Legendary broadcaster Mike Emrick first started his career as a broadcaster with the Flyers organization more than forty years ago.
After calling NHL games in the broadcast booth for 47 years, Mike Emrick announced his retirement in early October. He started his iconic broadcasting career with Philadelphia Flyers in the 1980s.
Hired by the team as a sports broadcaster for Philadelphia home games telecasts, Emrick served in this position from 1983–86.
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Following the 1985-86 season, he moved onto a new role within the organization, becoming an in-studio analyst. The Indiana-native and avid Pittsburgh Penguins superfan served as an analyst from 1986 to 1988.
As an analyst, he would give his take on every game during the pre-game and post-game segments. Those were similar to the pre-game and post-game shows we know today that air on regional sports networks.
After being an analyst for more than three years, he was promoted once again. This time it was a full-time job with the team as the lead play-by-play broadcaster.
He would call games for the Fly Guys when he was not calling games for NBC Sports, ESPN, and the various other networks. Emrick worked alongside Bill Clement for three years. He would leave broadcasting in Philly to broadcast for the New Jersey Devils where his career took off.
Emrick worked as a broadcaster where he continued to hold a well-known and legendary career until 2020 when he announced his retirement from broadcasting. At the time of his retirement, Emrick had been calling hockey games on national television for NBC.