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''FOX NHL Saturday'' (or '''''The NHL on FOX''''') is a former TV Show that televised National Hockey League games on the Fox Broadcasting Company and produced by Fox Sports . ''FOX NHL Saturday'' ran from the 1994-1995 NHL Season until the 1998-1999 NHL Season . Fox paid $ 31 million a year to televise the NHL.


ANNOUNCERS


Studio Hosts

James Brown and Dave Maloney (analyst) ( 1994 - 1998 ); Suzy Kolber and Terry Crisp (analyst) ( 1998-1999 )


Play-by-Play Men


1994-1995

# Mike Emrick
# Sam Rosen
# Kenny Albert
# Pat Foley
# Dick Stockton
# Dave Strader
# Jiggs McDonald


1995-1996

# Mike Emrick
# Kenny Albert
# Sam Rosen
# Pat Foley
# Jiggs McDonald
# Randy Hahn
# Dave Strader
# Rick Jeanneret


1996-1997

# Mike Emrick
# Sam Rosen
# Kenny Albert
# Jiggs McDonald
# Mike Lange


1997-1998

# Mike Emrick
# Sam Rosen
# Kenny Albert
# Jiggs McDonald
# Josh Lewin
# Howie Rose


1998-1999

# Mike Emrick
# Sam Rosen
# Kenny Albert


Color Commentators


1994-1995

# John Davidson
# Joe Micheletti
# Mike Eruzione
# Gary Green
# Mickey Redmond
# Greg Millen
# Denis Potvin


1995-1996

# John Davidson
# Joe Micheletti
# Denis Potvin
# Peter McNab
# Pete Stemkowski
# Greg Millen
# Mickey Redmond


1996-1997

# John Davidson
# Joe Micheletti
# Peter McNab
# Craig Simpson
# Paul Steigerwald


1997-1998

# John Davidson
# Joe Micheletti
# Peter McNab
# Terry Crisp
# Craig Simpson
# Daryl Reaugh
# John Kelly


1998-1999

# John Davidson
# Joe Micheletti
# Peter McNab


FOXTRAX


FoxTrax (colloquially called the '''glow puck''', '''smart puck''', or '''super puck''') was a specialized Ice Hockey Puck with internal electronics that allow its position to be tracked that was designed for NHL telecasts on Fox . Primarily, it was used to visually highlight the puck on-screen and display a trail when the puck was moving rapidly.


STANLEY CUP FINALS

Fox split coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals with ESPN . Game 1 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals was the first Finals game shown on network television since 1980 and the first in Prime Time since 1972 . Generally, Fox scheduled four of the seven games in odd-numbered years, three in even-numbered years. Games 1, 5, and 7 were usually scheduled to be televised by Fox; Games 4 and 6 by ESPN. However from 1995 to 1998 , the Finals were all four game sweeps; 1999 ended in six games. The consequence was that - except for 1995, when Fox did televise Game 4 - the decisive game was never on network television. Perhaps in recognition of this, Games 3-7 were always televised by ABC in the succeeding broadcast agreement between the NHL and ABC Sports / ESPN . Also, the NHL's current broadcast agreement calls for Games 1 and 2 to be televised by OLN and Games 3-7 by NBC .


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