Anson Carter: Last News

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFormer NBC Sports host Liam McHugh will join Turner Sports as the WarnerMedia outlet prepares for its first season of NHL telecasts under a new rights deal, joining hockey great Wayne Gretzky, and a new team of analysts and sportscasters devoted to coverage of the sport.McHugh joins Turner Sports from NBC Sports, where he led hockey coverage as well as the pre-game NFL program, “Football Night in America.” He is one of several new sportscasters to join, including Anson Carter, a former NBC Sports studio analyst; Rick Tocchet, the veteran NHL player and coach; and Paul Bissonnette, the former hockey player who still contributes to radio coverage of the Arizona Coyotes.

TNT is playing the long game with its NHL studio team, inking multiyear contract extensions for Wayne Gretzky, Paul Bissonnette, Anson Carter and Henrik Lundqvist weeks before the 2023-24 season faces off.

Peacock has added premium streaming as an option for all of the National Hockey League’s remaining Stanley Cup Semifinal games.