NHL on Fox

NHL on Fox
Fox's logo for their regular season broadcasts.
Also known as	Fox NHL Saturday
Format	Sports
Created by	Fox Sports
Directed by	Sandy Grossman (Stanley Cup Finals) Bob Levy (Stanley Cup Finals studio show) Artie Kemper (NHL on Fox game director) Peter Bleckner (NHL on Fox game director) Michael Frank (NHL on Fox game director) Jennifer Love (senior associate director) Craig Farrell (technical director) Rich Basile (technical director) Rick Tugman (technical director) Jonathan X (technical director) Clark Pierce (graphics producer) John Ward (director of production)
Starring	See personalities section
Theme music composer	Scott Schreer
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	5
Production
Executive producer(s)	David Hill Ed Goren
Producer(s)	Richard Zyontz (Stanley Cup Finals) Nancy Bernstein (Stanley Cup Finals studio show) Mike Burks (NHL on Fox game producer) Peter Macheska (NHL on Fox game producer) Rich Russo (NHL on Fox game producer)
Editor(s)	Andy Boyle Mitch Fehr David Millar Thimmiah Snyder
Camera setup	Robert Lawton Pete Chavelrus David Geller Don Cornelli Al Mountford Martin Miller Andy Mitchell James Lytle Mark Stacey
Running time	150 minutes or until game ends
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original run	April 2, 1995 (1995-04-02) – June 17, 1999 (1999-06-17)
External links
Website

NHL on Fox is a television program that televised National Hockey League games on the Fox television network and produced by Fox Sports. The program ran from the 1994–1995 NHL season until the 1998–1999 NHL season. Fox paid $31 million a year ($155 million in total) to televise the NHL.^[1] The deal was significant, as a network television contract in the United States was long thought unattainable during the presidency of John Ziegler.^[2] The Fox deal is perhaps best remembered for the FoxTrax puck, which while generally popular according to Fox Sports, generated a great deal of controversy from longtime fans of the game.^[3]

Coverage overview

Regular season

Fox televised between five and eleven regionally distributed games on Saturday or Sunday afternoons during the regular season, where anywhere from three to six games ran concurrently. All times below are Eastern.

1994-95

Main article: 1994–95 NHL season

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)	Commentator crews
4/2/95	New York Rangers at Philadelphia St. Louis at Detroit Boston at Washington Florida at Tampa Bay San Jose at Anaheim	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Pat Foley and Mickey Redmond Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Dick Stockton and Mike Eruzione Kenny Albert and Gary Green
4/9/95	Boston at Buffalo New York Rangers at New Jersey Dallas at St. Louis Detroit at Chicago Los Angeles at Anaheim	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m.	Pat Foley and Mickey Redmond
4/16/95	Detroit at St. Louis Pittsburgh at Philadelphia New York Rangers at New York Islanders Chicago at Dallas Los Angeles at San Jose	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Kenny Albert and Denis Potvin Pat Foley and Mickey Redmond Dave Strader and Gary Green
4/23/95	New York Rangers at Boston Chicago at St. Louis Detroit at San Jose Philadelphia at Buffalo Anaheim at Los Angeles	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
4/30/95	St. Louis at San Jose New York Rangers at Philadelphia Washington at Florida Chicago at Detroit Anaheim at Los Angeles	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Mike Eruzione

1995-96

Main article: 1995–96 NHL season

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)	Commentator crews
1/27/96	New York Rangers at Boston Philadelphia at Pittsburgh* Anaheim at Los Angeles Colorado at San Jose Tampa Bay at St. Louis Detroit at Chicago	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson
2/3/96	Chicago at San Jose Florida at Tampa Bay New York Rangers at Colorado* Pittsburgh at Detroit Buffalo at Boston Philadelphia at St. Louis	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Dave Strader and Greg Millen Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Denis Potvin
2/10/96	St. Louis at Dallas New York Rangers at New Jersey Detroit at Tampa Bay Philadelphia at Boston* Chicago at Pittsburgh San Jose at Los Angeles	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson
3/31/96	Boston at Buffalo Anaheim at San Jose Pittsburgh at Philadelphia St. Louis at Detroit* Tampa Bay at Washington New York Rangers at New York Islanders	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Denis Potvin
4/7/96	Colorado at Dallas Detroit at Chicago* Boston at Philadelphia New York Rangers at New Jersey Anaheim at San Jose	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Kenny Albert and Denis Potvin Randy Hahn and Pete Stemkowski
4/14/96	Detroit at Dallas Pittsburgh at Boston Los Angeles at Colorado New York Rangers at Florida* St. Louis at Chicago Philadelphia at Tampa Bay	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson

*Denotes use of FoxTrax puck.

1996-97

Main article: 1996–97 NHL season

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
1/25/97	Colorado at Boston New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Detroit at Philadelphia Anaheim at Los Angeles Tampa Bay at Florida	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
2/1/97	Phoenix at Pittsburgh Detroit at St. Louis Chicago at Los Angeles New York Rangers at Philadelphia Washington at Florida	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson
2/8/97	New York Rangers at New York Islanders Chicago at Colorado St. Louis at Boston Detroit at Pittsburgh	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Kenny Albert and Craig Simpson Mike Emrick and John Davidson
2/15/97	Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Boston at Phoenix Colorado at St. Louis New York Rangers at Chicago	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Jiggs McDonald and Peter McNab
2/22/97	Phoenix at Anaheim Chicago at Pittsburgh Detroit at St. Louis Philadelphia at Florida	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
3/1/97	Philadelphia at Boston Florida at Tampa Bay New York Rangers at Detroit Chicago at Colorado	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson

1997-98

Main article: 1997–98 NHL season

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)	Commentator crews
1/24/98	Philadelphia at Detroit St. Louis at Chicago New Jersey at New York Rangers Los Angeles at Anaheim Dallas at Colorado Boston at Pittsburgh	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Jiggs McDonald and Peter McNab
1/31/98	New York Rangers at Boston Chicago at Los Angeles Detroit at Pittsburgh Dallas at St. Louis Tampa Bay at Florida Colorado at San Jose	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	John Kelly and Craig Simpson
2/7/98	New Jersey at New York Islanders Carolina at Boston Philadelphia at Colorado Los Angeles at Anaheim Chicago at Dallas Detroit at St. Louis	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Howie Rose and Chico Resch Mike Emrick and John Davidson
2/28/98	Philadelphia at New York Rangers Chicago at Colorado Pittsburgh at Boston Washington at Tampa Bay St. Louis at Los Angeles Phoenix at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
3/7/98	Detroit at Los Angeles New York Rangers at New Jersey Florida at Washington Dallas at St. Louis Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Chicago at Boston	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	John Kelly and Craig Simpson Jiggs McDonald and Peter McNab Kenny Albert and Terry Crisp Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
3/14/98	Buffalo at Pittsburgh Detroit at Philadelphia New York Rangers at Boston Chicago at Tampa Bay Colorado at Los Angeles Phoenix at St. Louis	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Jiggs McDonald and Peter McNab Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
3/21/98	Phoenix at Los Angeles Florida at Tampa Bay Boston at Buffalo Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Detroit at New York Rangers Colorado at San Jose	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
3/28/98	Carolina at Philadelphia New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Anaheim at Colorado Detroit at St. Louis Florida at Boston San Jose at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Josh Lewin and Daryl Reaugh
4/4/98	Detroit at Chicago Colorado at St. Louis Florida at Philadelphia Los Angeles at Washington New York Rangers at New York Islanders	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Kenny Albert and Terry Crisp
4/11/98	New York Rangers at Detroit Florida at Pittsburgh Phoenix at St. Louis Washington at Philadelphia Dallas at Tampa Bay Colorado at Los Angeles	1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m.	John Kelly and Craig Simpson
4/18/98	Chicago at Dallas Detroit at Colorado New York Rangers at Philadelphia St. Louis at Phoenix Anaheim at Los Angeles Boston at Pittsburgh	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson

• A Pittsburgh-Tampa Bay game on April 4 was initially on Fox's schedule.

1998-99

Main article: 1998–99 NHL season

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)	Commentator crews
2/7/99	New York Rangers at Boston Detroit at Pittsburgh Colorado at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Peter McNab
2/14/99	Detroit at New York Rangers Philadelphia at Colorado	3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
2/21/99	Boston at Chicago Colorado at Dallas Detroit at Buffalo	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
2/28/99	Philadelphia at New York Rangers Pittsburgh at Washington Los Angeles at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Peter McNab Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
3/7/99	Colorado at Pittsburgh New York Rangers at Boston St. Louis at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Kenny Albert and Peter McNab
3/14/99	Detroit at Colorado St. Louis at Chicago New York Rangers at New York Islanders	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Peter McNab Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
3/21/99	Pittsburgh at New York Rangers Detroit at Philadelphia Colorado at Chicago	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Peter McNab
3/28/99	Philadelphia at Detroit St. Louis at Chicago Los Angeles at Colorado	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Peter McNab Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
4/4/99	New York Rangers at New Jersey Detroit at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson
4/11/99	Pittsburgh at Detroit^ Colorado at St. Louis Los Angeles at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Kenny Albert and Peter McNab
4/18/99	Pittsburgh at New York Rangers^ Dallas at Colorado Boston at Philadelphia	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Sam Rosen Jiggs McDonald and Joe Micheletti Kenny Albert and Peter McNab

^The Pittsburgh-New York Rangers game on April 18 (Wayne Gretzky's final game before retirement) began on MSG in the New York market as WNYW (Fox's flagship station) aired a Yankees game against the Detroit Tigers. The station would join the hockey game game midway through the second period. The week prior (April 11), WNYW aired another Yankees game over the Pittsburgh-Detroit NHL game, which instead aired on MSG from start to finish.

FoxTrax

For more details on this topic, see FoxTrax.

FoxTrax (colloquially called the glow puck, smart puck, or super puck) was a specialized ice hockey puck with internal electronics that allow its position to be tracked that was designed for NHL telecasts on Fox. Primarily, it was used to visually highlight the puck on-screen and display a trail when the puck was moving rapidly.

Stanley Cup playoff coverage

In the first three rounds of the playoffs, two games were televised each round. Canadians were upset over the apparent preference that the NHL had to Fox ahead of CBC for scheduling of playoff games, as Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette wrote that the schedule was "just another example of how the N.H.L. snubs its nose at the country that invented hockey and its fans."^[4] The controversy repeated itself in 2007, as CBC was once again given second billing to Versus' coverage of the playoffs.^[5]

1995

Main article: 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)	Commentators
5/7/95	New Jersey at Boston Buffalo at Philadelphia Dallas at Detroit Vancouver at St. Louis	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Dave Strader and Denis Potvin Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Pat Foley and Mickey Redmond
5/14/95	New York Rangers at Quebec Washington at Pittsburgh Buffalo at Philadelphia Detroit at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Denis Potvin Jiggs McDonald and Mickey Redmond Dave Strader and Joe Micheletti
5/21/95	San Jose at Detroit New York Rangers at Philadelphia	3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson
5/28/95	New Jersey at Pittsburgh	3 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
6/4/95	Chicago at Detroit	3 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
6/11/95	New Jersey at Philadelphia	3 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
6/17/95	New Jersey at Detroit	8 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
6/24/95	Detroit at New Jersey	8 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti

• The May 14 game in Quebec City was the final home game ever for the Quebec Nordiques. They would become the Colorado Avalanche in the fall of 1995.

1996

Main article: 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)	Commentators
4/21/96	Philadelphia at Tampa Bay New York Rangers at Montreal Detroit at Winnipeg Chicago at Calgary	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Mickey Redmond Jiggs McDonald and Peter McNab
4/28/96	New York Rangers at Montreal* Pittsburgh at Washington Detroit at Winnipeg	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Pat Foley and Mickey Redmond
5/5/96	St. Louis at Detroit* New York Rangers at Pittsburgh	3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson
5/12/96	Florida at Philadelphia St. Louis at Detroit*	3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
5/19/96	Colorado at Detroit*	3 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
5/26/96	Pittsburgh at Florida*	3 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
6/4/96	Florida at Colorado*	8 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson, Joe Micheletti and Sandra Neil
6/8/96	Colorado at Florida*	8 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson, Joe Micheletti and Sandra Neil

*Denotes use of FoxTrax puck.

• The April 28 game in Winnipeg was the final home game for the original Winnipeg Jets. They would become the Phoenix Coyotes in the fall of 1996.

1997

Main article: 1997 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)	Commentators
4/20/97	New York Rangers at Florida Colorado at Chicago Anaheim at Phoenix	2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Jiggs McDonald and Peter McNab
4/27/97	Detroit at St. Louis Dallas at Edmonton Anaheim at Phoenix	2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Kenny Albert and Craig Simpson Jiggs McDonald and Peter McNab
5/4/97	Anaheim at Detroit New York Rangers at New Jersey	2 p.m. 2 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
5/11/97	New York Rangers at New Jersey Philadelphia at Buffalo*	2 p.m. 2 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
5/18/97	New York Rangers at Philadelphia	2 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
5/25/97	New York Rangers at Philadelphia	2 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
5/31/97	Detroit at Philadelphia	8 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson, Joe Micheletti and Chris Simpson

1998

Main article: 1998 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)	Commentators
4/26/98	New Jersey at Ottawa Washington at Boston Dallas at San Jose	2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m.	Kenny Albert and Terry Crisp Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Jiggs McDonald and Daryl Reaugh
5/3/98	Washington at Boston Detroit at Phoenix	2 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson
5/10/98	St. Louis at Detroit Montreal at Buffalo	2 p.m. 2 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson
5/17/98	St. Louis at Detroit	2 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
5/24/98	Detroit at Dallas	2 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
5/31/98	Dallas at Detroit	2 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
6/9/98	Washington at Detroit*	8 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti

1999

Main article: 1999 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)	Commentators
4/25/99	New Jersey at Pittsburgh Detroit at Anaheim Phoenix at St. Louis	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.	Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti Mike Emrick and John Davidson Kenny Albert and Peter McNab
5/2/99	New Jersey at Pittsburgh Phoenix at St. Louis	2 p.m. 2 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
5/9/99	Buffalo at Boston Detroit at Colorado	2 p.m. 2 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
5/16/99	Detroit at Colorado Buffalo at Boston	2 p.m. 2 p.m.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson Sam Rosen and Joe Micheletti
5/23/99	Buffalo at Toronto	2 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
5/30/99	Colorado at Dallas	2 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
6/8/99	Buffalo at Dallas	8 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
6/10/99	Buffalo at Dallas	8 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti
6/17/99	Buffalo at Dallas	8 p.m.	Mike Emrick, John Davidson and Joe Micheletti

Main broadcast teams, studio hosts and analysts

The main broadcast team was Mike Emrick and John Davidson, while regionally distributed games were handled by a variety of announcers. In the first four years of the deal, James Brown and Dave Maloney hosted the show from the Fox studio in Los Angeles. In the final year, it was Suzy Kolber and Terry Crisp. Occasionally, current NHL players such as Mike Modano would serve as guest analysts.

All-Star Game, Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals

For the All-Star Game, Conference Finals, and Stanley Cup Finals, the games (which were national telecasts) were hosted from the arena. The 1996 and 1997 All-Star Games were televised in prime time.

Stanley Cup Finals

Fox split coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals with ESPN. Game 1 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals was the first Finals game shown on network television since 1980 and the first in prime time since 1973. Games 1, 5, and 7 were usually scheduled to be televised by Fox; Games 2, 3, 4, and 6 by ESPN. However from 1995 to 1998, the Finals were all four game sweeps; 1999 ended in six games. The consequence was that - except for 1995, when Fox did televise Game 4 - the decisive game was never on network television. Perhaps in recognition of this, Games 3–7 were always televised by ABC in the succeeding broadcast agreement between the NHL and ABC Sports/ESPN.

Game 4 of the 1995 Final was notable because not only did the New Jersey Devils win the Stanley Cup, but also their main television play-by-play announcer, Mike Emrick announced it.

Stanley Cup Finals broadcast schedules

• 1995 - Games 1, 4, 5, 7 on Fox; Games 2, 3, 6 on ESPN
• 1996 - Games 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 on Fox; Games 2, 4 on ESPN
• 1997 - Games 1, 5, 6, 7 on Fox; Games 2, 3, 4 on ESPN
• 1998 - Games 1, 5, 7 on Fox; Games 2, 3, 4, 6 on ESPN
• 1999 - Games 1, 2, 5, 7 on Fox; Games 3, 4, 6 on ESPN

The end of NHL on Fox

Things ended badly between Fox and the league when the NHL announced a new TV deal with ESPN that also called for ABC to become the new network TV partner (as previously mentioned). Fox challenged that it had not been given a chance to match the network component of the deal, but ABC ultimately prevailed.

Fox placed a bid for NHL broadcast rights when they came up for renewal in 2011,^[6] but dropped out of bidding as a result of a bidding war between Comcast and ESPN. Comcast (who owns NBC, Versus and USA) won the bidding and a ten-year contract extension.

The general NHL on Fox logo.

Personalities

See also: NHL on Fox commentator pairings

Play-by-play

• Kenny Albert
• Mike Emrick
• Pat Foley
• Randy Hahn
• Rick Jeanneret
• John Kelly
• Mike Lange
• Josh Lewin
• Jiggs McDonald
• Bob Miller
• Howie Rose
• Sam Rosen
• Dick Stockton
• Dave Strader

Color commentary

• John Davidson
• Mike Eruzione
• Gary Green
• Peter McNab
• Joe Micheletti
• Greg Millen
• Denis Potvin
• Daryl Reaugh
• Mickey Redmond
• Craig Simpson
• Paul Steigerwald
• Pete Stemkowski
• Dale Tallon

Studio commentators

• James Brown: Studio host (1994–1998)
• Terry Crisp: Color commentary; Studio analyst (1998–1999)
• Suzy Kolber: Studio host (1998–1999)
• Dave Maloney: Studio analyst (1994–1998)

Reporters

• Joe Micheletti
• Sandra Neil
• Chris Simpson

Ratings

Stanley Cup Finals

Year	Teams	Games Carried	Rating
1995	New Jersey-Detroit	1, 4	3.4
1996	Colorado-Florida	1, 3	3.6
1997	Detroit-Philadelphia	1	4.0
1998	Detroit-Washington	1	3.3
1999	Dallas-Buffalo	1, 2, 5	3.4

Game 4 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals drew a 4.7 rating and a 10 share.^[7] In the New York City area, the game drew a 10.6 rating and 21 share and in Detroit, 14.1 and 26.^[7]

Regular season

Season	Number of Dates	Rating
1994–95	5	2.0
1995–96	6	2.1
1996–97	6	1.9
1997–98	11	1.4
1998–99	11	1.4

All-Star Game

Year	Rating
1995	No game due to lockout
1996	4.1
1997	2.8
1998	2.7
1999	2.2

References

1. ^ Sandomir, Richard (1994-09-10). "Fox Outbids CBS for N.H.L. Games". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E2DD163BF933A2575AC0A962958260&scp=4&sq=National+Hockey+League+Fox&st=nyt. Retrieved 2008-03-20. 
2. ^ Steve, Simmons (1994-09-30). "The Commish is not to blame". Calgary Sun. 
3. ^ Keri, Jonah (2006-11-30). "Gear through the years". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=keri/061130. Retrieved 2008-03-20. 
4. ^ Sandomir, Richard (1996-04-30). "Fox Is Playing It Safe With N.H.L.". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E2DD1739F933A05757C0A960958260&scp=5&sq=National+Hockey+League+Fox&st=nyt. Retrieved 2008-03-20. 
5. ^ Houston, William (2004-04-10). "CBC livid as league bows to Americans". Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20070410.NHLCBC10%2FTPStory%2FTPNational%2FTelevision%2F&ord=57386904&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true. Retrieved 2008-03-20. 
6. ^ Campbell, Ken (January 25, 2009). "Campbell's Cuts: Making new friends". The Hockey News. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/22727-Campbells-Cuts-Making-new-friends.html. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "FOX'S RATING IN FINALE SOARS". The Buffalo News: p. D3. June 26, 1995. 

External links

• Fox Sports - NHL
• TV Theme - FOX, Hockey Theme.wav
• Puck The Media - Great Moments from The NHL on FOX
• Videos of the Week - NHL on Fox
• NHL on Fox - Google Search (timeline)
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• The Suitor Tutor, Part 3: All The Rest
• Sports Media Watch: How Disney outfoxed the NHL.
• Glow Pucks, Fox Trax and Robots. The American Hockey Fan's Fascination with NHL on FOX Part 1

Preceded by ABC and NBC

NHL network broadcast partner in the United States 1994 - 1999

Succeeded by ABC