Albert, Micheletti to Call NHL Hat Trick

There’s a rare hockey hat trick happening this weekend and Westwood One and NBC Sports Radio are part of the action. Popular hockey broadcasters Kenny Albert and Joe Micheletti will be calling three NHL games over a 24-hour period (involving five teams) for MSG Networks, Westwood One, and NBC Sports Radio.

Kenny Albert

On Saturday at 1:00 pm ET, the New York Rangers host the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Micheletti, in his 13th season as Rangers in-game analyst on MSG Networks, will be joined in the broadcast booth by play-by-play announcer Sam Rosen.

Albert, now in his 23rd season as the radio voice of the Rangers, will simultaneously call the play-by-play action on ESPN 98.7, the radio home of the Rangers, alongside analyst Dave Maloney.

Joe Micheletti

Following the game, Albert and Micheletti will go straight to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia and team up to broadcast Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s national radio coverage of the NHL Stadium Series matchup between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night at 8:00 pm ET. Albert and Micheletti will be joined onsite by rinkside reporter Kelly Chase and host Steve Mears.

After the game, the duo will then travel down south to Washington, D.C. for MSG Networks’ television and radio broadcast of the New York Rangers/Washington Capitals game on Sunday at 12:30 pm ET at Capital One Arena. Micheletti will be joined again in the booth by Rosen, with Albert on the radio call with Maloney.

“We couldn’t be more excited,” said Albert. “If you love the sport of hockey, it will be a dream weekend. Ernie Banks would be proud. And we definitely won’t forget our scarves and gloves for the Stadium Series game in Philadelphia on Saturday night!”

Albert and Micheletti serve as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s lead NHL broadcast crew and will be on the call together for select playoff games this year, including their fourth straight season calling the Stanley Cup Final.