Rick Peckham
Rick Peckham is an American retired play-by-play broadcaster for the NHL's Tampa [Bay Lightning] hockey team. He was the 2020 recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award. Peckham served as the play-by-play announcer for the Hartford Whalers from 1984 through 1995. He has also broadcast ESPN [National Hockey Night|NHL games on ESPN] and SportsChannel America. Through 1977–84, he called games on television and radio for the AHL's Rochester Americans. Peckham was broadcasting Lightning games with the Florida-based Fox Sports Sun, as well as occasionally doing play-by-play for the NHL on NBC, a role that increased with the death of Dave Strader. He is a 1977 graduate of Kent State University with a B.A. degree in telecommunications.
Career as a broadcaster
- Rochester Americans play-by-play, TV and radio, 1977–84.
- Hartford Whalers TV play-by-play, SportsChannel New England, 1984–95.
- University of Hartford basketball, 1986–87.
- ESPN NHL on ESPN play-by-play, 1987–88.
- NHL on SportsChannel America play-by-play, 1988–92.
- SportsChannel America college basketball play-by-play, 1991–95.
- Tampa Bay Lightning play-by-play, 1995–2020.
- ESPN International NFL and NBA telecasts, 1995.
- Tampa Bay Storm play-by-play, 1997–02 and 2005.
- NHL on Versus/''NHL on NBC'' play-by-play, 2007–2020.