NHL on Fox

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NHL on Fox is a television program that televised National Hockey League games on the Fox Broadcasting Company 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 to televise the NHL.

Contents 1 Coverage overview 1.1 Regular season 1.1.1 1994-95 1.1.2 1995-96 1.1.3 1996-97 1.1.4 1997-98 1.1.5 1998-99 1.2 FoxTrax 1.3 Early round playoff coverage 1.3.1 1995 1.3.2 1996 1.3.3 1997 1.3.4 1998 1.3.5 1999 1.4 Main broadcast teams, studio hosts and analysts 1.5 All-Star Game, Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals 1.5.1 Stanley Cup Finals 1.5.1.1 Stanley Cup Finals broadcast schedules 1.6 The end of NHL on Fox 2 Personalities 2.1 Play-by-play 2.2 Color commentary 2.3 Studio commentators 2.4 Reporters 3 Ratings 3.1 Stanley Cup Finals 3.2 Regular season 3.3 All-Star Game 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Coverage overview

[edit] 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.

[edit] 1994-95

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

[edit] 1995-96

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

• Denotes use of FoxTrax puck.

[edit] 1996-97

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

[edit] 1997-98

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

[edit] 1998-99

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
2/7/99	New York Rangers at Boston Detroit at Pittsburgh Colorado at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
2/14/99	Detroit at New York Rangers Philadelphia at Colorado	3 p.m. 3 p.m.
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.
3/7/99	Colorado at Pittsburgh New York Rangers at Boston St. Louis at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
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.
3/21/99	Pittsburgh at New York Rangers Detroit at Philadelphia Colorado at Chicago	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
3/28/99	Philadelphia at Detroit St. Louis at Chicago Los Angeles at Colorado	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m
4/4/99	New York Rangers at New Jersey Detroit at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m.
4/11/99	Pittsburgh at Detroit Colorado at St. Louis Los Angeles at Dallas	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
4/18/99	Pittsburgh at New York Rangers	3 p.m.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Early round playoff coverage

In the first three rounds of the playoffs, two games were televised each round.

[edit] 1995

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
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.
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.
5/21/95	San Jose at Detroit New York Rangers at Philadelphia	3 p.m. 3 p.m.
5/28/95	New Jersey at Pittsburgh	3 p.m.
6/4/95	Chicago at Detroit	3 p.m.
6/11/95	New Jersey at Philadelphia	3 p.m.
6/17/95	New Jersey at Detroit	8 p.m.
6/24/95	Detroit at New Jersey	8 p.m.

[edit] 1996

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
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.
4/28/96	New York Rangers at Montreal* Pittsburgh at Washington Detroit at Winnipeg	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
5/5/96	St. Louis at Detroit* New York Rangers at Pittsburgh	3 p.m. 3 p.m.
5/12/96	Florida at Philadelphia St. Louis at Detroit*	3 p.m. 3 p.m.
5/19/96	Colorado at Detroit*	3 p.m.
5/26/96	Pittsburgh at Florida*	3 p.m.
6/4/96	Florida at Colorado*	8 p.m.
6/8/96	Colorado at Florida*	8 p.m.

• Denotes use of FoxTrax puck.

[edit] 1997

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
4/20/97	New York Rangers at Florida Colorado at Chicago Anaheim at Phoenix	2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m.
4/27/97	Detroit at St. Louis Dallas at Edmonton Anaheim at Phoenix	2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m.
5/4/97	Anaheim at Detroit New York Rangers at New Jersey	2 p.m. 2 p.m.
5/11/97	New York Rangers at New Jersey Philadelphia at Buffalo*	2 p.m. 2 p.m.
5/18/97	New York Rangers at Philadelphia	2 p.m.
5/25/97	New York Rangers at Philadelphia	2 p.m.
5/31/97	Detroit at Philadelphia	8 p.m.

[edit] 1998

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
4/26/98	New Jersey at Ottawa Washington at Boston Detroit at Phoenix	2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m.
5/3/98	Washington at Boston Detroit at Phoenix	2 p.m. 3 p.m.
5/10/98	St. Louis at Detroit Montreal at Buffalo	2 p.m. 2 p.m.
5/17/98	St. Louis at Detroit	2 p.m.
5/24/98	Detroit at Dallas	2 p.m.
5/31/98	Dallas at Detroit	2 p.m.
6/9/98	Washington at Detroit*	8 p.m.

[edit] 1999

Date	Teams	Start times (All times Eastern)
4/25/99	New Jersey at Pittsburgh Detroit at Anaheim Phoenix at St. Louis	3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.
5/2/99	New Jersey at Pittsburgh Phoenix at St. Louis	2 p.m. 2 p.m.
5/9/99	Buffalo at Boston Detroit at Colorado	2 p.m. 2 p.m.
5/16/99	Detroit at Colorado Buffalo at Boston	2 p.m. 2 p.m.
5/23/99	Buffalo at Toronto	2 p.m.
5/30/99	Colorado at Dallas	2 p.m.
6/8/99	Buffalo at Dallas	8 p.m.
6/10/99	Buffalo at Dallas	8 p.m.
6/15/99	Buffalo at Dallas	8 p.m.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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. Also, the NHL's current broadcast agreement calls for Games 1 and 2 to be televised by Versus (formerly OLN) and Games 3–7 by NBC.

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.

[edit] Stanley Cup Finals broadcast schedules

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

[edit] 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. Fox challenged that it had not been given a chance to match the network component of the deal, but ABC ultimately prevailed. It is speculated, however, that Fox may again bid for NHL broadcast rights when they next come up for renewal.^[1]

[edit] Personalities

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Reporters

• Joe Micheletti

[edit] Ratings

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] All-Star Game

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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