If you are someone who still listens to Penguins games on the radio you will have a new voice speaking to you this upcoming season.

The Penguins have named Joe Brand the radio play-by-play voice of the Penguins Radio Network.

Brand will handle play-by-play duties for all Penguins games, primarily joined in the booth by long-time color analyst and two-time Stanley Cup Champion Phil Bourque.

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) September 3, 2024

Replacing Mike Lange was always going to be a very tall task. It is an almost impossible situation. That said, Steve Mears was very milquetoast and didn’t meet the mark for the Fenway Sports Group. Thus, the team going in this new direction. Here is a little background on Joe Brand:

The 33-year old joins the Penguins after spending the previous three seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks as their studio host and fill-in play-by-play broadcaster on WGN Radio 720 AM. His primary duties include hosting pre-game, intermission and post-game shows for all of Chicago’s regular-season games, and also hosting a weekly radio show – ‘Blackhawks Live’.
In addition to his hosting duties, Brand called game action as the primary play-by-play broadcaster for Blackhawks preseason and select regular-season games as recently as last season when John Wiedeman was unavailable, working in the booth alongside former NHLers Troy Murray and Hockey Hall-of-Famer Chris Chelios.

I don’t listen to games on the radio so this will have a minimal impact on my day to day following the team. I do hope for those that do listen to the radio broadcasts that he brings more to the table than the previous iteration.

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