Changes: List of NHL All-Star Game broadcasters

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The following is a list of the television networks (American, Canadian and French Canadian) and announcers that have broadcast the National Hockey League All-Star Game over the years.

American television

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
2017	NBC	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire and Jeremy Roenick	Liam McHugh	Mike Milbury and Keith Jones
2016	NBCSN	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire and Jeremy Roenick	Liam McHugh	Mike Milbury and Keith Jones
2015	NBCSN	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Pierre McGuire and Jeremy Roenick	Liam McHugh	Mike Milbury and Keith Jones
2014	No game because of the 2014 Winter Olympics ice hockey competition.
2013	Canceled due to 2012–13 NHL lockout.
2012	NBCSN	Mike Emrick	Jeremy Roenick	Pierre McGuire	Liam McHugh	Mike Milbury and Keith Jones
2011	Versus	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Charissa Thompson and Bob Harwood	Bill Patrick	Keith Jones and Brian Engblom
2010	No game because of the 2010 Winter Olympics ice hockey competition.

Notes

Versus (originally known as OLN) was renamed NBC Sports Network on January 2, 2012.^[1]
The 2013 All-Star Game was to be played on January 27, 2013, at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, home of the Columbus Blue Jackets. This would have been the Jackets' first-ever hosting of the game. However, the game was cancelled due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.^[2]

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
2009	Versus	Mike Emrick	Brian Engblom	Chris Simpson and Bob Harwood
2008	Versus	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Chris Simpson and Bob Harwood	Bill Patrick	Keith Jones and Brian Engblom
2007	Versus	Mike Emrick	Eddie Olczyk	Chris Simpson and Bob Harwood	Bill Clement	Keith Jones, Brian Engblom and Mark Messier
2006	No game because of the 2006 Winter Olympics ice hockey competition.
2005	Canceled due to 2004–05 NHL lockout.
2004	ABC	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement and John Davidson	Brian Engblom and Darren Pang	Al Michaels	John Davidson
2003	ABC	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement and John Davidson	Brian Engblom and Darren Pang	Al Michaels	John Davidson
2002	ABC	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement	Brian Engblom and Darren Pang	John Saunders	John Davidson
2001	ABC	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement	Brian Engblom and Darren Pang	John Saunders	John Davidson
2000	ABC	Gary Thorne	Bill Clement	Brian Engblom and Darren Pang	Al Michaels	John Davidson

1990s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
1999	Fox	Mike Emrick	John Davidson	Pierre McGuire	Suzy Kolber	Terry Crisp
1998	Fox	Mike Emrick	John Davidson	Pierre McGuire	James Brown	Dave Maloney
1997	Fox	Mike Emrick	John Davidson	Pierre McGuire	James Brown	Dave Maloney
1996	Fox	Mike Emrick	John Davidson	Pierre McGuire	James Brown	Dave Maloney
1995	Canceled due to 1994–95 NHL lockout.
1994	NBC	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement	John Davidson
1993	NBC	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement	Mickey Redmond	Gayle Gardner
1992	NBC	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement	Mickey Redmond	Gayle Gardner
1991	NBC	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement	Mickey Redmond	Gayle Gardner
1990	NBC	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement	Mickey Redmond

Notes

NBC's coverage of the 1990 All-Star Game marked the first time in a decade that an American over-the-air television network (as opposed to cable) carried a NHL game nationally (since Game 6 of the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals aired on CBS). NBC was allowed to conduct interviews with players during stoppages in play, to the chagrin of the Hockey Night in Canada crew, whose attempts to do likewise were repeatedly denied by the league in past years. (Technically, it was not quite a national broadcast as NBC's affiliates in Atlanta, Charlotte, Memphis, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Phoenix didn't air the game.)
In 1991, NBC broke away from the live telecast of the All-Star Game during 3rd period in favor of Gulf War coverage; SportsChannel America showed the remainder of the contest later that day.
The 1996 and 1997 All-Star Games were televised in prime time.
- Fox debuted their "FoxTrax" puck during the 1996 All-Star Game.

1980s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
1989	SportsChannel America	Jiggs McDonald	Scotty Bowman	Gary Thorne	Mike Emrick	John Davidson
1988	ESPN	Mike Emrick	Bill Clement	Mickey Redmond	Tom Mees
1987	ESPN	Ken Wilson	Bill Clement	Tom Mees	John Saunders
1986	ESPN	Sam Rosen	Mickey Redmond and John Davidson	Tom Mees
1985	USA	Dan Kelly	Gary Green		Al Trautwig
1984	USA	Dan Kelly	Gary Green		Al Trautwig
1983	USA	Dan Kelly	Gary Green		Al Trautwig
1982	PRISM	Dan Kelly	Phil Esposito		Gene Hart
1981	PRISM	Dan Kelly and Gene Hart	Phil Esposito		Gene Hart
1980	Hughes	Dan Kelly	Dick Irvin, Jr. and Gary Dornhoefer		Dave Hodge

Notes

The 1980 American coverage from Hughes used CBC's feed.

1970s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Studio host
1979	NHL (Games 1, 3)	Dan Kelly and Danny Gallivan	Dick Irvin, Jr. and Bobby Orr	Dave Hodge
1979	CBS (Game 2)	Dan Kelly	Lou Nanne	Dick Stockton
1978	NHL	Dan Kelly	Marv Albert
1977	NHL	Dan Kelly	Marv Albert
1976	NHL	Gene Hart	Bobby Orr and Bobby Hull
1975	NBC	Tim Ryan	Ted Lindsay	Brian McFarlane
1974	NBC	Tim Ryan	Ted Lindsay	Brian McFarlane
1973	NBC	Tim Ryan	Ted Lindsay	Brian McFarlane
1972	Hughes	Tim Ryan
1971	CBS	Dan Kelly	Jim Gordon	Jim Gordon
1970	CBS	Dan Kelly	Bill Mazer	Bill Mazer

Notes

The Challenge Cup replaced the All-Star Game in 1979. Staged at Madison Square Garden, the Challenge Cup was a best-of three-series between the NHL All-Stars against the Soviet Union national squad. Games 1 and 3 were shown on the NHL Network, while Game 2 was carried, in bizarre fashion, on CBS. First, only the third period was aired on CBS (as part of CBS Sports Spectacular), which had a problem with the dasher board advertising that the NHL sold at Madison Square Garden. The network (after complaints from other CBS sponsors) refused to allow the ads to be shown; as a result, viewers were unable to view the far boards above the yellow kickplate, and could only see players' skates when the play moved to that side of the ice. (Games 1 and 3 were seen in their entirety on the NHL Network, which had no problem with the advertising.)

Canadian television

2010s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
2017	CBC	Jim Hughson	Craig Simpson	Scott Oake	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry and Kelly Hrudey
2016	CBC	Dave Randorf	Garry Galley	Glenn Healy and Christine Simpson	George Stroumboulopoulos	Nick Kypreos
2015	CBC	Dave Randorf	Garry Galley	Glenn Healy and Christine Simpson	George Stroumboulopoulos	Nick Kypreos and Damien Cox
2014	No game because of the 2014 Winter Olympics ice hockey competition.
2013	Canceled due to 2012–13 NHL lockout.
2012	CBC	Jim Hughson	Craig Simpson	Glenn Healy	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
2011	CBC	Jim Hughson	Craig Simpson	Glenn Healy	Ron MacLean	Kelly Hrudey
2010	No game because of the 2010 Winter Olympics ice hockey competition.

2000s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
2009	CBC	Jim Hughson	Craig Simpson	Scott Oake	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry and Kelly Hrudey
2008	CBC	Jim Hughson	Greg Millen	Scott Oake	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry and Kelly Hrudey
2007	CBC	Jim Hughson	Harry Neale	Scott Oake	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry and Kelly Hrudey
2006	Not held due to 2006 Winter Olympics.
2005	Canceled due to 2004–05 NHL lockout.
2004	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry and Kelly Hrudey
2003	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry and Kelly Hrudey
2002	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
2001	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
2000	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry

1990s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
1999	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
1998	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
1997	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
1996	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Scott Russell	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
1995	Canceled due to 1994–95 NHL lockout.
1994	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr.		Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
1993	TSN	Jim Hughson	Gary Green	Bob McKenzie	John Wells	Howie Meeker
1992	TSN	Jim Hughson	Gary Green	Bob McKenzie	John Wells	Howie Meeker
1991	TSN	Jim Hughson	Gary Green	Bob McKenzie	John Wells	Howie Meeker
1990	TSN	Jim Hughson	Gary Green	Bob McKenzie	Jim Van Horne	Howie Meeker

1980s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Ice level reporters	Studio host	Studio analysts
1989	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale and Dick Irvin, Jr.	Chris Cuthbert	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
1988	CBC	Bob Cole	Harry Neale	Chris Cuthbert	Ron MacLean	Don Cherry
1987	CBC	Don Wittman	John Davidson		Brian Williams
1986	TSN	John Wells	Howie Meeker		Jim Van Horne	Bob McKenzie
1985	CBC	Dick Irvin, Jr.	Howie Meeker and John Davidson		Dave Hodge
1984	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Dick Irvin, Jr.		Brian McFarlane
1983	CBC	Jim Robson	Mickey Redmond		Dave Hodge	Howie Meeker
1982	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Dick Irvin, Jr.		Dave Hodge
1981	CBC	Jim Robson	Howie Meeker and Mickey Redmond		Dave Hodge	Howie Meeker
1980	CBC	Dan Kelly	Dick Irvin, Jr. and Gary Dornhoefer		Dave Hodge

Notes

The 1986 Canadian coverage was to be provided by CTV. However, CTV had a prior commitment to carry a U.S. miniseries. As a result, TSN took over coverage of the game in Hartford.
In 1987, Rendez-vous '87 (a 2 game series between a team of all-stars from the National Hockey League and the Soviet Union) replaced the All-Star Game. While the telecasts in Canada were on CBC as usual, they were not Hockey Night in Canada productions. The games were done as a CBC Sports production as Molson, who owned Hockey Night in Canada's rights at the time, was not allowed access to Le Colisée in Quebec City. Carling O'Keefe Breweries assumed advertising rights for the telecasts and the normal host(s) for Hockey Night in Canada in 1987, rookie Ron MacLean and Dave Hodge (before his late season firing) were replaced by Brian Williams. Even the ice blue blazers normally worn by Hockey Night in Canada commentators were replaced by the orange CBC sport coats. Don Wittman and John Davidson called the action for CBC. The 2 games were shown in the United States on ESPN, with Ken Wilson and Mike Liut in the booth, Joe Micheletti as the ice level reporter and Tom Mees as the studio anchor.

1970s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Studio host
1979	CBC (Games 1–2) CTV (Game 3)	Danny Gallivan (Games 1–3) Dan Kelly (Games 1, 3)	Dick Irvin, Jr. and Bobby Orr	Dave Hodge
1978	CBC	Bob Cole	Dick Irvin, Jr.	Dave Hodge
1977	CBC	Jim Robson	Walter Pratt	Dave Hodge
1976	CBC	Jim Robson	Dick Irvin, Jr.	Dave Hodge
1975	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Dick Irvin, Jr.	Dave Hodge
1974	CBC	Bill Hewitt	Brian McFarlane	Dave Hodge
1973	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Dick Irvin, Jr.	Dave Hodge
1972	CBC	Bill Hewitt	Brian McFarlane	Dave Hodge
1971	CBC	Bill Hewitt	Brian McFarlane	Brian McFarlane
1970	CBC	Bill Hewitt	Brian McFarlane	Brian McFarlane

1960s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Studio host
1969	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Dick Irvin, Jr.	Ward Cornell
1968	CBC	Bill Hewitt	Brian McFarlane	Brian McFarlane
1967	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy	Ward Cornell
1966	No game as it was shifted to the middle of season.
1965	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy	Ward Cornell
1964	CBC	Bill Hewitt	Foster Hewitt	Ward Cornell
1963	CBC	Bill Hewitt	Foster Hewitt	Ward Cornell
1962	CBC	Bill Hewitt	Foster Hewitt	Ward Cornell
1961	CBC	Bill Hewitt	Foster Hewitt	Ward Cornell
1960	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy	Ward Cornell

1950s

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentators	Studio host
1959	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy	Ward Cornell
1958	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy	Wes McKnight
1957	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy	Wes McKnight
1956	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy	Wes McKnight
1955	CBC	Foster Hewitt		Wes McKnight
1954	CBC	Foster Hewitt		Wes McKnight
1953	CBC	Danny Gallivan	Keith Dancy	Wes McKnight

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