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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]

Coverage overview [edit]

NHL's initial deal with Fox was significant, as a network television contract in the United States was long thought unattainable during the presidency of John Ziegler.^[2] For 17 years after the 1975 Finals was broadcast on NBC, there would be no national over-the-air network coverage of the NHL in the United States (with the exception of CBS' coverage of Game 2 of the 1979 Challenge Cup and Game 6 of the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals and NBC's coverage of the NHL All-Star Game from 1990-1994) and only spotty coverage on regional networks. This was due to the fact that no network was willing to commit to a large number of games, in turn, providing low ratings for NHL games. ABC would eventually resume broadcasting regular NHL games (on a time buy basis through ESPN) for the 1992–93 season (and continuing through the 1993–94 season before Fox took over for the next five seasons).

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]

Regular season [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 Dave Strader and Greg Millen
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 Rick Jeanneret 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.	Rick Jeanneret 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.	Dave Strader and Greg Millen 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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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.	Mike Emrick and John Davidson 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 Jiggs McDonald and Peter McNab
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 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.	John Kelly and Craig Simpson
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 [edit]

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 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 [edit]

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.

It was criticized, especially in Canada, and was ridiculed by comedians on both sides of the border.

Stanley Cup playoff coverage [edit]

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 [edit]

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.
The June 24 game in New Jersey was the Stanley Cup Finals' deciding game as the Devils swept the Red Wings. Although Fox did retain rights to certain other games where the Cup could be decided (including any and all seventh games), 1995 was the only time during its run as NHL broadcaster that Fox actually carried the Cup clinching victory on air.

1996 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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

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 NBCUniversal and ESPN. NBCUniversal (who owns NBC, Versus and USA) won the bidding and a ten-year contract extension.

The general NHL on Fox logo.

Personalities [edit]

Play-by-play [edit]

Color commentary [edit]

Studio commentators [edit]

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 [edit]

Ratings [edit]

Stanley Cup Finals [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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

National Hockey League coverage on Fox's owned and operated television stations [edit]

Main articles: Fox Television Stations, Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States, and Historical NHL over-the-air television broadcasters

Team	Stations	Years
Dallas Stars	KDFI	2000
Philadelphia Flyers	WTXF	1973–1985

Fox Sports Net [edit]

Name	Region served	Home to	Former Name	Year Joined/ Launced	Notes
Fox Sports Arizona	Arizona New Mexico Utah southern Nevada	Phoenix Suns (NBA) Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB) Phoenix Coyotes (NHL) Phoenix Mercury (WNBA) local coverage of the Pacific-12	Prime Sports Arizona	1996
Fox Sports Bay Area	Northern and central California, northwestern Nevada (and parts of southern Oregon	San Francisco Giants (MLB), Oakland Athletics (MLB), San Jose Sharks (NHL), Golden State Warriors (NBA), San Jose Stealth (NLL), San Jose Sabercats (AFL) and local coverage of the Pacific-10, West Coast, Mountain West, and Western Athletic conferences.	Pacific Sports Network (PSN), SportsChannel Bay Area, SportsChannel Pacific	1998	In April 2007, Cablevision sold their 60% interest in FSN Bay Area to Comcast. The Network was rebranded as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area on March 31, 2008 and continued to carry select FSN programming until August 2012. Fox Sports retains 25% ownership in the network.
Fox Sports Chicago	Northern Illinois, northern Indiana, and eastern Iowa.	Chicago Cubs (MLB), Chicago Bulls (NBA), Chicago Blackhawks (NHL), Chicago Fire (MLS) Chicago Rush, (AFL), Chicago White Sox (MLB), local and national collegiate sports, including those from Fox Sports Detroit.	Sportsvision Chicago, SportsChannel Chicago / Hawkvision, ON TV / Sportsvison	1998	Closed on June 23, 2006. Was the production and origination point of the Chicago, Ohio, and Bay Area Sports Report programs (all 50% owned by Rainbow Sports/Cablevision). Comcast SportsNet Chicago now occupies the former FSN Chicago facility located at 350 North Orleans Street, and airs FSN's national programming. The old Chicago Sports Report set was purchased (and is now used as the main news set) by WREX in Rockford, IL. Building current home of the Chicago Sun-Times.
Fox Sports Detroit	Michigan (statewide) northwestern Ohio northeastern Indiana northeast Wisconsin	Detroit Tigers (MLB) Detroit Pistons (NBA) Detroit Red Wings (NHL)	None	1997	Tigers Live, Red Wings Live, and Pistons Live are produced by FS Detroit. Fox Sports Net Detroit put PASS Sports, which was owned by Post-Newsweek/WDIV-TV, out of business in 1997 when Fox acquired the TV rights to all of the pro sports teams in Detroit.
Fox Sports Florida	Florida (statewide) southern Alabama southern Georgia	Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) Orlando Magic (NBA) Miami Marlins (MLB) Florida Panthers (NHL)	SportsChannel Florida	2000	Shares broadcast rights with co-owned Sun Sports. Last FSN network to discontinue the SportsChannel name.
Fox Sports Midwest	Missouri southern Illinois southern Indiana eastern Nebraska eastern Kansas western Kentucky northern Arkansas	St. Louis Cardinals (MLB) St. Louis Blues (NHL) local coverage of the Big 12 local coverage of Conference USA	Prime Sports Midwest	1996	Fox Sports Midwest also airs Cardinals games in West Tennessee and northern Mississippi. Royals broadcasts returned to FSN Midwest in the Kansas City market beginning in 2008, after Royals Sports Television Network was shut down. A Kansas City spinoff launched when they became the broadcaster of the Kansas City Royals.
Fox Sports North	Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa North Dakota South Dakota.	Minnesota Twins (MLB) Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA) Minnesota Wild (NHL) Minnesota Swarm (NLL) Minnesota Lynx (WNBA)	WCCO II, Wisconsin Sports Network, Midwest Sports Channel	1996	Regional subfeeds for the Minnesota/Dakotas region, and for the state of Wisconsin not included in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. The Wisconsin feed is operated under Fox Sports Wisconsin as of April 2007 and originates from the Twin Cities also with a Milwaukee production base.
Fox Sports Ohio	Ohio eastern Indiana Kentucky northwestern Pennsylvania, southwestern New York.	Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA) Cincinnati Reds (MLB) Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) Columbus Crew (MLS)	SportsChannel Ohio	1998	Fox Sports Ohio airs Reds games in Nashville, Tennessee and its surrounding areas, including western North Carolina. Fox Sports Ohio also broadcasts select Cavaliers games on Root Sports Pittsburgh. Separate subfeeds also exist for the Cincinnati and Cleveland markets.
Fox Sports Carolinas	North Carolina South Carolina	Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) Charlotte Bobcats (NBA)	Fox Sports South (now a sub-feed)	2008
Fox Sports Tennessee	Tennessee northern Alabama	Memphis Grizzlies (NBA) Nashville Predators (NHL)	Fox Sports South (now a sub-feed)	2008
Fox Sports Southwest	Texas northern Louisiana New Mexico Arkansas.	Dallas Mavericks (NBA) Dallas Stars (NHL) Texas Rangers (MLB) FC Dallas (MLS) San Antonio Spurs (NBA) San Antonio Silver Stars (WNBA)	Home Sports Entertainment, Prime Sports Southwest.	1996
Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket	Southern and Central California, southern Nevada, and Hawaii.	Los Angeles Clippers (NBA) Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (MLB) Los Angeles Kings (NHL) Anaheim Ducks (NHL) Chivas USA (MLS) local coverage of the Pacific-12 Conference	(Original) Prime Ticket, Prime Sports West, FSN West 2	1996	Operates two channels, FS West and PRIME TICKET. Fox Sports West lost coverage of the Los Angeles Lakers to Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes when the cable company and the team reached a 20-year broadcast agreement, which begins with the 2012-13 NBA season.^[8] The networks have also acquired the rights to the Los Angeles Sparks and the Los Angeles Galaxy from FS West.
MSG Plus	New York, northern New Jersey, northeast Pennsylvania, southern Connecticut.	New Jersey Devils (NHL), New York Islanders (NHL), Long Island Lizards (MLL), plus local coverage of the Big East, Northeast, Metro Atlantic and CAA athletic conferences.	SportsChannel New York, FSN New York	1998	Co-owned with MSG, which carries the New York Knicks (NBA), Buffalo Sabres (NHL), New York Rangers (NHL), New York Liberty (WNBA), New York Red Bulls (MLS), plus regional collegiate football and basketball. Rebranded as MSG Plus on March 10, 2008 and continues to air programming from Fox Sports Net.^[9]^[10]
Sun Sports	Florida	Orlando Magic (NBA) Miami Heat (NBA) Miami Marlins (MLB) Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)	Sunshine Network	1996	Originally a Prime Network affiliate, it is now owned by Fox Sports Net.
SportSouth	Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee South Carolina North Carolina.	Atlanta Braves (MLB), Atlanta Hawks (NBA), Charlotte Bobcats (NBA), Memphis Grizzlies (NBA), Nashville Predators (NHL).	Turner South	2006	Previously owned by Time-Warner as part of the TBS family, sold to News Corporation (parent company of Fox Sports Net) in 2006. Renamed to SportSouth on October 13, 2006. SportSouth and Fox Sports South aired Atlanta Thrashers games prior to 2011 when the team moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba and became the Winnipeg Jets (which are currently aired on the TSN-Jets channel).

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