Mike "Doc" Emrick (born August 1, 1946 in La Fontaine, Indiana) is an American sportscaster. In the United States, he is one of the most recognized announcers in professional ice hockey. Emrick has been sportscasting since 1973, when he did play-by-play for the IHL Port Huron Flags. In 1977 he became the voice of the AHL Maine Mariners for three seasons before moving up to the parent NHL Philadelphia Flyers. He has been calling NHL hockey games for either the Flyers, …

Brian Engblom (b. January 27, 1955 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. Engblom played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin. He played his first NHL game in the 1977 Stanley Cup Playoffs with the Montreal Canadiens. He won three Stanley Cups, in 1977, 1978, and 1979 with the Canadiens before being traded to the Washington Capitals. He finished his career with stints playing with the Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings, …

John Vanbiesbrouck (born September 4, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the New York Rangers, Florida Panthers, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders, and New Jersey Devils. During his National Hockey League career, Vanbiesbrouck compiled a record of 374 wins, 346 losses and 119 ties. He is considered one of the top American goaltenders in the history of the NHL.

Pierre McGuire (born August 8, 1961) is an ice hockey analyst and provides colour commentary for hockey programs on TSN and The NHL on NBC, where he is the lead "Inside the Glass" analyst. He won 2 Stanley Cups as a scout and assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He became a head coach, leading the Hartford Whalers to a 23-37-7 record in 1993-1994 before being replaced by Paul Holmgren the following season.

Rick DiPietro (born September 19, 1981 in Winthrop, Massachusetts) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the NHL's New York Islanders. He studied at Saint Sebastian's School but left after his sophomore year to play junior hockey in Michigan.

Sam Rosen (born April 4, 1948 in Ulm, Germany) is the primary play-by-play announcer for New York Rangers (NHL) games on MSG. From 1982-84, he was the studio host on Ranger broadcasts, but was promoted to play-by-play in 1984, succeeding Jim Gordon, who had been the Rangers' TV voice since 1973. Rosen's first partner was ex-Bruin and Ranger star Phil Esposito. Starting in 1986-87, when Esposito left to became Rangers General Manager, …

William Hands of cement Clement (born December 20, 1950 in Buckingham, Quebec) is a retired professional ice hockey player and a current broadcaster for Versus and NBC. Bill works as a studio host for "The NHL on NBC" partnered with Ray Ferraro and Brett Hull, as well as covering men's ice hockey during the 2006 Winter Olympics, and The NHL on Versus Post Game Report with Keith Jones and Brian Engblom.

Michael Knuble (born July 4, 1972 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-born American professional right winger currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL.

Joe Beninati is the television play-by-play announcer for the Washington Capitals. Along with color analyst Craig Laughlin he provides Capitals game coverage for CSN. He has also done freelance announcing for ESPN, Westwood One, WFAN and as a prominent hockey voice on Versus (formerly OLN), where he calls one of the NHL's Conference Finals series each year (usually the one ranked #2 as far as ratings and market sizes).

John Davidson (born February 27, 1953 in Ottawa, Ontario) is the president of the St. Louis Blues and a former goaltender for the St. Louis Blues (1973-75) and New York Rangers (1975-83) of the National Hockey League. Growing up in western Canada, he played left wing until age 16, when he was moved to goaltender. Drafted fifth overall in 1973, he became the first goalie in NHL history to jump directly from major junior to the NHL.

Keith Jones (born November 8, 1968 in Brantford, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently a sportscaster.

Mark John Douglas Messier (born January 18, 1961, in St. Albert, Alberta) is a former ice hockey centreman of the National Hockey League. He spent a quarter of a century in the NHL (1979-2004) with the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, and Vancouver Canucks. He also played professionally with the World Hockey Association's Indianapolis Racers and Cincinnati Stingers. At the time of his retirement, he was the last former WHA player still active in professional hockey, …

Darren Eliot (born November 26, 1961, in Milton, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the sixth round, 115th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He played in the National Hockey League with the Kings, Detroit Red Wings, and Buffalo Sabres. In his NHL career, Eliot played in 89 games and accumulated a record of 25-41-12. He currently works as the game analyst for SportSouth telecasts of Atlanta Thrashers games, …

Dave Strader is an American sportscaster and currently does double-duty as the play-by-play announcer of the Florida Panthers on FSN Florida and as the #2 play-by-play announcer for The NHL on NBC and The NHL on Versus. He also broadcasts the Stanley Cup Finals on the NHL's International feed.

Neil Smith (born January 9, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario) was the general manager of the New York Islanders until he was unexpectedly relieved of his duties on July 18, 2006 after only 40 days. He was previously the general manager of the New York Rangers from 1989-2000. He was named as an assistant to Dallas Stars General Manager Doug Armstrong on October 27, 2006.

Billy Jaffe (born April 2, 1969) is a color analyst for the New York Islanders on Fox Sports Net New York. He also serves as a reporter for nationally televised hockey games on Versus.

Jack Edwards (born March 24, 1957) is a former anchor on ESPN's "SportsCenter". He spent 12 years there, from 1991 to 2003. Edwards started as a play-by-play announcer for the UNH hockey team. He then moved on to play-by-play and sports anchor positions at WGIR radio and WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire. During the early 1980s he worked as a talk radio host for WRKO in Boston, and as a weekend anchor at WJAR-TV in Providence.

Eddie Olczyk (born August 16, 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American former head coach for the National Hockey League Pittsburgh Penguins and former center for Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins. He served as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins from June 11, 2003 until December 15, 2005.

Daryl "Razor" Reaugh (pronounced "Ray"), born February 13, 1965, in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender, now a color commentator for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. Prior to his work with the Stars, Reaugh was also a color commentator for the Hartford Whalers during the 1994-95 season. Reaugh has also done work with ABC, ESPN, FOX and Versus broadcasts of regular season and playoff NHL games, …

A nine-year veteran and two-time Emmy Award nominee, Andy Brickley entered the broadcasting world after a 14-year professional hockey career that included four seasons with the Boston Bruins from 1988-92 -- the time of Bourque, Neely, Lemelin, Moog, and other Stanley Cup finalist teammates. Brickley first began broadcasting on radio, providing color commentary for Bruins games in 1996.

Phillip Joseph Stock (born May 26, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player.

Al Trautwig is a commentator with the MSG Network, NBC and Versus. He does the pre-game and post-game shows for the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, as well as fill-in play-by-play for both teams. Notably, since 2004 he has anchored coverage of the Tour de France (he had previously covered the Tour for ABC when he worked for them in the 1980s), the Olympics, and NBC's coverage of the Arena Football League.

John Kelly (b. 1960) is a hockey play-by-play broadcast announcer. He is the son of the late Dan Kelly, and began working the St. Louis Blues games on radio station KMOX on November 19, 1988, two days after his father, Dan, announced his final game, in which the Blues defeated the Flyers for the first time in Philadelphia since January 6, 1972. John Kelly remained on the job until 1992, when he joined the then-fledging Tampa Bay Lightning.

Jim Jackson is an American professional sportscaster. He currently serves as the TV play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia Flyers. In addition, Jackson occasionally broadcasts play-by-play for hockey games on Versus. Jackson, an upstate New York native, started his professional career broadcasting for the Utica Devils after graduating from Syracuse University. In 1993, he became play-by-play broadcaster for the Philadelphia Flyers, replacing Mike Emrick.

Kenny Albert (born in 1968) in New York, New York, son of sportscaster Marv Albert, is a sportscaster in his own right. Kenny is the radio voice of the New York Rangers, as well as a play-by-play announcer and field-level reporter for Fox's coverage of Major League Baseball the NFL and the Sugar Bowl, as well as selected games of "The NHL on Versus". When FOX had the network contract for the NHL in the 1990s, Albert also worked on FOX NHL Saturday telecasts.

Tom Fitzgerald (born August 28, 1968 in Billerica, Massachusetts) is a retired American professional ice hockey player who played seventeen seasons in the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League. He is currently a studio analyst for the New England Sports Network Boston Bruins broadcasts.

Christine Simpson is currently a hockey reporter for Versus, previously known as OLN. She is also the featured reporter for Rogers Sportsnet and The Score Television Network which are both based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Simpson was Marketing Manager of the Hockey Hall of Fame for several years before making the leap into broadcasting. Her brother, Craig Simpson, is a retired professional hockey player in the National Hockey League.