# List of NHL outdoor games broadcasters

The following is a list of NHL regular season outdoor games broadcasters, including those in Canada and in the United States.
The first NHL Heritage Classic was played in 2003 at Commonwealth Stadium between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. Although the Oilers had suggested the idea of hosting an outdoor game as early as the mid-1980s, the genesis of the 2003 event was the "Cold War" outdoor game played two years prior between Michigan State University and the University of Michigan.
One year later, NBC Sports Executive VP Jon Miller pitched the idea of an annual outdoor television event to the NHL in 2004 "but they didn't find the concept workable." In December 2006, Miller found an ally in then NHL Executive VP/Business & Media John Collins, who embraced the idea. The first Winter Classic was held January 1, 2008, between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. The game had an NHL-record crowd of 71,217 fans in attendance. The success of the 2008 NHL Winter Classic led the NHL to schedule a second one for 2009, held at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, on January 1, 2009, matching the Detroit Red Wings against the Chicago Blackhawks.
That game had the highest American television ratings of any hockey game in 33 years. The success of the 2009 NHL Winter Classic has solidified "the Classic" as an annual event from then on. The Winter Classic was officially made a permanent part of the NHL schedule through at least January 1, 2021, as part of the league's television contract with the NBC Sports Group. The Winter Classic is also broadcast in Canada by the league's TV partner there too.
Unlike the annual Winter Classic and Stadium Series games, Heritage Classic games have been held infrequently.
For the 2013–14 NHL season, the NHL introduced three other outdoor games known as the Stadium Series. The 2014 Stadium Series was held in Los Angeles, California, New York City and Chicago, Illinois. Another Stadium Series game was held the following season in Santa Clara, California, with two more games scheduled for the 2015–16 season in Denver, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
To celebrate the league's centennial anniversary in 2017, two special outdoor games were held: The NHL Centennial Classic on January 1, 2017, to kick off the year; and then the NHL 100 Classic played on December 16.

## United States

| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Ice-level analyst(s) | Rinkside reporter(s) | Studio host | Studio analyst(s) |
| 2025 Stadium Series | ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+ | Sean McDonough | Ray Ferraro | Ray Ferraro | Emily Kaplan, Kevin Weekes, and Marty Smith | Steve Levy | Mark Messier and P. K. Subban |
| 2025 Winter Classic | TNT/Max | Kenny Albert | Eddie Olczyk | Brian Boucher | Darren Pang and Jackie Redmond | Liam McHugh | Anson Carter, Paul Bissonnette, Wayne Gretzky, and Chris Chelios |
| 2025 Winter Classic | truTV/Max (DataCast) | John Forslund | Colby Armstrong and Mike Kelly | — | — | | Liam McHugh | Anson Carter, Paul Bissonnette, Wayne Gretzky, and Chris Chelios |
| 2024 Stadium Series | ABC/ESPN+ | Sean McDonough | Ray Ferraro | Ray Ferraro | Emily Kaplan and Kevin Weekes | Steve Levy | Mark Messier and P. K. Subban |
| 2024 Winter Classic | TNT/truTV/Max | Kenny Albert | Eddie Olczyk | Brian Boucher | Darren Pang and Jackie Redmond | Liam McHugh | Anson Carter, Paul Bissonnette, and Wayne Gretzky |
| 2023 Heritage Classic | TBS/Max | John Forslund | Eddie Olczyk | Anson Carter and Jackie Redmond | Anson Carter and Jackie Redmond | Liam McHugh | Brian Boucher |
| 2023 Stadium Series | ABC/ESPN+ | Sean McDonough | Ray Ferraro | Ray Ferraro | Emily Kaplan, Kevin Weekes, and Marty Smith | Steve Levy | Mark Messier, Chris Chelios, and P. K. Subban |
| 2023 Winter Classic | TNT | Kenny Albert | Eddie Olczyk | Keith Jones | Darren Pang and Jackie Redmond | Liam McHugh | Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, Paul Bissonnette, Wayne Gretzky, and Keith Yandle |
| 2022 Heritage Classic | TNT | Kenny Albert | Eddie Olczyk and Wayne Gretzky | Keith Jones | Keith Jones | Liam McHugh | Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, and Paul Bissonnette |
| 2022 Stadium Series | TNT | Kenny Albert | Eddie Olczyk | Keith Jones | Jackie Redmond | Liam McHugh | Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, Paul Bissonnette, and Wayne Gretzky |
| 2022 Winter Classic | TNT | Kenny Albert | Keith Jones | Darren Pang | Jennifer Botterill | Liam McHugh | Anson Carter, Rick Tocchet, Paul Bissonnette, and Wayne Gretzky |
| 2021 Outdoors at Lake Tahoe | NBCSN (Philadelphia–Boston) | Mike Tirico | Eddie Olczyk | Brian Boucher | Rutledge Wood | Mike Tirico | Eddie Olczyk |
| 2021 Outdoors at Lake Tahoe | NBC (first period)/NBCSN (second and third periods) (Vegas-Colorado) | Mike Tirico | Eddie Olczyk | Brian Boucher | Rutledge Wood | Mike Tirico | Eddie Olczyk |
| 2020 Stadium Series | NBC | Kenny Albert | Eddie Olczyk | Brian Boucher | Rutledge Wood | Kathryn Tappen | Patrick Sharp and Rutledge Wood |
| 2020 Winter Classic | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire and Brian Boucher | Pierre McGuire and Brian Boucher | Mike Tirico and Kathryn Tappen | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Patrick Sharp |
| 2019 Heritage Classic | NBCSN | Jim Hughson | Craig Simpson | Scott Oake and Kelly Hrudey | Scott Oake and Kelly Hrudey | Kathryn Tappen | Keith Jones and Anson Carter |
| 2019 Stadium Series | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2019 Winter Classic | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Mike Tirico and Kathryn Tappen | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2018 Stadium Series | NBC | Mike Emrick | Mike Milbury | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Kathryn Tappen | Jeremy Roenick and Keith Jones |
| 2018 Winter Classic | NBC | Mike Emrick | Mike Milbury | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2017 100 Classic | NBCSN | Jim Hughson | Craig Simpson | Garry Galley | Kyle Bukauskas | Kathryn Tappen | Keith Jones and Brian Boucher |
| 2017 Stadium Series | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2017 Winter Classic | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Bob Costas and Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| NHL Centennial Classic | NBC | John Forslund | Brian Boucher | Pierre McGuire | Pierre McGuire | Kathryn Tappen | Jeremy Roenick |
| 2016 Heritage Classic | NHL Network | Jim Hughson | Craig Simpson | Scott Oake | Scott Oake | David Amber | Kelly Hrudey, Nick Kypreos, and Elliotte Friedman |
| 2016 Stadium Series (Denver) | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Kathryn Tappen | Jeremy Roenick |
| 2016 Stadium Series (Minneapolis) | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2016 Winter Classic | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2015 Stadium Series | NBCSN | Dave Strader | Eddie Olczyk | Brian Engblom | Carolyn Manno | Kathryn Tappen |
| 2015 Winter Classic | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2014 Heritage Classic | NBCSN | Gord Miller | Brian Engblom | Brian Engblom | Brian Engblom | Kathryn Tappen | Jeremy Roenick |
| 2014 Stadium Series (Chicago) | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2014 Stadium Series (New York) | NBC (New York Rangers–New Jersey) | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2014 Stadium Series (New York) | NBCSN (New York Rangers–New York Islanders) | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2014 Stadium Series (Los Angeles) | NBCSN | Dave Strader | Anson Carter | Brian Engblom | Jeremy Roenick | Russ Thaler | Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter |
| 2014 Winter Classic | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire | Jeremy Roenick | Liam McHugh | Mike Milbury, Keith Jones, and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2012 | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang | Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang | Bob Costas | Mike Milbury |
| 2011 Heritage Classic | Versus (now NBCSN) | Dave Strader | Andy Brickley | Brian Engblom | Brian Engblom | Bill Patrick | Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick |
| 2011 Winter Classic | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang | Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang | Bob Costas | Mike Milbury |
| 2010 | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Darren Pang | Darren Pang | Bob Costas | Mike Milbury |
| 2009 | NBC | Dave Strader | Eddie Olczyk | Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang | Pierre McGuire and Darren Pang | Bob Costas | Mike Milbury |
| 2008 | NBC | Mike Emrick | Eddie Olczyk | Darren Pang | Darren Pang | Bob Costas | Mike Milbury |