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NHL on Versus logo used from 2006 to 2011. The NHL on Versus was a presentation of National Hockey League (NHL) games broadcast on Versus. The NHL's television deal with Versus was made at the conclusion of the 2004–05 NHL lockout that caused the cancellation of an entire season. At the time, Versus offered a two-year, US$130 million contract ...
This allowed the on-air talent, including commentators for NHL on NBC, and their guests (often ex-players and youth hockey teams) to demonstrate plays and hockey skills. From April onwards, and during inclement weather, the studio show moved to Studio 8G inside the GE Building , where NBC produces its Football Night in America program.
The following is a list of current (entering 2024–25 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 ...
Brian Boucher: #2 Color commentator/studio analyst (2021–2023) Scotty Bowman: Studio analyst if Detroit Red Wings missed or eliminated from Stanley Cup playoffs; Chris Chelios: studio analyst/color commentator (2021–2023) [98] [99] [100] Bill Clement: Studio analyst (1992–93 regular season) Rick DiPietro: Studio analyst (2021–2023)
He also was the lead color commentator for NHL on NBC, [13] and previously for the NHL on Versus; the latter later rebranded as NBCSN in 2012, for both the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Men's Ice Hockey and 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, where he partnered with Mike Emrick and "Inside-the-Glass" reporter Pierre McGuire. [14] [15]
Ron Maclean, host of Hockey Night in Canada, 2013. Broadcasting rights in Canada have historically included the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC), a long-standing Canadian tradition dating to 1952, [1] [2] and even prior to that on radio since the 1920s. The first NHL game to be broadcast on television occurred on October 11, 1952, a French ...
Billy Jaffe (born April 2, 1969) is an on-air ice hockey analyst for NESN who provides commentary for pre-game, post-game and intermission shows during Boston Bruins games. . Jaffe also served as a hockey analyst for Sportsnet, and for select coverage by NHL Netw
When ESPN started broadcasting NBA games on Wednesday and Friday nights in 2002, the weekly hockey broadcasts were moved to Thursday and the broadcasts were renamed to ESPN Thursday Night Hockey. Following the 2003–04 season, ESPN was only willing to renew its contract for two additional years at $60 million per year. [ 56 ]