By Alan Snel
LVSportsBiz.com
Vegas Golden Knights fans not only were pained to say goodbye to player favorites like Erik Haula, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Colin Miller but they also had to bid farewell to AT&T SportsNet broadcaster studio host Nick Gismondi, studio analyst Brad May and rinkside reporter Alyson Lozoff.
The Knights Thursday named replacements for Gismondi, May and Lozoff by naming Daren Millard as lead pregame, intermission and postgame host; former NHL goaltender and ex-Las Vegas Wranglers player Mike McKenna as the lead studio analyst on the pregame, intermission and postgame panel; and Las Vegas hometowner Stormy Buonantony as rinkside reporter.
Here’s Buonantony on Twitter:
Millard on Twitter:
And McKenna:
Meanwhile, Darren Eliot, currently VP for hockey programming and facility operations, will now be featured as an analyst in select games throughout the 2019-20 season.
From the Golden Knights announcement:
“We are very excited for Daren Millard, Mike McKenna and Stormy Buonantony to join our broadcast team and to have Darren Eliot take on an increased role,” Vegas Golden Knights President Kerry Bubolz said. “The group will deliver unique insights and engaging commentary to our audiences each and every telecast and be prominent fixtures in the Las Vegas community. Daren and Mike will be an outstanding top pair on the desk and we are proud to welcome Stormy back home as our first ever ‘Vegas Born’ broadcaster.”
The group will join the Golden Knights current lineup of broadcast personalities including TV play-by-play announcer Dave Goucher, TV color commentator Shane Hnidy, VGK Insider Gary Lawless, radio play-by-play announcer Dan D’Uva, Deportes Vegas radio play-by-play announcer Jesus Lopez, and Deportes Vegas radio analyst Herbert Castro.
Lozoff has already accepted a new job as the rinkside reporter for the Anaheim Ducks.
VGK fans went to Twitter to say goodbye to the former Knights TV hosts.
Gismondi went to Twitter to say his goodbye.
Gismondi also posted this photo on Instagram of Lozoff, May and himself.
AT&T SportsNet, the official TV home of the Vegas Golden Knights, will produce and televise 76 games during the 2019-20 regular season.
The first regular season game to air on AT&T SportsNet will be Oct. 4 against the San Jose Sharks, a rematch of the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The network broadcasts will include both pre-game and post-game shows.
Vegas Golden Knights: Knight Life is the weekly show that will air on Fridays before the pre-game show or at 7pm on Friday nights when there is no game.
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