Steve Goldstein is the longtime hockey voice of the NHL's Florida Panthers and is currently the television play-by-play broadcaster for the Florida Panthers on Scripps Sports. With the team on television and radio since 1997, he is in his 18th season as TV play-by-play announcer and 20th season overall calling Panthers games.
In addition, Steve calls NFL Miami Dolphins TV play-by-play for preseason games on CBS Miami and provides analysis on the Panthers and Dolphins on newscasts and shows.
Goldstein has worked radio play-by-play for Westwood One's NHL coverage. He also served as rink side reporter and host for multiple Stanley Cup Finals. He served as CBS Radio/Westwood One’s Olympic hockey play-by-play voice for the 2010 games in Vancouver and the 2014 Sochi Games. He also hosted the network's 1998 hockey coverage in Nagano, Japan and was a producer for the '94 Lillehammer games.
Prior to stepping into the Panthers TV role, Steve was the team's radio play-by-play announcer. He has hosted Panthers and Dolphins weekly TV programs and morning drive radio on WQAM and WINZ radio in Miami. He currently hosts the “GoldieOnIce” podcast.
He is the Founder and Chairman of Goldie’s Gang Foundation, which provides assistance to children and families.
Goldstein won the 2019 NSMA Sportscaster of the Year, Florida award and received the 2022 Emmy award for NHL play-by-play.
Steve is from Brooklyn, N.Y., and attended Syracuse University, graduating from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
He resides in Florida with wife Dana and has two sons, Jake and Kyle.
Former Panthers defenseman Randy Moller makes his Scripps Sports debut, entering his ninth season as television analyst and his sixth season as Color Analyst for the Panthers.
He has previously served as the Florida Panthers’ radio play-by-play broadcaster. Moller was voted South Florida's best sports radio play-by-play broadcaster in an online poll conducted by the Miami Herald in 2010, due to his insightful and uniquely entertaining broadcasts.
Moller has been a member of the Panthers’ broadcast team for the last 24 years, serving in a variety of capacities, including the club's radio analyst and television host, providing Panthers fans with enthusiastic and colorful broadcasts.
He has broadcast over 1,900 games on radio/TV since 1996.
A native of Red Deer, AB, Moller, played 13 seasons in the NHL with Florida, Quebec, the New York Rangers and Buffalo recording 45 goals, 180 assists and 1,692 penalty minutes in 815 games.
He and his wife, Cathy, live in Boca Raton and have two sons, Jonathan and Logan, and a daughter, McKenna.
Katie Engleson enters her third season as rink side reporter for the Florida Panthers.
Prior to joining the Panthers, Engleson spent four years in Dallas, Texas, as a host and reporter with Bally Sports Southwest. While there, she covered a multitude of teams across different leagues in the Southwest region including the Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans and Texas Rangers. She was also one of the lead sideline reporters for Bally Sports Southwest’s High School Football coverage and was host of The Built Ford Tough Player of the Week Show, highlighting the best football players in the state of Texas. Engleson was nominated for three Emmys while in Dallas.
Additionally, she was a sideline reporter for the WNBA, covering the Dallas Wings for both FOX Sports Southwest and CBS Sports Network.
Before moving to Dallas, Katie spent two years with the ABC-affiliate, KXXV-TV in Waco, Texas as the channel's Weekday Sports Reporter and Weekend Sports Anchor covering predominately Baylor University Athletics, as well as the Big 12 conference.
A Parkland, Fla., native, Engleson graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School before attending the University of Alabama where she received a B.A. in telecommunications and film.
Jessica Blaylock enters her 10th season covering the Florida Panthers and makes her Scripps Sports debut as Television host for the Panthers broadcast.
In addition to her duties as Panthers TV Host, Blaylock has served as the in-game reporter on the Miami Marlins’ television broadcast since 2015.
From 2006 to 2011, Blaylock worked for ESPN as an operations producer for college football, college basketball and NASCAR. She originally joined FOX Sports Florida in 2010, covering five seasons of Orlando Magic basketball, as well as high school football and basketball. She has also contributed to both Jacksonville Jaguars and high school football features for CSS.
Previously, Blaylock served as a radio host and reporter for 1010XL in Jacksonville. Of her duties, she was the Jaguars beat reporter, an active contributor on the Frank Frangie Show with Rick Ballou and hosted her own evening show. She also covered THE PLAYERS Championship and other various sporting events in the Jacksonville area.
A Jacksonville, Fla., native, Blaylock attended the University of Florida where she received a B.A. in Telecommunications and a B.A. in History.
Former Panthers defenseman Ed Jovanovski joins Scripps Sports for his sixth season as the Panthers Television Analyst.
Jovanovski was originally selected first overall in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft as Florida's first-ever NHL draft pick. He went on to appear in 362 games over seven seasons in a Panthers uniform, totaling 102 points (33-69-102). Over his 18-season NHL career, Jovanovski skated in 1,128 NHL games with Florida (1995-96 to 1998-99, 2011-12 to 2013-14) amassing 500 points (137-363-500). He wore #55 in all seven seasons as a Panther and served as the sixth captain in franchise history from 2012-13 to 2013-14.
During Jovanovski's rookie campaign in 1995-96, he produced 21 points (10-11-21) over 70 games. His 10 goals and 21 points remained franchise rookie defenseman records until Aaron Ekblad surpassed them in 2014-15. In the 1995-96 playoffs, Jovanovski led Florida blueliners with eight assists and nine points (1-8-9) over 22 games, helping the Panthers secure a trip to the Stanley Cup Final. Following that season he was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team and was a finalist for the Calder Trophy.
The five-time NHL All-Star also represented Canada on the international stage throughout his career, earning Gold Medals at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the 2005 IIHF World Championship and the 1995 IIHF U20 World Junior Championship. He earned silver at the 2008 World Championship.
Prior to his professional career, the Windsor, Ontario native skated in two Ontario Hockey League (OHL) seasons with the Windsor Spitfires, logging 115 points (38-77-115) over 112 games. In 1993-94, he was named to the CHL All Rookie-Team, OHL First All-Rookie Team and OHL Second All-Star Team.
Doug Plagens enters his 10th season as the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Florida Panthers. Plagens has over 1,200 games of professional hockey broadcasting experience at the NHL, AHL, and ECHL levels.
Along with being the radio voice of the Panthers, Plagens can be heard co-hosting the club's official podcast "Territory Talk" with Jameson Olive.
Prior to joining the Panthers before the 15-16 season, Plagens spent four years in Cleveland as the radio and television play-by-play voice of the AHL's Lake Erie Monsters and the Arena Football League's Cleveland Gladiators. During his time in Cleveland, Plagens served on the SiriusXM NHL Network Radio broadcast of the 2015 AHL All-Star Game in Utica, New York.
Previously, Plagens spent time as the radio and television play-by-play voice of the ECHL's Idaho Steelheads in Boise, Idaho. With the Steelheads, he was recognized as the ECHL's "Broadcaster of the Year" for the 2009-10 season, and was selected as part of the national television broadcast of the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game in Ontario, California. While in Idaho, Plagens also hosted a nightly sports talk radio show on Boise's ESPN Radio affiliate, KTIK 1350 "The Ticket", and freelanced as a sports anchor/reporter/producer at KBOI-TV (CBS).
Plagens' broadcasting experience also includes time as a television sports anchor and reporter at WKBN (CBS), WYFX (FOX), and WYTV (ABC) in Youngstown, Ohio.
Plagens holds a Master's Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University, and a Bachelor's in Communication from Lake Forest College (IL).
He currently resides in Sunrise, Florida.
Bill Lindsay enters his ninth season as Radio Color Analyst for the Florida Panthers. He previously spent six seasons as the team's television analyst on FOX Sports Florida, after spending the previous two years serving as the club's radio color commentator.
Lindsay, a 14-year NHL veteran and member of the 1996 Panthers Eastern Conference Championship team, played in more than 750 NHL contests for six different clubs scoring 83 goals with 141 assists. He appeared in 506 games with the Panthers (1993-99, 2001-02) recording 165 points (67-98-165). Lindsay is best known for his spectacular Game 5 goal in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals versus Boston that broke a 3-3 tie and gave the Panthers their first playoff series victory.
The Big Fork, Mont. native completed his NHL career with Atlanta in 2004, before spending his final last two seasons playing for the Cologne Sharks in the German League (DEL).
Lindsay and his wife, Kari, reside in Boca Raton.
Jameson Olive is entering his eighth season covering the Panthers as the team's in-house beat writer.
Prior to joining the organization on a full-time basis in December of 2017, he spent three seasons contributing to the team's website on a weekly basis as a freelance reporter. In his current role with the Panthers, he reports on the club's day-to-day activities, covering games while producing stories highlighting players' accomplishments, personalities and more.
As the team's senior manager of digital content, Jameson also oversees the team's official website and mobile app.
A native of Vero Beach, Fla., Jameson broke into the world of professional sports writing in 2014 as a member of FOX Sports Florida's digital team. With FOX, he was able to cover both the Panthers and NFL's Miami Dolphins while also working the desk as one of the company's website copy editors.
In addition to writing, he spearheads the Panthers' official team podcast "Territory Talk," which he produces and co-hosts with Panthers radio play-by-play broadcaster Doug Plagens.
Jameson also appears during the second intermission of all Panthers radio broadcasts on 560 WQAM, breaking down the action in a segment known as "After 40." He is also a regular guest on the station's "Panthers Insider" show.
Jameson currently resides in Tamarac, Fla. with his wife Adelyn.
Minervini has covered the Florida Panthers since their first season, including as the only South Florida based TV Reporter at the inaugural draft in Quebec City in 1993.
Minervini has also been on the Miami Marlins beat for 23 seasons as pre-/post-game host and in-game reporter on Bally Sports Florida, having earned three Emmy Awards. He has handled play-by-play for select Marlins games on TV and radio, as well.
In his career, Minervini has served as the play-by-play voice for a wide variety of assignments including the 2022 Orange Bowl Basketball Classic at Fla Live Arena in December 2022, the United Football League (UFL) games on Versus in 2010, NBC Sports (Notre Dame football), CBS Sports Spectacular, ESPN college football, baseball and Roller Hockey International events, Major League Soccer, XFL Football, boxing and mixed martial arts events.
Minervini previously spent seven years with WTVJ-NBC 6 in Miami as a sports anchor/reporter. He anchored sports on WNBC-TV (NY) in 2004.
Minervini earned a broadcast journalism degree from Syracuse University where he called Orange football, basketball, lacrosse and soccer while handling AAA Syracuse Chiefs baseball.
A native of Huntington, Long Island, Minervini has two sons, Chase and Maxwell, and a daughter, Spencer.
Jeff Chychrun, an Ottawa, Ontario native, appeared in 262 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers (1986-87 to 1990-91), Los Angeles Kings (1991-92 and 1992-93), Pittsburgh Penguins (1991-92 to 1992-93) and Edmonton Oilers (1993-94), compiling 25 points (3-22-25). He was a member of the 1991-92 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
Chychrun appeared in 170 career American Hockey League (AHL) games over four seasons, highlighted by a Calder Cup championship with the Flyers' affiliate, the Hershey Bears, in 1987-88.
Prior to his professional career, Chychrun skated in 182 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) games with the Kingston Canadians from 1983-84 to 1985-86, amassing 41 points (3-38-31). He was named to the OHL Third All-Star Team in 1985-86.
Chychrun is father to Boca Raton native Jakob, who is currently a defenseman for the Ottawa Senators.
Cameron Dobbs is an author, speaker, TV host, on-air personality, sports reporter, ACC Network Extra and ESPN+ Color Commentator, coach, podcast and event host, business owner, and former NCAA Division I collegiate volleyball player and coach for the Miami Hurricanes who has been featured on CNN and HLN as a "Difference Maker."
In 2024, Dobbs was named to the University of Miami’s 30 Under 30 Alumni List at just 25 years old. She hosts the show Inside South Florida on WSFL-TV Channel 39.
She co-founded the business, PWYFA Play Where Your Feet Are™, and her mission is to motivate and inspire others, being a light and impacting all from the position in which she plays.