Sam Rosen ( sportscaster ) Sam Rosen ( born August 12 , 1947 in Ulm , Germany ) is an American sportscaster , best known as the primary play - by - play announcer for the National Hockey League ' s New York Rangers games on MSG . On June 8 , 2008 , Rosen was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . Rosen ' s current responsibilities include Rangers telecasts , Chicago Bears preseason football for WFLD , and Sunday NFL games for Fox . He is paired with Joe Micheletti on Rangers broadcasts , Erik Kramer on Bears broadcasts , and Heath Evans on national Fox broadcasts . Broadcasting career . New York Rangers . From 1982 – 84 , he was the studio host on Ranger broadcasts , but was promoted to play - by - play in 1984 , succeeding Jim Gordon , who had been the Rangers ' TV voice since 1973 . Rosen ' s first partner was ex - Bruin and Ranger star Phil Esposito . Starting in 1986 – 87 , when Esposito left to become Rangers General Manager , Rosen was paired with former Rangers goaltender John Davidson ( nicknamed J . D . ) . The team would last 20 years together until Davidson left for a management position with the St . Louis Blues and later with the Columbus Blue Jackets . Together , Sam and J . D . would be the longest - serving NHL broadcast team . Beginning with the 2006 – 07 NHL season , Sam partnered with Joe Micheletti , who was New York Islanders TV color analyst with former Rangers radio announcer Howie Rose on Fox Sports Net New York . Rosen ' s most famous call comes every time the Rangers score a goal on the powerplay . The call is simply , " It ' s a power play goal , " but Sam Rosen uses a unique inflection which has been widely popular among Rangers fans and a staple of any Rangers broadcast . Other broadcasting areas . Prior to taking the Rangers play - by - play job in 1984 , Rosen also served as a studio host for New York Knicks basketball telecasts on MSG . Rosen was employed by ESPN from 1979 – 1988 , calling a variety of sports for the network including hockey , college football , boxing , table tennis , Australian rules football , college baseball , and , collegiate wrestling . He handled play - by - play for NHL Radio , a partnership between the NHL and Westwood One . He has called the Stanley Cup playoffs on radio for many years , as well as the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympic Men ' s Hockey Tournaments . Rosen has also been a play - by - play announcer for " The NFL on Fox " since 1996 . Sam also calls preseason NFL games for the Chicago Bears and previously did this for the New York Giants for several seasons . Rosen was also the lead boxing announcer for the MSG Network until 1993 . In 1989 , he won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism . Rosen has most recently joined the NHL crew at Versus ( now the NBC Sports Network ) calling games in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the past two years . He was the play - by - play announcer for the Stanley Cup Finals on NHL Radio from to . Rosen was also a radio play - by - play announcer for the New York Cosmos . His call " It ' s a Cosmos Goal " pre dated and could be considered as the basis for his trademark power play call .