
Jamie Hersch (select games)
Daren Millard Darren Eliot
Gary Lawless
Jeff Sharples
Alec Martinez
Scripps Sports[38][39]
[40]
8 [h] (All games) KnightTime+
Winnipeg Dan Robertson Kevin Sawyer Sara Orlesky (select home games) Craig Button TSN3[41] None TSN+
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Regional radio broadcasters

The following is a list of local radio broadcasters for each individual team. Toronto Maple Leafs regional radio broadcasts are split between Rogers Communications' Sportsnet 590 and TSN 1050. Even though Rogers has bought out Bell's stake on the Maple Leafs' parent company Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment in 2024, it did allow Bell to continue broadcasting a select number of Maple Leafs games on radio as part of a content rights agreement. The Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars and Los Angeles Kings do television/radio simulcasts. Both the 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 have all added Spanish language broadcasts to serve their Hispanic fan bases.

 TV/radio simulcasts
  Non-English broadcasters

Eastern Conference

More information Team, Play-by-play ...
Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Ice level reporter(s) Studio host(s) Studio analyst(s) Flagship stations
Boston Ryan Johnston Bob Beers
Ken Hodge Jr.(select games)
N/a Joe Murray (primary, Sports Hub Headlines during Bruins pregame) N/a WBZ-FM (primary)
WBOS (select games during conflicts with Patriots games or road games in conflict with Celtics home games)
Buffalo Dan Dunleavy Rob Ray (primary)
Martin Biron (select games)
WGR 550[1]
Carolina Mike Maniscalco Tripp Tracy Hanna Yates Shane Willis 99.9 The Fan[2]
Columbus Bob McElligott (most games)
Dylan Tyrer (select games)
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (select national TV games) N/a Dylan Tyrer N/a 97.1 The Fan[42]
Detroit Ken Kal (most games)
Bob Kaser (select games)
Paul Woods N/a N/a N/a 97.1 The Ticket[43]
Florida Doug Plagens Bill Lindsay (home games only) N/a N/a N/a 560 Sports
Radio Libre 790 (during conflicts with Miami Heat broadcasts)
Arley Londoño N/a N/a N/a N/a 990 ESPN Deportes (Spanish Radio)
Montreal Victor Findlay (primary)
Sean Campbell (select games)
J. P. O'Connor (primary)
Jon Goyens (select games)
N/a N/a N/a TSN 690 (English Radio)
Martin McGuire Danny Dubé N/a N/a N/a 98.5 FM (French Radio)
New Jersey Matt Loughlin Chico Resch N/a N/a N/a Devils Hockey Network Radio (primary) accessed via NewJerseyDevils.com
WFAN Sports Radio (select games)
New York Islanders Alan Fuehring Josh Bailey (select games)
Cal Clutterbuck (select games)
N/a Cory Wright Selected Hofstra University radio student WRCN-FM (select games during conflicts with either Knicks or Rangers broadcasts)
WRHU (select games during conflicts with both Knicks and Rangers broadcasts)[44]
New York Rangers Alex Faust (primary)
Alex Thomas (select games)
Dave Starman (primary)
Pete Stemkowski (select games)
N/a Pat O'Keefe N/a WHSQ (primary) ESPN 1050 AM (during conflicts with Knicks broadcasts)
Ottawa Dean Brown Gord Wilson N/a N/a N/a TSN 1200 (English radio)
Marc Legault Yanick St-Denis N/a N/a N/a 104.7 FM Outaouais (French radio)
Philadelphia Tim Saunders Todd Fedoruk N/a Jason Myrtetus
Brian Smith
N/a 97.5 The Fanatic
93.3 WMMR
Pittsburgh Joe Brand Phil Bourque (most games)
Michelle Crechiolo (select games)
N/a Paul Steigerwald N/a The X at 105.9[14]
Tampa Bay Dave Mishkin Phil Esposito (home games only)
Bobby Taylor (away games only)
N/a N/a N/a 102.5 The Bone[45]
Toronto Jim Ralph N/a N/a N/a Sportsnet 590
TSN 1050
Washington John Walton (primary)
Zack Fisch (select games)
Ken Sabourin N/a Katie Florio WFED 1500 AM
106.7 The Fan (Selected Games Only)
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Western Conference

More information Team, Play-by-play ...
Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Ice level reporter(s) Studio host(s) Studio analyst(s) Flagship stations
Anaheim Steve Carroll Emerson Etem N/a Alexis Downie N/a Ducks Stream
Calgary Derek Wills Meaghan Mikkelson (primary)
Pat Steinberg (select games when Mikkelson is on TV)
Pat Steinberg N/a N/a Sportsnet 960
Chicago John Wiedeman Steve Konroyd (primary)
Caley Chelios (select games)
Chris Boden Charlie Roumeliotis[46] N/a WGN Radio (English Radio)
Miguel Esparza Jorge Moreno N/a N/a N/a Univision Deportes 1200 AM (Spanish Radio)
Colorado Conor McGahey Mark Rycroft (national/non-televised games) N/a Mark Bertagnolli N/a Altitude Sports 92.5 FM[47]
Altitude Sports AM 950[47]
Dallas Josh Bogorad Daryl Reaugh (primary)
Brent Severyn (select games)
Brien Rea Owen Newkirk Bruce LeVine The Ticket[48]
Edmonton Cam Moon (when Michaels work regional or select national TV games)
Jack Michaels (most national TV games)
Bob Stauffer N/a Bryn Griffiths[49] Rob Brown[50] 880 CHED
Los Angeles Josh Schaefer (primary)
Jared Shafran (Select games)
Daryl Evans N/a N/a KSPN app
Minnesota Joe O'Donnell Tom Reid N/a N/a N/a 100.3 FM KFAN: The Fan[24]
Nashville Pete Weber (primary/home)
Max Herz (road)
Jayson More (primary)
Hal Gill (select games)
N/a N/a Max Herz 102.5 The Game (English radio)
Alex Martinez
Nayele Amarilla
Jordi Sanchez N/a N/a N/a El Jefe (Spanish radio)
San Jose Dan Rusanowsky Mark Smith (select games)
Scott Hannan (select games)
Alex Stalock (select games)
Jason Demers (select games)
Jamal Mayers (select games)
Dan Boyle (select games)
N/a Ted Ramey N/a Sharks Audio Network (sjsharks.com/listen and Sharks + SAP Center app)[51][52]
Seattle Everett Fitzhugh (primary)
Mike Benton (select games)
John Forslund (select games)
Al Kinisky
Evan Pivnick (select games)
N/a Mike Benton
(primary)
Anderson Hirst
(select games)[53]
N/a KJR 93.3 FM
St. Louis Chris Kerber Joe Vitale N/a N/a N/a 101 ESPN
Utah Mike Folta Nick Olczyk (select games) N/a Adrian Denny N/a KZNS[54]
KSL (during scheduling conflicts with other KZNS programming)
Vancouver Brendan Batchelor Randip Janda (primary)
Landon Ferraro (select games)
N/a Satiar Shah and Bik Nizzar N/a Sportsnet 650 Vancouver
Vegas Dan D'Uva Gary Lawless (primary)
Darren Eliot (select games)
N/a N/a N/a KKGK (English Radio)
Jesus Lopez Herbert Castro N/a N/a N/a 1460 ESPN Deportes (Spanish Radio)
Winnipeg Paul Edmonds Mitchell Clinton N/a N/a N/a 680 CJOB
Power 97
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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 Wednesday nights as Scotiabank Wednesday Night Hockey. On Monday nights, Amazon Prime Video streams Prime Monday Night Hockey as part of a licensing deal with Rogers. On other days of the week, Sportsnet's national broadcasts typically feature all-American matchups, carrying a simulcast of either ESPN, TNT Sports, or a home team's network. On a few occasions, regional Sportsnet broadcasts of Canucks, Flames, Maple Leafs, and Oilers games may be converted to a national broadcast, with no blackouts and the host team's network in charge of in-game coverage. During the playoffs, games are split between CBC and the Sportsnet channels, though some games aired on CBC may also be simulcast on Sportsnet.

Sportsnet previously aired a national NHL telecast on Sunday (2014–2020) and Monday nights (2021–2022) under the Hometown Hockey brand. They also aired Rogers Monday Night Hockey until 2024 when Amazon Prime took over the series.

Additionally, the Quebecor Media-owned TVA Sports receives French-language rights as part of another sub-licensing deal with Rogers. Hockey Night in Canada is also broadcast in the Punjabi language via Rogers-owned Omni Television.

Announcers

More information Play-by-play, Colour commentator(s) ...
Play-by-play Colour commentator(s) Host/reporter Network
Chris Cuthbert
John Bartlett
Harnarayan Singh
Jack Michaels
John Shorthouse
Jon Abbott
Mike Luck
Craig Simpson
Garry Galley
Louie DeBrusk
Dave Tomlinson
Sam Cosentino
Ray Ferraro
Kyle Bukauskas
Shawn McKenzie
Scott Oake
Sean Reynolds
Gene Principe
Ryan Leslie
Dan Murphy
Caroline Cameron
Ken Reid
Sportsnet
CBC
Citytv (English)
John Forslund (primary)
Ken Daniels (secondary)
Jody Shelley
Shane Hnidy
Thomas Hickey
Tyson Nash
Adnan Virk
Andi Petrillo
Amazon Prime Video (English)
Félix Séguin
Sébastien Goulet
Denis Casavant
Alexis Goulet
J.P. Bertrand
Patrick Lalime
Alain Chainey
Alexandre Picard
Mathieu Chouinard
Renaud Lavoie
Anthony Martineau
Elizabeth Rancourt
Michel Godbout
TVA Sports (French)
Mantar Bhandal Harpreet Pandher Amrit Gill Omni Television (Punjabi)
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United States

National television rights in English language in the United States are held by ESPN/ABC and TNT Sports, with ESPN Deportes broadcasting games in the Spanish language. During the regular season, ESPN, TBS, and TNT airs most nationally televised games; TruTV also carries select games simulcast from TNT. 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 (early-season) or Sunday (mid-late season) 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 and ABC are exclusive broadcasts; games on TNT may co-exist with regional networks. Likewise, games produced by ESPN that stream on ESPN+ are exclusive and not available to co-exist with the regional networks. Except for playoff 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

International broadcasters

See also

Notes

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