List of New Jersey Devils broadcasters

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This is a list of broadcasters for the New Jersey Devils ice hockey team.

Contents

Television

Years Play-by-play Color commentator(s)
1982–83 Larry Hirsch
Al Albert
Fred Shero (TV)
Stan Fischler (Cable)
1983–84 Mike Emrick John Davidson (select games)
Mike Eruzione (select games)
1984–85 Mike Emrick Peter Mahovlich [1]
1985–86 Mike Emrick Sal Messina
1986–87 [2] Al Albert Stan Fischler
198793 Gary Thorne (primary) [3]
Jiggs McDonald or Al Albert (select games during Thorne's New York Mets baseball assignments and New York Islanders's off-days)
Peter McNab
199395 Mike Emrick Peter McNab
1995–96 Mike Emrick Doug Sulliman
19962011 Mike Emrick Chico Resch
201114 Steve Cangialosi Chico Resch
20142022 Steve Cangialosi Ken Daneyko
Bryce Salvador (rinkside on all home games)
2022–present Bill Spaulding Ken Daneyko
Bryce Salvador (rinkside on all home games)

Notes

On July 21, 2011, Emrick announced that he was leaving the New Jersey Devils to work exclusively for NBC Sports. [4] In the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Steve Cangialosi [5] [6] replaced Emrick for play-by-play duties for the Devils. Cangialosi later announced on May 17, 2022 that he will step down from play-by-play commentary on Devils broadcasts. [7] He is expected to be replaced by Bill Spaulding starting in the 2022-23 season. [8]

Ken Daneyko currently provides his color commentary on Devils' broadcasts on MSG Plus. Before this, he shared commentary and analysis between periods of Devils' broadcasts and was a regular starring analyst on MSG's Hockey Night Live! with host Al Trautwig and fellow commentators Ron Duguay, Dave Maloney, Mike Keenan, and Butch Goring, as well as "The Hockey Maven" Stan Fischler.

Current on-air staff

Television: MSG Plus

Radio

Years Play-by-play Color commentator(s)
198286 Larry Hirsch Fred Shero
1986–87 Dale Arnold Fred Shero
1987–88 Dale Arnold Larry Brooks
198891 Chris MooreLarry Brooks
199193 Chris Moore Sherry Ross
199395 Mike MillerSherry Ross
1995-01 Mike Miller Randy Velischek
200106 John Hennessey Randy Velischek
2006–07 Matt Loughlin Tom Chorske
200717 Matt Loughlin Sherry Ross
2017–present Matt Loughlin Chico Resch

Notes

Sherry Ross first broadcast color commentary for the Devils from January 1992 through the strike-shortened 1994–95 season, before being re-hired for the role in 2007. On November 25, 2009, she called a play-by-play of a game between the Devils and the Ottawa Senators, as Loughlin missed the game due to a death in his family, becoming the first woman to provide the English language play-by-play for a full NHL game. [9] On May 23, 2017, Ross was relieved of her duties as the Devils' radio analyst, and Chico Resch replaced her. [10] [11]

Current on-air staff

Radio: Audacy, WFAN (selected games) [12]

See also

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