Blackhawks Announce Changes and Additions to TV and Radio Broadcast Teams for 2021-22

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The Chicago Blackhawks broadcasts on TV and Radio are going to go through a lot of changes this season. With it being Pat Foley’s final season as the TV play-by-play announcer and Eddie Olczyk doing national broadcasts for Turner Sports, the Blackhawks announced on Wednesday numerous additions to the TV and Radio broadcast teams for NBC Sports Chicago and WGN Radio.

You can find the full press release here.

A quick recap of who will be doing what for the Blackhawks this season:

•   TV play-by-play will have four broadcasters fill-in for Pat Foley at different times this season, they include Mike Monaco, Stephen Nelson, Chris Vosters and John Wiedeman.

•   TV analysis when Eddie Olczyk is out will be handled by Colby Cohen.

•   When John Wiedeman, the voice of the Blackhawks on WGN Radio, is doing TV play-by-play, he will be replaced by Alan Fuehring, Joey Zakrzewski and Jason Ross, Jr.

•   Chicago also announced a number of new additions and returning broadcasters to programming including Patrick Sharp, Adam Burish, Colin Fraser, Caley Chelios, Genna Rose, and Andrew Shaw.

Details on the specific broadcast schedule and announcer pairings will be announced throughout the Blackhawks regular season.

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Mario Tirabassi is a writer for Bleacher Nation. You can follow him on Twitter @Mario_Tirabassi.

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