Tag: NHL on ESPN

"P.K. (Subban)'s great, but the other two (Mark Messier and Chris Chelios)? They're like, my mom used to say, boobs on a bull. Useless."

So far this season, games on ESPN and TNT are averaging 373,000 viewers, which is down from 478,000 last season.

"I look forward to bringing my unique insights from having recently been on the ice and now my off-ice perspective.”

"I’m a team player. If ESPN wants me in studio, I’ll do studio. If they want me at the game, I’ll do the game.”

"It’s something that ESPN pushed for. But to the extent that ESPN was looking to make an adjustment for Year 2, we’re pleased to have the ongoing exposure."

“I did get some advice early on, it’s not an accumulation of word count,” Ferraro told the Hartford Courant. “If you don’t have something to say where you can provide some context then there’s no need to say it. If the audience thinks I’m talking too much, then I probably think I’m talking too much.”

Before this season, Emily Kaplan hoped to get a "couple of games" on the sideline for ESPN's hockey coverage. Now, she's the network's top sideline reporter.

Before this hockey season began it had been nearly two decades since Bob Wischusen called hockey games. When ESPN acquired NHL's TV rights, Wischusen wanted in.

"Last week, I watched a game on both outlets and was a little surprised at what I saw."