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Kenny Albert Estimates He’s Called About 4,000 Games During Career

Kenny Albert joined “FOS Today” this week during the NHL Stanley Cup Final and estimated he’s called about 4,000 games across TV and radio in his career. 

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Kenny Albert reckons that when you add them all up, he’s called about 4,000 games during his broadcasting career.

In between calling NHL Stanley Cup Final games for TNT this week, Albert appeared on FOS Today and was asked about having recently passed his legendary father, Marv Albert, for games called across all sports on national TV. 

Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night marked the younger Albert’s 1,486th national TV game, with 534 in the NHL, 512 NFL, 421 MLB, and 15 NBA games.

Albert started by wishing his father a happy 84th birthday, and said, “It’s incredible that people keep those lists for broadcasters, and I know they’re out there on the internet. That’s not the total list of games we’ve all worked—it doesn’t include thousands of local games—but it’s kind of surreal to see my name on that list with so many other all-time greats.”

Albert said it was “quite the accomplishment” for his broadcast partner Eddie Olczyk to have worked 1,000 national NHL games after playing in 1,000.

The announcer was jokingly asked whether he kept his own lists of how many games he’s called. “I actually wish I kept the list from the start, but that wasn’t the case,” Albert said. “I kind of could figure out an approximate number for each sport, but as far as a total amount, the number you mentioned is probably pretty accurate, and then you add in 2,500 games on local networks through the years on TV and radio, and the total number is probably somewhere around 4,000.” 

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