On-Air Talent
Brian Boyle
Sam Cosentino
Jamison Coyle | Host
Jamison Coyle is a host appearing across NHL Network's programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight.
Coyle also contributes to NHL Network's special event coverage, including the Stanley Cup Final and NHL Draft, as well as various feature programming.
Prior to joining NHL Network, Coyle worked as a studio host and reporter at New England Sports Network (NESN) for "NESN Daily" as well as "Hockey East."
Coyle graduated from Syracuse University.
Ken Daneyko | Analyst
Three-time Stanley Cup winner Ken Daneyko is an NHL Network analyst appearing across its studio programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight.
Daneyko played in a New Jersey Devils franchise-record 1,458 career games during his 20-year NHL career. Following the 1999-00 season, Daneyko won the Bill Masterton Trophy, which is given to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to ice hockey. Drafted 18th overall in 1982, the Windsor, Ontario native skated in 175 playoff games and earned the nickname "Mr. Devil."
In addition to his role at NHL Network, Daneyko is an in-game color analyst for MSG Networks' Devils coverage.
Jason Demers
Elliotte Friedman | Insider
Elliotte Friedman is an insider appearing across NHL Network's programming.
In addition to his work for NHL Network, Friedman is a hockey insider and reporter for Sportsnet in Canada. Friedman joined Sportsnet in 2014 following 11 seasons with CBC Sports, where he was part of the "Hockey Night in Canada" coverage.
Friedman began his career with Sportsnet 590 Toronto, where he was the play-by-play voice of the Toronto Raptors in 1994 and a reporter covering the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998. Friedman has also contributed to the London Free Press, Toronto Star and The Score network. In 1996, Friedman was awarded the Telemedia Reporter of the Year Award.
Lauren Gardner | Host
Lauren Gardner is an NHL Network host and reporter, appearing across NHL Network's studio programming.
Prior to arriving at NHL Network, Gardner appeared on Altitude Sports Network, hosting pre- and postgame shows for the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets. Gardner has covered the NHL, MLB, NFL, NBA, college football, college basketball and multiple Super Bowls for CBS Sports, AT&T SportsNet, FOX Sports Ohio, MTV2, ESPN and the Smithsonian Channel.
Gardner, a Denver, Colorado native, began her professional career as an intern at FOX Sports Rocky Mountain and Mile High Sports Magazine. Gardner graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a political science degree, before becoming a Denver Broncos cheerleader.
Tony Granato
Stu Grimson | Analyst
14-year NHL veteran Stu Grimson is an NHL Network analyst appearing across its studio programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight.
A University of Manitoba alumni, Grimson played in 771 games across his NHL career, including 42 playoff games with the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings. Drafted in the 7th round in 1985 by the Calgary Flames, the Kamloops, British Columbia native played for the Flames before joining Blackhawks, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Red Wings, Hartford Whalers and Carolina Hurricanes, later returning to the Ducks, before finishing his career with the Kings and Nashville Predators.
Following his playing career, Grimson earned his law degree at the University of Memphis and served as in-house counsel to the NHL Players' Association (2006-08). Grimson most recently served as a color analyst on the Predators' radio network for six seasons (2008-14) before joining the FOX Sports Tennessee's Predators coverage (2014-17).
Scott Hartnell | Analyst
17-year NHL veteran Scott Hartnell is an NHL Network analyst appearing across its studio programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight.
Hartnell played in 1,249 regular season games across his NHL career, where he registered 327 goals and 380 assists. Drafted in the first round of the 2000 NHL Draft with the sixth overall pick by the Nashville Predators, Hartnell spent his first six seasons with Nashville (2000-2007) before joining the Philadelphia Flyers (2007-2014) and Columbus Blue Jackets (2014-2017). Hartnell returned to Nashville for the final season of his NHL career in 2017.
A 2012 NHL All-Star, Hartnell skated in 99 playoff games where he amassed 47 points. A key contributor to the 2009-2010 Eastern Conference champion Flyers, Hartnell tallied eight goals and nine assists in 23 games.
In 2012, Hartnell formed the #HartnellDown Foundation, which helps charities that support hockey, children and communities throughout the United States and Canada. Prior to his 17 years in the NHL, Hartnell played junior hockey for the Lloydminster Blazers of the AJHL and the Prince Albert Raiders of the WHL.
Following his 2018 retirement, the Flyers honored Hartnell with a ceremonial puck drop in recognition of his seven seasons with the team, including its 2010 Stanley Cup Final run.
E.J. Hradek | Analyst
Hradek currently serves as an analyst on NHL Now, getting viewers ready for the night's action during the regular season, weekdays at 4:00 p.m. ET. He also contributes to NHL Network's special event coverage, including the Stanley Cup Final, NHL Draft, NHL All-Star Game and Winter Classic.
E.J. Hradek joined NHL Network in his role, and NHL.com as a Senior Reporter working across the League's multiple media platforms, in May 2011.
Prior to arriving at NHL Network, E.J. spent 13 years as a Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine. He was part of the original staff that helped launch the magazine in March 1998. During his time at ESPN, Hradek's work appeared across all the company's media platforms. He appeared as an NHL analyst for ESPN on SportsCenter, ESPN News, First Take and NHL 2Nite, and delivered daily columns for ESPN.com. Prior to leaving ESPN, he served as host of the company's hockey webcast, Inside the NHL.
From 1996-98, Hradek served as a part-time professional scout for the Dallas Stars, filing reports on more than 100 NHL and AHL games per season during that span. That experience afforded him a unique look at the game from the inside.
Hradek began his professional career through opportunities with SportsTicker, Sterling Publications, the New York Post, Beckett Hockey Monthly and SportsFan Online starting in the late 1980s.
Hradek's experience as a player dates to his college days at Pace University, where he captained and later coached the school's club hockey team. A lifelong "rink rat," Hradek fondly remembers some long afternoons of outdoor hockey on the frozen lakes and ponds in Westchester, New York. These days, he attempts to bring that same enthusiasm for the game to his work.
Thomas Hickey
Billy Jaffe | Analyst
Billy Jaffe is an analyst appearing across NHL Network's programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight. Jaffe also contributes to NHL Network's special event coverage, including the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Winter Classic.
In addition to his work for NHL Network, Jaffe is an NHL studio analyst for NESN and Sportsnet. Jaffe has also served as a game analyst for ESPN's NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championships in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
Prior to joining NESN and Sportsnet, Jaffe served as a college hockey analyst for the Big Ten Network and contributed to their coverage of the "The Big Chill" event at the University of Michigan, which was a game played outdoors at the school's football stadium. The event set a record for the number of fans at a hockey game.
Jaffe previously served as the MSG Network analyst for the New York Islanders from 2006 through 2010. Following the 2006-07 season, Jaffe received the New York Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Analyst. While with the Islanders, Jaffe was a regular on MSG Network's Hockey Night Live studio show, plus he contributed to SiriusXM's NHL Live program.
Prior to joining the Islanders, Jaffe served as the radio analyst for the Atlanta Thrashers and contributed to their TV broadcasts for seven years. Jaffe began his broadcast career in 1998 as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks radio team on WMAQ. Jaffe played collegiate hockey for the University of Michigan from 1987-89.
Mike Johnson | Analyst
Mike Johnson is an analyst appearing across NHL Network's programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight. Johnson also contributes to NHL Network's special event coverage, including the Stanley Cup Final.
Johnson is a 12-year NHL veteran, having played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Tampa Bay Lightning, Phoenix Coyotes, Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues. Johnson was selected to the NHL All-Rookie team for the 1997-98 season, when he scored 15 goals and added 32 assists as a forward. The following season, Johnson scored 20 goals for the Maple Leafs, a mark he would reach again for the Coyotes in the 2002-03 season.
Johnson graduated from Bowling Green State University.
Mike Kelly | Insider
Mike Kelly is an insider appearing across NHL Network's programming, including On The Fly.
Kelly joined NHL Network in 2017 and most recently served as an on-site reporter for the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs in Edmonton.
In addition to his role with NHL Network, Kelly is a director and analyst at Sportlogiq, an industry leading hockey analytics company. Prior to his television work, Kelly provided statistical analysis on contract negotiations to NHLPA certified agents. Through player development with professional and junior hockey players, Kelly has conducted workshops with the NHL, AHL and major junior coaches on how to best apply a data-driven approach to strategy and scouting.
A native of Manotick, Ontario, Kelly's broadcast career has included analyst roles with Leafs TV (2015-2017), TSN 690 for the Laval Rockets and Montreal Canadiens (2017-2018), and TSN for its national hockey coverage (2017-2019).
In 2010, Kelly worked the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver with CTV before doing color commentary for the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Gangneung, South Korea. Kelly currently resides in Montreal.
Steve Konroyd | Analyst
Former NHL defenseman Steve Konroyd is an NHL Network analyst appearing across its studio programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight.
Konroyd, an Ontario native, played in the NHL for 14 years between 1981-95. Konroyd was drafted 39th overall in the 1980 NHL Draft by the Calgary Flames and made his professional debut the following year. Konroyd was a key player on the 1985 Canada National Team, leading them to a silver medal at that year's World Championships. Konroyd joined the national team again in 1991 and won another silver medal at the World Championships. After his retirement in 1997, Konroyd became the Phoenix Coyotes' first ever radio color analyst. Since 2005, he has served as a TV studio analyst for the Chicago Blackhawks on NBC.
Bill Lindsay | Analyst
Bill Lindsay is an analyst appearing across NHL Network's studio programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight.
After being selected in the fifth round of the 1991 NHL Draft, Lindsay played 506 games as a member of the Florida Panthers, including playing a key role in Florida's 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs appearance.
In addition to his work for NHL Network, the 14-year NHL veteran Lindsay is the color analyst for WQAM, the Panthers' radio network.
Lindsay previously served as the Panthers television analyst for FOX Sports Florida for seven years. He began his broadcasting career in 2007 as a member of the Panthers' radio team.
Lindsay is also the lead on-ice instructor for Florida's Try Hockey for Free youth hockey program and serves as an alumni ambassador for the Panthers Alumni.
Tony Luftman | Host
Tony Luftman is a host appearing across NHL Network's programming, including the flagship program NHL Tonight. Luftman also hosts NHL Network's special event coverage, including the Stanley Cup Final, NHL All-Star Game and Winter Classic.
Luftman's love for hockey began as a four-year old when he watched the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team win the gold medal in Lake Placid, New York.
Over the course of his career in broadcasting, Luftman has covered the NHL, MLB, NBA, NFL, MMA, college sports and WWE. The Los Angeles, California native made the leap to national network assignments with CBS Sports Network's Lead Off, ROME and college basketball coverage.
Luftman graduated from UCLA with a degree in history, where he spent four seasons as a team manager for the Bruin Basketball team and two summers as a team manager for USA Basketball. His career highlights were being a member of UCLA's 1995 NCAA Championship team and the 1996 USA Basketball Under-22 World Championship team, which captured a gold medal.
Mark Parrish | Analyst
Twelve-year NHL veteran Mark Parrish is an NHL Network analyst appearing across its studio programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight.
Drafted in the third round by the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, Parrish began his NHL career with the Florida Panthers before joining the New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning, before finishing his career with the Buffalo Sabres. With the Islanders, Parrish appeared in three consecutive Stanley Cup Playoffs (2001-02 to 2003-04) where he amassed seven points over the course of 17 games played.
In February 2006, Parrish was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in Torino, Italy, where he played alongside his Islanders teammates Rick DiPietro and Jason Blake and for his former coach Peter Laviolette. A 2002 NHL All-Star, Parrish collected 216 goals, 171 assists and 387 points in 722 games played throughout his NHL career. Prior to his dozen years in the NHL, Parrish played professional hockey for the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds and college hockey for the St. Cloud State Huskies, where he was an All-American in 1997.
In addition to his role at NHL Network, Parrish currently serves as a contributor on KFAN Radio's The Power Trip in Minneapolis/St. Paul and as the head coach of the boy's hockey team at Orono High School in his native Minnesota. Named head coach in 2015, Parrish led the Orono Spartans to the Minnesota State High School League championship in 2018.
Dave Reid | Analyst
Two-time Stanley Cup winner Dave Reid is an NHL Network analyst appearing across its studio programing, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight. Reid also contributes to NHL Network's special event coverage, including the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship.
Reid scored 369 points in 961 career NHL games and was a key contributor to the 1999 Stanley Cup champion Dallas Stars and the 2001 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche.
In addition to his role at NHL Network, Reid contributes to TSN's hockey coverage.
Prior to NHL Network, Reid served as the general manager of the OHL's Peterborough Pirates from 2010-12.
Mike Rupp | Analyst
Mike Rupp, a 14-year NHL veteran forward and Stanley Cup champion, is an NHL Network analyst appearing across its programming, including the flagship program NHL Tonight. Rupp also contributes to NHL Network's special event coverage, including the Stanley Cup Final, Winter Classic, Stadium Series and NHL All-Star Game.
During his playing career, Rupp scored the clinching goal for the New Jersey Devils in Game 7 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Final against the Anaheim Ducks. In addition to the 2003 Stanley Cup run with the Devils, Rupp skated in the playoffs with the Devils again in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2010 and 2011, the New York Rangers in 2012 and the Minnesota Wild in 2013.
Cory Schneider
Kathryn Tappen
John Torchetti
Adnan Virk | Host
Adnan Virk is an NHL Network host, appearing across NHL Network's studio programming.
Prior to joining NHL Network in March 2019, Virk worked at ESPN as a studio host for Baseball Tonight, SportsCenter and Outside the Lines. Virk also spent seven years with The Score in Canada, where he hosted several programs for the 24-hour sports network. Virk began his career at TSN in 1998 as a producer.
Prior to joining TSN, Virk studied radio and television arts at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.
Kevin Weekes | Analyst
With more than 14 years of professional hockey experience, including 11 NHL seasons, former goaltender Kevin Weekes brings his unique knowledge to NHL Network as an analyst across its programming, including the flagship studio show NHL Tonight. Weekes also contributes to NHL Network's special event coverage, including the Stanley Cup Final, NHL Draft, Winter Classic, Stadium Series and NHL All-Star Game.
A second-round draft pick of the Florida Panthers in 1993, Weekes played 348 regular season games with the Panthers, Vancouver Canucks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils. Weekes helped lead the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup Final in 2002, and is the Hurricanes' all-time leader in playoff goals against average and save percentage.
As one of the NHL's most charitable players, the Toronto native is dedicated to numerous causes and initiatives throughout North America, including Sky's the Limit, a unique initiative that benefits students in under-resourced communities by providing them with refurbished computers, as well as the Herbert Carnegie Future Aces Foundation, which assists youth and adults to attain the highest level of achievement within their capabilities. Weekes is also heavily involved in charitable work in his parents' native Barbados, where he hosts the annual Kevin Weekes Celebrity Charity Golf Classic, which raises funds for youth charities in both Barbados and Toronto.
In addition to his role at NHL Network, Weekes serves as a contributor to NHL.com.