Ray Ferraro

We don’t yet know who will be calling Olympic men’s and women’s hockey games for NBC at the Beijing Games in February 2022, or covering the tournaments there for SportsCenter and other ESPN properties, but one possible candidate won’t be attending those Olympics at all. That would be ESPN’s Ray Ferraro. Ferraro discussed that decision this week with Julie Stewart-Binks on her Drinks with Binks fubo Sports Network show, with that conversation set to air in full on fubo Sports Network Saturday at 10:30 p.m. ET. Here’s that clip:

Mark Messier isn't the only major name to headline ESPN's revamped NHL coverage, as the network picks up part of the league broadcast rights.

The future sound of the Stanley Cup is coming into focus as ABC/ESPN has made two new hires. ABC/ESPN has signed Ray Ferraro to be one of its top analysts when its coverage begins next season, The Post has learned. Ferraro will be part of its Stanley Cup coverage and...

ESPN and Turner are continuing to build NHL staffing ahead of their debut seasons this fall. Turner reportedly agreed to terms with NBC’s Kenny Albert and Eddie Olcyzk as their lead broadcast team last week, and that week also saw ESPN making rumored pitches to TSN’s Ray Ferraro, NBC’s Kevin Weekes, and former NHL legend (and current wine/beer/whiskey entrepreneur and Edmonton Oilers’ alternate governor) Wayne Gretzky. However, as per a report from Andrew Marchand of The New York Post Monday, while Ferraro will be heading to ESPN (and so will NBC’s Brian Boucher), Gretzky will not be, choosing instead to only consider an offer from Turner. Here’s more from that piece:

With the NHL’s national U.S. rights heading to ESPN and Turner next year, there’s been a lot of discussion about who will have on-air roles for those networks. Turner made a couple of additions on that front Wednesday, reportedly tapping Kenny Albert and Eddie Olzcyk (both currently working on NBC’s NHL coverage, plus SiriusXM in Albert’s case) as their lead broadcast team. And Sean Shapiro of The Athletic has some news on who ESPN’s been chasing, including NHL legend Wayne Gretzky:

Get ready for a laugh. On the latest LA Kings Legends Series, Eddie Olczyk and Ray Ferraro joined the Voice of the Kings, Nick Nickson, for a long chat, reminiscing about their time as teammates in Los Angeles during the 1996-97 season. Some really, really funny stories in there. When...