List of NHL outdoor games broadcasters

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The following is a list of NHL regular season outdoor games broadcasters, including those in Canada and in the United States.

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The first NHL Heritage Classic was played in 2003 at Commonwealth Stadium between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. [1] Although the Oilers had suggested the idea of hosting an outdoor game as early as the mid-1980s, [2] the genesis of the 2003 event was the "Cold War" outdoor game played two years prior between Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. [3]

One year later, NBC Sports Executive VP Jon Miller pitched the idea of an annual outdoor television event to the NHL in 2004 "but they didn't find the concept workable." [4] In December 2006, Miller found an ally in then NHL Executive VP/Business & Media John Collins, who embraced the idea. [5] [6] The first Winter Classic was held January 1, 2008, between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. The game had an NHL-record crowd of 71,217 fans in attendance. The success of the 2008 NHL Winter Classic led the NHL to schedule a second one for 2009, held at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, on January 1, 2009, matching the Detroit Red Wings against the Chicago Blackhawks.

That game had the highest American television ratings of any hockey game in 33 years. The success of the 2009 NHL Winter Classic has solidified "the Classic" as an annual event from then on. The Winter Classic was officially made a permanent part of the NHL schedule through at least January 1, 2021, as part of the league's television contract with the NBC Sports Group. The Winter Classic is also broadcast in Canada by the league's TV partner there too.

Unlike the annual Winter Classic and Stadium Series games, Heritage Classic games have been held infrequently.

For the 2013–14 NHL season, the NHL introduced three other outdoor games known as the Stadium Series. The 2014 Stadium Series was held in Los Angeles, California, New York City and Chicago, Illinois. Another Stadium Series game was held the following season in Santa Clara, California, with two more games scheduled for the 2015–16 season in Denver, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

To celebrate the league's centennial anniversary in 2017, two special outdoor games were held: The NHL Centennial Classic on January 1, 2017, to kick off the year; and then the NHL 100 Classic played on December 16.

United States

YearNetwork Play-by-play Color commentator(s)Ice-level analyst(s)Rinkside reporter(s)Studio hostStudio analyst(s)
2024 Stadium Series ABC/ESPN+ Sean McDonough Ray Ferraro Emily Kaplan and Kevin Weekes Steve Levy Mark Messier and P. K. Subban
2024 Winter Classic TNT/truTV/Max Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk Brian Boucher Darren Pang and Jackie Redmond Liam McHugh Anson Carter, Paul Bissonnette, and Wayne Gretzky
2023 Heritage Classic TBS/Max John Forslund Eddie Olczyk Anson Carter and Jackie Redmond Liam McHugh Brian Boucher
2023 Stadium Series ABC/ESPN+ Sean McDonough Ray Ferraro Emily Kaplan , Kevin Weekes , and Marty Smith Steve Levy Mark Messier, Chris Chelios, and P. K. Subban
2023 Winter Classic TNT Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk Keith Jones Darren Pang and Jackie Redmond Liam McHugh Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, Paul Bissonnette, Wayne Gretzky, and Keith Yandle
2022 Heritage Classic TNT Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk and Wayne Gretzky Keith Jones Liam McHugh Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, and Paul Bissonnette
2022 Stadium Series TNT Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk Keith Jones Jackie Redmond Liam McHugh Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, Paul Bissonnette, and Wayne Gretzky
2022 Winter Classic TNT Kenny Albert Keith Jones Darren Pang Jennifer Botterill Liam McHugh Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, Paul Bissonnette, and Wayne Gretzky
2021 Outdoors at Lake Tahoe NBCSN (Philadelphia–Boston) Mike Tirico Eddie Olczyk Brian Boucher Rutledge Wood Mike Tirico Eddie Olczyk
NBC (first period)/NBCSN (second and third periods) (Vegas-Colorado)
2020 Stadium Series NBC Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk Brian Boucher Rutledge Wood Kathryn Tappen Patrick Sharp and Rutledge Wood
2020 Winter Classic NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire and Brian Boucher Mike Tirico and Kathryn Tappen Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Patrick Sharp
2019 Heritage Classic NBCSN Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Scott Oake and Kelly Hrudey Kathryn Tappen Keith Jones and Anson Carter
2019 Stadium Series NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2019 Winter Classic NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Mike Tirico and Kathryn Tappen Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2018 Stadium Series NBC Mike Emrick Mike Milbury Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Kathryn Tappen Jeremy Roenick and Keith Jones
2018 Winter Classic NBC Mike Emrick Mike Milbury Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick
2017 100 Classic NBCSN Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Garry Galley Kyle Bukauskas Kathryn Tappen Keith Jones and Brian Boucher
2017 Stadium Series NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2017 Winter Classic NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Bob Costas and Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
NHL Centennial Classic NBC John Forslund Brian Boucher Pierre McGuire Kathryn Tappen Jeremy Roenick
2016 Heritage Classic NHL Network Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Scott Oake David Amber Kelly Hrudey, Nick Kypreos, and Elliotte Friedman
2016 Stadium Series (Denver) NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Kathryn Tappen Jeremy Roenick
2016 Stadium Series (Minneapolis) NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2016 Winter Classic NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2015 Stadium Series NBCSN Dave Strader Eddie Olczyk Brian Engblom Carolyn Manno Kathryn Tappen
2015 Winter Classic NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2014 Heritage Classic NBCSN Gord Miller Brian Engblom Kathryn Tappen Jeremy Roenick
2014 Stadium Series (Chicago) NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2014 Stadium Series (New York) NBC (New York Rangers–New Jersey) Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
NBCSN (New York Rangers–New York Islanders)
2014 Stadium Series (Los Angeles) NBCSN Dave Strader Anson Carter Brian Engblom Jeremy Roenick Russ Thaler Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter
2014 Winter Classic NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2012 NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang Bob Costas Mike Milbury
2011 Heritage Classic Versus (now NBCSN) Dave Strader Andy Brickley Brian Engblom Bill Patrick Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick
2011 Winter Classic NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang Bob Costas Mike Milbury
2010 [7] NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Darren Pang Bob Costas Mike Milbury
2009 NBC Dave Strader Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang Bob Costas Mike Milbury
2008 NBC Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Darren Pang Bob Costas Mike Milbury

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See also

Canada (English)

YearNetwork Play-by-play Colour commentator(s)Ice-level analyst(s)Rinkside reporter(s)Studio hostStudio analyst(s)
2024 Stadium Series SN One (Philadelphia–New Jersey) Sean McDonough Ray Ferraro Emily Kaplan and Kevin Weekes Steve Levy Mark Messier and P. K. Subban
Sportsnet (New York Rangers–New York Islanders)
2024 Winter Classic Sportsnet Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk Brian Boucher Darren Pang and Jackie Redmond Liam McHugh Anson Carter, Paul Bissonnette, and Wayne Gretzky
2023 Heritage Classic Sportsnet Chris Cuthbert Craig Simpson Kyle Bukauskas Ron MacLean and David Amber Kelly Hrudey, Elliotte Friedman, Jennifer Botterill, and Kevin Bieksa
2023 Stadium Series SN360 Sean McDonough Ray Ferraro Emily Kaplan , Kevin Weekes , and Marty Smith Steve Levy Mark Messier, Chris Chelios, and P. K. Subban
2023 Winter Classic Sportsnet Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk Keith Jones Darren Pang and Jackie Redmond Liam McHugh Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, Paul Bissonnette, Wayne Gretzky, and Keith Yandle
2022 Heritage Classic Sportsnet [23] Chris Cuthbert Craig Simpson Kyle Bukauskas Ron MacLean and David Amber Kelly Hrudey, Elliotte Friedman, Jennifer Botterill, and Kevin Bieksa
2022 Stadium Series SN360 Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk Keith Jones Jackie Redmond Liam McHugh Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, Paul Bissonnette, and Wayne Gretzky
2022 Winter Classic SN One Kenny Albert Keith Jones Darren Pang Jennifer Botterill Liam McHugh Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, Paul Bissonnette, and Wayne Gretzky
2021 Outdoors at Lake Tahoe Sportsnet (Philadelphia–Boston) Mike Tirico Eddie Olczyk Brian Boucher Rutledge Wood Mike Tirico Eddie Olczyk
Sportsnet (VegasColorado)
2020 Stadium Series Sportsnet 360 Kenny Albert Eddie Olczyk Brian Boucher Rutledge Wood Kathryn Tappen Patrick Sharp and Rutledge Wood
2020 Winter Classic Sportsnet Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire and Brian Boucher Mike Tirico and Kathryn Tappen Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Patrick Sharp
2019 Heritage Classic CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Scott Oake and Kelly Hrudey Ron MacLean Don Cherry, Kelly Hrudey, Brian Burke, and Elliotte Friedman
Sportsnet
2019 Stadium Series Sportsnet One Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
Sportsnet 360
2019 Winter Classic Sportsnet Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Mike Tirico and Kathryn Tappen Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2018 Stadium Series CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Kyle Bukauskas Ron MacLean Don Cherry, Kelly Hrudey, Nick Kypreos, and Elliotte Friedman
Sportsnet
2018 Winter Classic Sportsnet Mike Emrick Mike Milbury Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick
NHL 100 Classic CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Garry Galley Kyle Bukauskas Ron MacLean Don Cherry, Kelly Hrudey, Nick Kypreos, and Elliotte Friedman
Sportsnet
2017 Stadium Series Sportsnet Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2017 Winter Classic Sportsnet Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Bob Costas and Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
NHL Centennial Classic Sportsnet Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Scott Oake Ron MacLean Don Cherry, Kelly Hrudey, Nick Kypreos, and Elliotte Friedman
2016 Heritage Classic Sportsnet Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Scott Oake David Amber Kelly Hrudey, Nick Kypreos, and Elliotte Friedman
2016 Stadium Series (Denver) Sportsnet Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Kathryn Tappen Jeremy Roenick
2016 Stadium Series (Minneapolis) Sportsnet Mike Emrick Eddie Olczyk Pierre McGuire Jeremy Roenick Liam McHugh Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick
2016 Winter Classic Sportsnet Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Glenn Healy Scott Oake George Stroumboulopoulos Nick Kypreos and Elliotte Friedman
2015 Stadium Series CBC Paul Romanuk Mike Johnson Kelly Hrudey Cassie Campbell-Pascall George Stroumboulopoulos Elliotte Friedman
2015 Winter Classic CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Glenn Healy Scott Oake George Stroumboulopoulos Nick Kypreos
2014 Heritage Classic CBC Jim Hughson Kelly Hrudey Glenn Healy Cassie Campbell-Pascall Ron MacLean Don Cherry
2014 Stadium Series (New York) CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Glenn Healy Cassie Campbell-Pascall Ron MacLean Don Cherry
2014 Stadium Series (Los Angeles) CBC Mark Lee Kelly Hrudey Brian Hayward Scott Oake Ron MacLean Don Cherry
2014 Winter Classic CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Glenn Healy Scott Oake and Andi Petrillo Ron MacLean Don Cherry, P. J. Stock, Kevin Weekes, and Elliotte Friedman
2012 CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Glenn Healy Elliotte Friedman Ron MacLean Don Cherry
2011 Heritage Classic CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Glenn Healy Elliotte Friedman Ron MacLean Don Cherry
2011 Winter Classic CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Glenn Healy Elliotte Friedman Ron MacLean Don Cherry
2010 CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Glenn Healy Elliotte Friedman Ron MacLean Don Cherry
2009 CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Greg Millen Elliotte Friedman Ron MacLean Don Cherry
2008 CBC Jim Hughson Craig Simpson Greg Millen Elliotte Friedman Ron MacLean Don Cherry
2003 CBC Chris Cuthbert Greg Millen and Glenn Healy Elliotte Friedman and Steve Armitage Ron MacLean Don Cherry

Notes

Canada (French)

YearNetwork Play-by-play Colour commentator Ice level reportersStudio hostStudio analysts
2024 Stadium Series TVA Sports (Philadelphia–New Jersey)[ to be determined ][ to be determined ]
TVA Sports (New York Rangers–New York Islanders)
2024 Winter Classic TVA Sports Denis Casavant Alexandre Picard
2023 Heritage Classic TVA Sports Nicolas St-PierreAlain ChaineyRenaud Lavoie
2023 Stadium Series TVA Sports 2 Denis Casavant Alexandre Picard
2023 Winter Classic TVA Sports Denis CasavantAlain Chainey
2022 Heritage Classic TVA Sports Denis Casavant Yvon Pedneault
2022 Stadium Series TVA Sports 2 Sébastien Goulet Alain Chainey
2022 Winter Classic TVA Sports Félix Séguin Yvon Pedneault
2021 Outdoors at Lake Tahoe TVA Sports (Philadelphia–Boston) Sébastien Goulet Alain Chainey
TVA Sports (VegasColorado)
2020 Stadium Series TVA Sports 2 Sébastien Goulet Alain Chainey
2020 Winter Classic TVA Sports Félix SéguinAlain Chainey
2019 Heritage Classic TVA Sports 2 Sébastien Goulet Yvon Pedneault
2019 Stadium Series TVA Sports 2 Denis CasavantAlain Chainey
2019 Winter Classic TVA Sports Félix SéguinAlain Chainey
2018 Stadium Series TVA Sports Denis Casavant Yvon Pedneault
2018 Winter Classic TVA Sports Félix SéguinAlain Chainey
2017 100 Classic TVA Sports Félix Séguin Patrick Lalime Renaud Lavoie and Marc-André Perreault
2017 Stadium Series TVA Sports 2 Sébastien Goulet Yvon Pedneault
2017 Winter Classic TVA Sports Félix Séguin Yvon Pedneault
2017 Centennial Classic TVA Sports Denis CasavantAlain Chainey Mathieu Dandenault Frédéric Lord
2016 Heritage Classic TVA Sports 2 Sébastien Goulet Yvon Pedneault
2016 Stadium Series (Denver) TVA Sports 2 Sébastien Goulet Éric Fichaud
2016 Stadium Series (Minneapolis) TVA Sports Denis CasavantAlain Chainey
2016 Winter Classic TVA Sports Félix Séguin Patrick Lalime Renaud Lavoie
2015 Stadium Series TVA Sports 2 Denis Casavant Yvon Pedneault
2015 Winter Classic TVA Sports Félix Séguin Patrick Lalime Renaud Lavoie
2014 Heritage Classic RDS Michel Y. LacroixNorman Flynn
2014 Winter Classic RDS Michel Y. LacroixNorman FlynnRenaud Lavoie
2012 RDS Michel Y. Lacroix Denis Gauthier Renaud LavoieClaude Mailhot Jocelyn Lemieux
2011 Heritage Classic RDS Pierre Houde Benoît Brunet Joël Bouchard Alain Crête Mario Tremblay
2011 Winter Classic RDS Michel Y. Lacroix Denis Gauthier Renaud LavoieYanick Bouchard Jocelyn Lemieux
2010 RDS Michel Y. LacroixNorman FlynnRenaud LavoieYanick Bouchard Bob Hartley
2009 RDS Pierre Houde Benoît Brunet Chantal MachabéeAlain Crête Michel Bergeron, Joël Bouchard, and Jacques Demers
2008 RDS Pierre Houde Yvon Pedneault Chantal MachabéeAlain Crête Benoît Brunet, Michel Bergeron and Jacques Demers
2003 RDS and SRC (simulcast) Pierre Houde Yvon Pedneault

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Finnish television

YearNetwork Play-by-play
2011 Nelonen Pro 1 Antti Mäkinen

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