FOX Sports Sun and the Tampa Bay Lightning jointly announced today the team’s 2016-17 NHL regular season television schedule, featuring 75 games broadcast on the network.
FOX Sports Sun will start the season in Tampa Bay as the Bolts host the Detroit Red Wings at Amalie Arena. Coverage will start at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13 with a special, one-hour edition of the Lightning LIVE pregame show. Play-by-play announcer Rick Peckham returns, alongside color analyst Brian Engblom, to provide viewers with expert commentary throughout the season. Lightning LIVE host Paul Kennedy will be joined throughout the season by Bobby “The Chief” Taylor and Dave Andreychuk as analysts during pregame, postgame and intermission.