RELEASE: Blackhawks Announce Pang to Join Television Broadcast

The Chicago Blackhawks, along with television broadcast partner NBC Sports Chicago, have announced that Darren Pang will join play-by-play announcer Chris Vosters in the Blackhawks broadcast booth as the color analyst for the 2023-24 season. Pang returns to the Blackhawks where he started his long broadcast career over 30 years ago after playing two seasons as goaltender with the club.

Pang, 59, returns to the Blackhawks after spending the last 14 seasons as the lead color analyst for the St. Louis Blues on Bally Sports Midwest. His broadcast career comes full circle with this hire as Pang's first industry experience came in Chicago on Hawkvision and covering Blackhawks games on WBBM-AM Radio in the early 1990s. He also serves as a lead analyst and ice-level reporter on TNT where he is currently covering the Stanley Cup Final. Before joining TNT, he worked as an ice-level analyst for NBC Sports on their NHL coverage from 2008-13, including covering various NHL Winter Classics. Pang also served as a color commentator for the Phoenix Coyotes (2005-09) and was a studio and game analyst for TSN from 2005-14.

Pang worked as a top analyst for ESPN and ABC from 1993-2005, has broadcast 97 Stanley Cup Final games on national TV and worked three Winter Olympic Games (1998, 2002, 2010). Pang was the first Olympic ice hockey reporter to get a "between the benches" position with CBS for the 1998 Winter Olympic games in Nagano, Japan.

In addition to his broadcast credentials, Pang played three NHL seasons as a goaltender with the Blackhawks between 1984-89, posting a 27-35-7 record with a 4.05 goals-against average and a .882 save percentage. He set a franchise record with six assists during the 1987-88 campaign. He played in seven American Hockey League games with the Nova Scotia Oilers in 1986-87 and in 147 International Hockey League games with Milwaukee (1984-85) and Saginaw (1985-87; 1988-89).

The Meaford, Ontario native also spent some time behind the bench, serving as an NCAA assistant coach for the University of Notre Dame (1996-99) and a goaltending coach for the Indianapolis Ice of the Canadian Hockey League (2002-04). Pang and his wife, Lynn, have a son, three daughters and five granddaughters.

Vosters will return for his second full season with the Blackhawks as television play-by-play announcer on NBCSCH. He has previously worked for the Big Ten Network, FOX Sports, ESPN, NBC Sports and Stadium.

BLACKHAWKS PRESIDENT, BUSINESS OPERATIONS JAIME FAULKNER

We are thrilled to have Darren team up with Chris Vosters for our television broadcasts at this exciting time for our organization. Our goal is to give fans the best experience watching and listening to Blackhawks hockey. His expertise on the game, his energy and the relationships he has within the NHL will elevate the storytelling of this next chapter of team history.

DARREN PANG

It's an honor to return to Chicago and join the broadcast booth at such an exciting time for this franchise. Coming back to where my NHL playing and broadcasting career started means a lot to me and my family and I'm thankful to the Blackhawks for this opportunity. Chris Vosters is one of the best young broadcasters in the game, I look forward to working with him and telling the story of Blackhawks hockey to the great fans of this organization.

VP OF SPORTS CONTENT FOR NBCU LOCAL CHICAGO JOHN SCHIPPMAN

Darren is a great analyst because of his hockey knowledge and experience, but it's also his entertaining style and fun personality that's made him a beloved figure to so many fans and colleagues. We're thrilled to have him contribute to NBC Sports Chicago's live-game coverage of the Blackhawks and look forward to the experience he'll deliver to fans alongside Chris and our other talented experts every game.