Edmonton Oilers legend Grant Fuhr lands new NHL broadcasting gig
An Edmonton Oilers legend is getting the call back to the NHL.
Grant Fuhr is an icon in Edmonton, having won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers between 1981 and 1991. He is the franchise leader in wins with 226, is the only Edmonton goalie to have his number retired, and is largely regarded as being one of the greatest goalies in NHL history.
The Spruce Grove native hung up the goalie pads in 2000, but he is now returning to the NHL at the age of 64. Not as a player, of course, but as a TV broadcaster with the Seattle Kraken.
Fuhr will make his NHL broadcasting debut on the Kraken Hockey Network’s (KHN) studio panel later this month.
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This has been in the works for Fuhr, who has been doing radio and TV broadcasting for Seattle’s AHL affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, since 2022. His experience with the Kraken’s AHL system should give him the proper expertise to transition to the NHL squad.
He will be joined by former NHL player Tyler Johnson, who will be stepping into his first role as a broadcaster. Johnson will debut during Wednesday night’s game against the Calgary Flames, while Fuhr will make his way onto the broadcast starting on Nov. 23 against the Anaheim Ducks.
The duo will appear on broadcasts to fill in when regular KHN analyst Brett Festerling is away. Festerling only works about half the Kraken games every season, meaning Fuhr and Johnson will get plenty of NHL reps moving forward.
Fuhr and Johnson will be joined by regular KHN panelists Ian Furness and Alison Lukan.
This won’t be Fuhr’s first time returning to the NHL after retiring as a player. Immediately after his playing career, he joined the Flames as a goalie coach for two seasons, before reuniting with former Oilers teammate Wayne Gretzky and the Phoenix Coyotes, where he served as goalie coach between 2004 and 2009.