The following is a list of nationalAmerican andCanadiantelevision, andradio networks andannouncers that have broadcastStanley Cup Final games over the years.

• 2020 - The NHL initially had plans to produce broadcasts for each game using a skeleton crew on-site, such as cameramen and producers, and then each media partner's commentators on both TV and radio were to call the games remotely.^[17] The league then allowed both Sportsnet andNBC commentators into the hubs.^[18] As he had been doing throughout the playoffs, 74-year-old NBC lead play-by-play commentatorMike Emrick called the Cup Finals off of monitors from his home studio inMetro Detroit, citing his advanced age as a potential risk for severe illness fromCOVID-19.^[13] These were the final games that Emrick called; he announced his retirement on October 19, 2020.^[14]
• On March 10, 2021, the National Hockey League andESPN confirmed^[19] a 7-year television deal that will include games not only on ESPN,^[20] but alsoABC,ESPN+, andHulu beginning in the2021–22 season. ABC will also broadcast four^[21]Stanley Cup Finals over the life of the contract.
  • On April 26, 2021,Sports Business Journal reported^[22] that NBC had officially pulled out^[23] of bidding for future NHL rights,^[24] meaning that NBC will not televise NHL games for the first time since the2004–05 NHL lockout.^[25] The next day,Turner Sports announced that they have agreed to a seven-year deal with the NHL to broadcast at least 72 games nationally onTNT andTBS^[26] (while also givingHBO Max the live streaming and simulcast rights to these games) beginning with the 2021–22 NHL season, which will include three Stanley Cup Finals, the other half of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the Winter Classic.^[27]
• 2021 -NBC lead color commentatorEddie Olczyk missed Game 2 due to a personal matter, so ice-level analystBrian Boucher moved to the booth withKenny Albert, andPierre McGuire took over for Boucher between the benches.^[6] McGuire also fill-in for Boucher in Game 3 for the same reason.^[7]
• 2022 -ABC's coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals marked the first time the entire Stanley Cup Finals series would be carried exclusively on American broadcast television. Additionally, starting in Game 6, ABC's feed was carried in Canada onSportsnet's over-the-air sister stationCitytv forsimultaneous substitution purposes.^[28][29]
• 2023 -TNT's coverage of the Stanley Cup Finals marked the first time since1994 that the entire series would be carried on a cable network sinceESPN last did it 29 years before (1994), and the first time that it would exclusively be oncable. All of TNT's games in the Stanley Cup Finals were simulcast on sister networksTruTV, and on most games,TBS due toMajor League Baseball coverage everyTuesday night.

• In2014,NBCSN broadcast Games 3 and 4, while NBC televised the remaining games. NBC Sports originally planned to repeat its coverage pattern from the last few seasons: NBCSN would televise Games 2 and 3, while NBC would broadcast Game 1, and then Games 4 through 7 so that all potential Cup clinchers are shown over-the-air.^[140] After the League scheduled Game 2 on the day of theBelmont Stakes, coverage of games two and four were switched so NBC's telecast of the horse race would serve as lead-in programming to Game 2. Due to the death of a family member, NBC lead play-by-play announcerMike Emrick missed Game 1.Kenny Albert, who was also theNew York Rangers radio announcer forWEPN and announced several national games (including the Western Conference Finals) for NBC/NBCSN, filled in for Emrick in the first game.^[141]
• It was originally announced that Games 2 and 3 of the2015 Finals were to be broadcast by NBCSN, with the remainder on NBC. Game 2 was moved to NBC to serve as a lead-out for its coverage of the2015 Belmont Stakes in favor of Game 4 on NBCSN. AsEddie Olczyk was also a contributor to NBC's Belmont coverage, he was absent for Game 2, as a result, studio analystMike Milbury filled in for Olczyk in the color commentator role.^[66][71][82]
• On May 27, 2016, NBC Sports announced that if theFinals was tied at 1–1 entering Game 3, then it would have aired on NBC and Game 4 televised on NBCSN. However, if one team led 2–0 (as this eventually happened; Penguins led 2–0), Game 3 would be moved to NBCSN and then Game 4 on NBC.^[59]
• 2018 -P. K. Subban served as a studio analyst for NBC's coverage of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals due to Mike Milbury attending his son's high school graduation.^[142]

• Following the2003–04 season,ESPN was only willing to renew its contract for two additional years at $60 million per year.^[228] ABC refused to televise the Stanley Cup Finals inprime time, suggesting that the Finals games it would telecast be played on weekend afternoons (including a potential Game 7).Disney executives later conceded that they overpaid for the 1999–2004 deal, so the company's offer to renew the television rights was lower in 2004.^[229]
• 2003 was the only year thatABC broadcast both theNBA and theStanley Cup Finals that involved teams from one city in the same year, as both theNew Jersey Nets and theNew Jersey Devils were in their respective league's finals. During ABC's broadcast of game three between theSan Antonio Spurs and the Nets inNew Jersey on June 8,Brad Nessler said that ABC was in a unique situation getting ready for both that game and Game 7 of theStanley Cup Finals between the Devils and theMighty Ducks of Anaheim the following night, also atContinental Airlines Arena.Gary Thorne mentioned this the following night, and thanked Nessler for promoting ABC's broadcast of game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals.^[201]

• Fox split coverage of theStanley Cup Finals withESPN. Game 1 of the1995 Stanley Cup Finals was the first Finals game shown on network television since1980 and the first inprime time since1973. Games 1, 5, and 7 were usually scheduled to be televised by Fox; and Games 2, 3, 4, and 6 were set to air on ESPN. However, from1995 to1998,^[244] the Finals matches were all four game sweeps; the1999 Finals ended in six games. The consequence was that – except for 1995 when Fox did televise Game 4 – the decisive Game 7 was never shown on network television. Perhaps in recognition of this, Games 3 through 7 were always televised byABC in the succeeding broadcast agreement between the NHL andABC Sports/ESPN.
  • KTVU, the Fox affiliate in theSan Francisco Bay Area, dropped Game 4 of the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals (June 24) for aSan Francisco Giants game. The game between the Giants andFlorida Marlins inMiami had a long rain delay. This allowed KTVU to broadcast the hockey game after all. However, the baseball game finally started before the hockey game ended. KTVU got a lot of complaints, so they re-aired the end of the hockey game next Saturday (July 1).

• 1980 - Games 1–5 onHughes usedCBC's feed. ForCBS' coverage of Game 6 (which served as a special edition of theCBS Sports Spectacular anthology series),Dan Kelly^[373] did play-by-play for 1st and 3rd periods as well as overtime. Meanwhile,Tim Ryan^[368] did play-by-play for the second period.Minnesota North Stars' general managerLou Nanne^[368] provided color commentary for the entire game. This was the last time that a National Hockey League game was broadcast on American network television for 10 years (until the1990 NHL All-Star Game aired onNBC^{[374][375][371]}), and the Stanley Cup Finals game on broadcast-network television until1995.^[376]
  • CBS was mainly influenced by theUnited States men's Olympic hockey team's surprisegold medal victory (dubbed "The Miracle on Ice") inLake Placid several months prior. CBS agreed to pay $37 million to broadcast the sixth game. In return, the NHL happily moved the starting time fromprime time to the afternoon.^[377] The Saturday afternoon game was the first fullAmerican network telecast of an NHL game since Game 5 of the1975 Stanley Cup Finals aired on NBC. Game 6 pulled a 4.4 rating on CBS.^[378] After the game ended, except for itsowned-and-operated stations inNew York City andPhiladelphia, CBS discontinued the telecast and went to a previously scheduledgolf telecast.^[368] New York and Philadelphia viewers saw apost-game show before the network joined the very end of the golf broadcast. Given that the game went into overtime, CBS cut away from hockey during the intermission between the end of regulation and the start of overtime to present ten minutes of livegolf coverage, with the golf announcers repeatedly mentioning that the network would return to hockey in time for the start of sudden-death.
• USA Networksimulcast theCBC feed for the1981 Stanley Cup Finals instead of producing their own coverage.
• In the1981–82 season,^[379]Al Trautwig^[380] took over as studio host for USA Network. Dan Kelly did play-by-play with eitherGary Green^[381] orRod Gilbert on color commentary. For theplayoffs, Dick Carlson andAl Albert^[382] were added as play-by-play voices of some games. Meanwhile,Jim Van Horne hostedStanley Cup Finals games played in Vancouver. Things pretty much remained the same for USA during the1982–83 season. Dan Kelly and Gary Green called most games, while Al Albert did play-by-play or hosted severalplayoff^[383] games, including twoStanley Cup Finals games fromNassau Coliseum.^[384][385]

• ^ *: ABC was contracted to televise Game 7. Since the1979 Finals ended in five games, the contract was void. Had there been a seventh game, thenAl Michaels would have called play-by-play alongsideJim McKay (between-periods host),Bobby Clarke (color commentator), andFrank Gifford (reporter, who would have been in the winning team's dressing room to interview players and coaches as well as hand the phone to the winning team's coach that would have allowed him to talk to bothPresidentJimmy Carter andPrime MinisterPierre Trudeau). This would've given Michaels the honor of being the first to provide the play-by-play in all four major sports, having called theSuper Bowl, theWorld Series, andNBA Finals. The game would have started at 5:10 p.m.Eastern Daylight Time on a Saturday, replacingWide World of Sports and local news shows that typically followed it onABC stations in the Eastern and Central time zones.
  

• NBC aired Games 1 and 4^[444] of the1966 Stanley Cup Finals between theMontreal Canadiens and theDetroit Red Wings.Win Elliot served as the play-by-play man whileBill Mazer served as the color commentator for the games.^[442]
• For the1968 playoffs,Jim Gordon worked play-by-play, andStu Nahan worked color commentator and intermission interviews forCBS. During the regular season, the pair^[445] alternated roles each week. For instance, Gordon worked play-by-play on December 30 while Nahan did the same the next week. In1968–69,^[446]Dan Kelly did play-by-play whileBill Mazer did color and intermission interviews.^[447][448] While Kelly once again handled all the play-by-play work in 1971, Gordon replaced Mazer^[449] in1970–71. For the CBS' Stanley Cup Finals coverage during this period, a third voice was added to the booth (Phil Esposito in 1971 andHarry Howell in 1972).

• Games four and five of the1994 Stanley Cup Finals in theNew York City area on its secondary MSG 2 channel, due to conflicts with theYankees schedule.^{[473][474][475]}1994 was also the last time that local broadcasting of playoff games past the first two rounds was allowed.

• 1997 –Don Cherry missed the entire series due to family illness. On Sunday, June 1, his wife, Pennsylvania native Rose, died fromliver cancer. Consequently,Ron MacLean did not host Games 2 and 3 as he was attendingDon Cherry's wife, Rose's funeral.Scott Russell sat in for him as host, andChris Cuthbert took over Russell's reporting role.

• In1980,Bob Cole, Dan Kelly andJim Robson shared play-by-play duties for CBC's coverage. Cole did play-by-play for the first half of Games 1, and 2. Meanwhile, Kelly did play-by-play for the rest of Games 1–4 and the first half of Game 5 (Kelly also did call the overtime period of Game 1). Finally, Robson did play-by-play for the first half of Games 3–4, the rest of Game 5, and Game 6 entirely. In essence, this meant that Cole or Robson would do play-by-play for the first period and the first half of the second period. Therefore, at the closest stoppage of play near the 10-minute mark of the second period, Cole or Robson handed off the call to Kelly for the rest of the game.
• For the1984–85 and1985–86 seasons,CTV aired regular season games on Friday nights (and some Sunday afternoons) as well as partial coverage of the playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals. While Molson continued to presentHockey Night in Canada on Saturday nights on CBC, rival brewery Carling O'Keefe began airingFriday Night Hockey on CTV. This marked the first time since beginning broadcasting in 1952 that CBC was not the lone over-the-air network broadcaster of the Stanley Cup Finals in Canada. From 1967 through 1975, both CBC and CTV aired NHL games, but it was from a Molson-ledHockey Night in Canada package that was split. CBC got the Saturday games and the playoffs; Wednesday-night regular-season games appeared on CTV.
• In1985,CBC televised Games 1 and 2 nationally while Games 3, 4, and 5 were televised inEdmonton only.CTV televised Games 3, 4, and 5 nationally while games wereblacked out inEdmonton. Had the series gone to a Game 7, then both CBC and CTV would have televised it while using their own production facilities and crews.Dan Kelly,Ron Reusch, andBrad Park called the games on CTV.
• For Games 1 and 2 of the1986 Finals,CBC only had the rights to air them locally inMontreal andCalgary,^[587] whileCTV broadcast it to the rest of the country. CBC would then have the exclusive rights to televise Games 3, 4, and 5 nationally. Had the series gone to a seventh game, then both CBC and CTV would havesimultaneously televised it while using their own production facilities and crews. Like the year prior,Dan Kelly andRon Reusch, andBrad Park called the games for CTV.
• Even thoughCTV decided to pull the plug on their two-year-old (lasting from 1984 to 1985 through 1985–86) NHL broadcasting venture with theCarling O'Keefe brewing company (citing low ratings and an inability to clear other programming for both regular season and playoff telecasts), Carling O'Keefe retained their rights. This soon led to them syndicating 1987 and 1988 playoff telecasts on achain of channels that would one day become theGlobal Television Network. The Global Television Network broadcasts were aired under the namesStanley Cup '87 andStanley Cup '88 before a merger between Carling O'Keefe and Molson (the presenters ofHockey Night in Canada on CBC) put an end to the competition. Unlike the split CTV/CBC coverage of1984–85 and1985–86, the Canwest-Global telecasts from1986–87-1987–88 were network exclusive, except for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals if they were necessary. When CBC and Global televised Game 7 of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals,^[584][585] they used separate production facilities and separate on-air talent.
• Game 4 (May 24) of the1988 Stanley Cup Finals is well known for the fog that interfered with the game and a power outage that caused its cancellation before a faceoff. The game ended with theEdmonton Oilers andBoston Bruins tied at 3–3. CBC televised the first Game 4 as well as Game 5 (on May 26), for which the Oilers won 6–3.
  • In 1988, Canwest-Global had the rights to Games 6 and 7 of the Finals, which ultimately, were not necessary.

• The most commonly seen video clip ofBobby Orr's famous overtime goal ("The Flight") in Game 4 of the1970 Stanley Cup Finals is the American version broadcast onCBS as called byDan Kelly. This archival clip can be considered a rarity, since about 98% of the time, any survivingkinescopes or videotapes of the actual telecasts of hockey games from this era usually emanate from CBC's coverage. According toDick Irvin, Jr.'s bookMy 26 Stanley Cups (Irvin was in the CBC booth withDanny Gallivan during the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals), he was always curious why even the CBC prototypically uses the CBS replay of the Bobby Orr goal (with Dan Kelly's commentary) instead of Gallivan's call. The explanation that Irvin received was that the CBC's master tape of the game (along with others) was thrown away in order clear shelf space at the network.
• In1972,Hockey Night in Canada moved allplayoff coverage fromCBC toCTV to avoid conflict with the lengthyNABETstrike^[623] against the CBC. Eventually,MacLaren Advertising, in conjunction withMolson Breweries andImperial Oil/Esso, who actually owned the rights toHockey Night in Canada (not CBC) decided to give the playoff telecast rights to CTV. Initially, it was on a game-by-game basis in the quarterfinals (Game 1 of theBoston-Toronto series was seen onCFTO Toronto in full while otherCTV affiliates, but not all joined the game in progress. Game 1 of theNew York Rangers–Montreal series was seen only onCFCF Montreal while Game 4 not televised due to alockout of technicians at theMontreal Forum), and then the full semifinals and Stanley Cup Finals. Because CTV did not have 100% penetration in Canada at this time, they asked CBC (who ultimately refused) to allow whatever one of theiraffiliates was the sole network in that market to show the playoffs. As a result, the 1972 Stanley Cup playoffs were not seen in some of the smaller Canadian markets unless said markets were close enough to theUnited States border to pick up the signal of aCBSaffiliate that carried Games, 1, 4, or 6 (Games 2, 3, and 5 were not nationally broadcast in the United States).

• The1961 Stanley Cup Finals were almost not televised in Canada at all. At that time, the CBC only had rights to theMontreal Canadiens andToronto Maple Leafs' games; home games only during theseason and all games in the playoffs. However, with both the Canadiens and Maple Leafs eliminated in the semi-finals, the CBC's worst nightmare became reality. The CBC had to conceive a way to carry the Finals between theChicago Black Hawks andDetroit Red Wings or face a public revolt. According to lore, the CBC found a way to link their Windsor viewers as having a vested interest in the Finals with the across the river Red Wings. Thus, CBC was able to carry the series after inking special contracts with the Red Wings and Black Hawks as a service to theWindsor market. From Windsor, CBC linked the signal to Toronto and they relayed the coverage Dominion-wide. From there, Canadians were able to see the Finals with nary a glitch in the coverage.
• To accommodate the American TV coverage onNBC (1966 marked the first time that a Stanley Cup Finals game was to be nationally broadcast on American network television), Game 1 of the1966 Stanley Cup Finals was shifted to a Sunday afternoon. This in return, was the first time ever that a National Hockey League game was played on a Sunday afternoon inMontreal. While Games 1 and 4 of the NBC broadcasts were televised incolor, CBC carried these games and all other games inblack and white.

• CBC's coverage of Games 3–5 of the1954 Stanley Cup Finals were joined in progress at 9:30 p.m. ET (approximately one hour after start time). Meanwhile, CBC joined Game 6 in at 10 p.m. ET (again, one hour after start time). Game 7 was carriedDominion wide (nationwide) from opening the face-off at 9 p.m. ET. Since Game 7 was played onGood Friday night, there were no commercials (Imperial Oil was the sponsor for the entire broadcast).

• As previously mentioned in1985,CBC televised Games 3–5 inEdmonton only.CTV televised Games 3–5 nationally while games wereblacked out inEdmonton. Had the series gone to a Game 7, then both CBC and CTV would have televised it while using their own production facilities and crews.
• As previously mentioned in1986, CBC only televised Games 1 and 2 inMontreal andCalgary^[587] whileCTV air both games to the rest ofCanada. Had the series gone to a Game 7, then both CBC and CTV would have televised it while using their own production facilities and crews. Like the year prior,Dan Kelly,Ron Reusch, andBrad Park called the games for CTV.

• Since 2015, under a sub-license agreement with Rogers,TVA^{[660][661][662][663][664][665][666][667]} has been the exclusive home of French-language broadcasts in Canada.

• In the2002–03 season,RDS secured exclusive French language rights to the NHL. The deal, reached with the Canadiens and not directly with the league, was meant to ensure a consistent home for all Canadiens games; as a general-interest network, Radio-Canada cannot give up so much airtime to Canadiens games. The announcement drew the ire of, among others, then-Heritage MinisterSheila Copps, who suggested that the network would somehow be violating its conditions of licence by not airingLa Soirée du hockey. In fact, there is no specific mention in the CBC's licence from the CRTC (or any other legal document governing the CBC) that the CBC's networks carry coverage of NHL games, nor that there be parity between the two networks' carriage of such games. Also, Radio-Canada soon reached an agreement to produce the Saturday night games, to remain brandedLa Soirée du hockey, to besimulcast on both SRC and RDS. However, for reasons that are unclear, that agreement was terminated after the2004 playoffs.^[668] The RDS-produced replacement,Le Hockey du samedi soir, was simulcast on SRC outside Quebec, where RDS has limited distribution, through 2006.