The Nashville Predators announced Wednesday the full broadcast team as the club gets ready for its 20th NHL season. Beginning this season, Predators alumnus Chris Mason will join play-by-play voice Willy Daunic during Preds television broadcasts, serving as the color analyst on FOX Sports Tennessee. The former Preds goaltender isn’t the only familiar face back in the fold – former defenseman Hal Gill will join the Voice of the Predators Pete Weber in the booth as the radio color analyst for broadcasts heard on 102.5 The Game and the Predators Radio Network.
The additions of Mason and Gill are just two of a number of changes to the team’s broadcasting lineup following the most successful campaign in franchise history. Also new to the broadcast team this season is Kara Hammer, who will serve as the club’s rinkside reporter during home games at Bridgestone Arena. Formerly a sports reporter with WKRN in Nashville, Hammer will join Daunic and Mason for the game broadcast, while Lyndsay Rowley and Terry Crisp will host Predators LIVE! pre- and postgame shows on FOX Sports Tennessee; Rowley will also remain with the club on the road, serving as the rinkside reporter and pre- and postgame show host. The Predators’ regular-season television schedule on FOX Sports Tennessee will be announced at a later date.
On the radio side, Weber and Gill will call the action, while Darren McFarland returns to host pre and postgame programming, as well as intermission reports. Former Predators Associate Coach Brent Peterson, who had served as radio color analyst alongside Weber, will join McFarland during the pre and postgame shows. Mark Howard takes on a new role this season, hosting in-arena game breaks during each intermission as well as special 20th season vignettes.
(Courtesy Nashville Predators)