''NHL Tonight'' (formerly ''NHL on the Fly: Final'') is the flagship show on the
NHL Network in Canada and the
United States
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. The show made its debut under its current title in December 2011. It airs nightly at 6:00 pm throughout the
NHL
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season carrying highlights from all of the day's games and includes live “look-ins” of any west coast games still in progress.
The show airs immediately after ''NHL Now on weekdays'', the network's in-game studio show with live “look-ins” of all current games, and was previously entitled ''NHL on the Fly: Final.'' It used to last either 30 or 60 minutes depending on the number of games that night, but in its current incarnation, the show is an hour long, no matter how many games are played that evening. It should not be confused with ESPN's ''
National Hockey Night
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'' which ended after the
2003-2004 NHL season.
The show was formerly simulcast occasionally on
TSN for the national audience when the channel aired regional
Toronto Maple Leafs
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action in
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. TSN no longer airs regional-only games of this nature.
As of the beginning of the
2007–08 NHL season
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, the NHL Network is now available in the United States.
Personalities
Current
Hosts
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Kathryn Tappen
*Jamie Hersch
*Tony Luftman
*Erika Wachter Barnes
*Jamison Coyle
*
Bill Pidto
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*Keith Irizarry
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Adnan Virk
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Steve Gelbs
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Lauren Gardner
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Jackie Redmond
Analysts
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Mike Rupp
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Dave Reid
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Kevin Weekes
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*
EJ Hradek
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Businesses and brands
* EJ (company), formerly East Jordan Iron Works
* eJay, a music software program
* New England Airlines (IATA code EJ)
* E & J Gallo Winery
* Holden EJ, an early Holden car
* Subaru EJ engine series, ma ...
*
Mike Johnson
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*
Cory Schneider
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Thomas Hickey
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Scott Hartnell
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Jason Demers
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Brian Boyle
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Devan Dubnyk
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Steve Konroyd
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John Torchetti
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Ken Daneyko
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Billy Jaffe
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Bill Lindsay
Former
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Kay Whitmore
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Andi Petrillo
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Bob McGill
*Todd Lewis
*Lauren Veltman
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Jay Onrait
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Jamie McLennan
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Jamal Mayers
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Craig Button
*Mark Roe
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Glenn Schiiler
External links
NHL Network shows*
The Sports Network original programming
National Hockey League on television
2010s Canadian sports television series
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