ESPN’s return to NHL broadcasting showed a lot of potential
After seventeen years away, the NHL made a welcome return to ESPN on Tuesday.
Archives
Ray Ferraro and Brian Boucher are set to join ESPN’s NHL coverage, but Wayne Gretzky is reportedly only looking at TNT
Ferraro and Boucher are both long-time NHL media figures.
NHL on NBC coverage will start with one booth in Toronto, but “eventually, the majority of the calls will come from inside the...
Eddie Olczyk said he doesn't think calling games with Doc Emrick from different locations will be a problem. "We've worked long enough together that I really believe we'll be able to have the same cadence or symmetry. Once we get through a game or two, it will be just like we're sitting together."
Report: Pierre McGuire removed from NBC’s No. 1 NHL team in favor of Brian Boucher
As per a report from The Athletic's Rick Carpiniello, Pierre McGuire will still reportedly call games for NBC, but not on the No. 1 team. NBC's statement didn't confirm or deny the report, but said that Brian Boucher will again work with the top team of Mike "Doc" Emrick and Eddie Olczyk on opening night.
AJ Mleczko on future NHL broadcasting: “It’s all I can do right now to just focus on these games.”
"I’ve been given this opportunity and I’m thrilled to be here and I want to be prepared. I want to come to the game every night ready to go and put my best foot forward. But looking into the future, I just don’t know."
