Michael Emrick is a retired American network television play-by-play sportscaster and commentator. He was the lead announcer for NHL national telecasts on both NBC and NBCSN. Emrick was the first member of the media to be inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. He has called games in 22 Stanley Cup finals on TV, more than any other American broadcaster.
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Michael Emrick is a retired American network television play-by-play sportscaster and commentator noted mostly for his work in hockey. He was the lead announcer for NHL national telecasts on both NBC and NBCSN. Emrick was the first member of the media to be inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. He has also won eight national Emmy Awards for excellence in sports broadcasting, the only hockey broadcaster to be honored with even one. In 2017, Sports Illustrated listed Emrick as the greatest sportscasters of all time. He also worked five Olympic Games for NBC during the Olympics during the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. For NBC, he called water polo in 2004 and women’s ice hockey at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics. He called the National Lacrosse League All-Star Game at NBC in July 2010. He is also a member of Green Bay Packers’ first team, which threw the first pass ever thrown by Brett Favre, including the first ever pass Favre threw to himself, which ended up being a touchdown. He worked the 1996 World Cup of Hockey for the CBS Sports Network and the 2004 World Cup Of Hockey for ESPN. His first national over-the-air television work came in 1992 doing ice Hockey at the XVI Winter Olympic Games at Albertville, France, for CBS. His nickname is “Doc” Emrick taught speech and broadcasting at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1971 and got his first experience of the NHL covering the Pittsburgh Penguins as an unpaid correspondent for The Beaver County Times newspaper.
In 1977, he took on the same two roles with the first year AHL Maine Mariners for three seasons. Emrick then served as the New Jersey Devils’ first voice after moving to the state, arriving for the 1982–83 NHL season, and stayed there until 1986. In 1993, he returned to the Devils to replace Gary Thorne and continued to be the Devils’ voice until July 2011. He announced the 1995 Stanley Cup victory alongside color commentator John Davidson for the national United States broadcast on Fox. Since 2008, he has served as an overall host of the telecast. He calls the top Conference Final and the entire Stanley Cup Finals for both networks. He has called games in 22 Stanley Cup finals on TV, more than any other American broadcaster. For CBS, he also worked twice for CBS and once for TNT during the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2004 World Prime Time Games. For Fox Game of the Week, Emrick called regular-season games and Stanley Cups from 1995 to 1999 for FOX. After FOX relinquished the NHL broadcast rights to ABC, he became a regional announcer for hockey on ABC from 2000 to 2004.
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