Penguins unveil more TV broadcast plans; former players to contribute

Publish date: 2024-05-18

PITTSBURGH — Changes continued Monday for the Penguins’ 2023-24 broadcast plans under the transition from AT&T SportsNet to SportsNet Pittsburgh.

Beyond the decision in early September to remove Bob Errey from the TV booth and move former Penguins Radio Network play-by-play broadcaster Josh Getzoff into it, the network, which is now under Fenway Sports Group ownership, announced that Dan Potash, who served as a rink reporter since 2005, will assume the role of lead studio analyst this season. He will be replaced as a reporter by Hailey Hunter, whose past assignments included covering the PGA Tour, Winter Olympics (2022) and as a reporter/host on New York Islanders broadcasts in 2021-22.

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On Wednesday, the team announced four more hires, all former Penguins players: Colby Armstrong (in-game color analyst and studio analyst), Phil Bourque (in-game color analyst), Jay Caufield (studio analyst) and Mike Rupp (in-game color analyst and studio analyst).

Penguins announce that color commentator spot for TV games will be a rotation between Phil Bourque, Colby Armstrong and Mike Rupp.

— Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) September 20, 2023

Steve Mears, who was previously on television play-by-play and was removed from the TV booth at the same time as Errey, will replace Getzoff on the radio network and team with Bourque. Paul Steigerwald and Brian Metzer will continue their respective involvement on that platform.

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