NHL Announcer Schedules
The second week of January is here and with that, the first ABC game of the year will be taking place on Saturday. ESPN and TNT will both be airing multiple games this week, so here is this week’s announcer lineup for the NHL’s nationally televised games:
Edmonton Oilers vs. Chicago Blackhawks – 8:30 p.m. ET
- Play-By-Play: Bob Wischusen
- Analyst: Ray Ferraro
The studio team for Tuesday’s game will be:
- Host: Arda Öcal
- Analyst: Ryan Callahan
Moving onto Wednesday, TNT will be airing its weekly doubleheader:
Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars – 7:30 p.m. ET
- Play-By-Play: Brendan Burke
- Analyst: Darren Pang
- Reporter: Jackie Redmond
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Colorado Avalanche* – 10:00 p.m. ET
- Play-By-Play: Kenny Albert
- Analyst: Eddie Olczyk
- Reporter: Brian Boucher
Back in Atlanta, the studio team will consist of:
- Host: Liam McHugh
- Analyst: Anson Carter
- Analyst: Paul Bissonnette
- Analyst: Henrik Lundvist
On Thursday, the NHL will once again have a game airing on ESPN:
Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Islanders – 7:00 p.m. ET
- Play-By-Play: Mike Monaco
- Analyst: AJ Mleczko
- Reporter: Emily Kaplan
In Bristol, the studio team for Thursday’s game will be:
- Host: John Buccigross
- Analyst: Ryan Callahan
- Updates: Arda Öcal
To close the week, on Saturday, we will have our first of nineteen NHL games to air on ABC this season:
New York Rangers vs. Washington Capitals – 1:00 p.m. ET
- Play-By-Play: Sean McDonough
- Analyst: Ray Ferraro
- Reporter: Emily Kaplan
The studio team for ABC’s Hockey Saturday will be:
- Host: Steve Levy
- Analyst: P.K. Subban
- Analyst: Mark Messier
Here are some tidbits about this week’s broadcaster assignments:
- Bob Wischusen will be calling his tenth NHL game of the season, along with calling his first Chicago Blackhawks since January 4th, 2022, when they played the Colorado Avalanche for an ESPN+ and Hulu exclusive.
- Brendan Burke will be back at American Airlines Center for his first time with TNT since the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs opening round between the Flames and the Stars, where he called game 6 with Darren Pang, Shane Hnidy, and Erika Wachter.
- On Thursday, the trio of Mike Monaco, AJ Mleczko, and Emily Kaplan will be paired together for the first time, with Monaco making his tenth appearance of the season as a play-by-play commentator.
- Saturday will mark the return of ESPN’s lead play-by-play announcer, Sean McDonough, as it will be his first appearance since October 24th for the Bruins and Blackhawks. McDonough was previously occupied with college football obligations and will be making many more appearances from here until the end of the season, as he will be calling his second Stanley Cup Final.
Something else that is worthy to note is on Wednesday, the NHL on TNT’s game between the Golden Knights and Avalanche will be non-exclusive. Fans in the Avalanche’s market will need to watch through Altitude.
In total, there will be five nationally televised games across the networks of ESPN and TNT this week. Enjoy the games, everyone!
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