Former NBC Sports host Liam McHugh will join Turner Sports as the WarnerMedia outlet prepares for its first season of NHL telecasts under a new rights deal, joining hockey great Wayne Gretzky, and a new team of analysts and sportscasters devoted to coverage of the sport.
McHugh joins Turner Sports from NBC Sports, where he led hockey coverage as well as the pre-game NFL program, “Football Night in America.” He is one of several new sportscasters to join, including Anson Carter, a former NBC Sports studio analyst; Rick Tocchet, the veteran NHL player and coach; and Paul Bissonnette, the former hockey player who still contributes to radio coverage of the Arizona Coyotes. Turner had previously announced a deal with Gretzky to be part of a new studio show, as well as Kenny Albert and Eddie Olczyk, who will provide game commentary.
Brendan Burke will provide play-by-play throughout the season alongside analyst Darren Pang.
McHugh joins Turner Sports from NBC Sports, where he led hockey coverage as well as the pre-game NFL program, “Football Night in America.” He is one of several new sportscasters to join, including Anson Carter, a former NBC Sports studio analyst; Rick Tocchet, the veteran NHL player and coach; and Paul Bissonnette, the former hockey player who still contributes to radio coverage of the Arizona Coyotes. Turner had previously announced a deal with Gretzky to be part of a new studio show, as well as Kenny Albert and Eddie Olczyk, who will provide game commentary.
Brendan Burke will provide play-by-play throughout the season alongside analyst Darren Pang.
- 9/14/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The 2019 St. Louis Blues will stage a reunion via video conference on Wednesday, the day on which the first match of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs had been scheduled, part of a bid by the National Hockey League to keep fans interested in the sport after its season was suspended by the coronavirus pandemic.
“It would be very simple to put out what we’ve already released and to show classic games. That’s easy,” says Steve Mayer, the NHL’s chief content officer, in an interview. “We felt like during this particular period of time, let’s give people something new and something to look forward to.”
The NHL has been working with remote staff to give hockey fans new pieces of content to that they can look at via various broadcast and digital venues, as well as its media partners in the U.S. and Canada, NBCUniversal and Rogers Communications.
“It would be very simple to put out what we’ve already released and to show classic games. That’s easy,” says Steve Mayer, the NHL’s chief content officer, in an interview. “We felt like during this particular period of time, let’s give people something new and something to look forward to.”
The NHL has been working with remote staff to give hockey fans new pieces of content to that they can look at via various broadcast and digital venues, as well as its media partners in the U.S. and Canada, NBCUniversal and Rogers Communications.
- 4/7/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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