Dave Strader

Dave Strader is an American sportscaster. He is currently the TV play-by-play announcer for the NHL Dallas Stars replacing Ralph Strangis. Until the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs, he was the No. 2 play-by-play (behind Mike Emrick) for NHL on NBC and NHL on NBC Sports Network, formerly Versus. Also, from 1997-2004 and again from 2006-2015 he broadcast the Stanley Cup Finals in English on the NHL's international feed.

While hockey has been his primary focus, he has also called college basketball, WNBA, and NBDL games.

A Glens Falls, New York native, Strader honed his broadcasting skills in the college radio station WMUA 91.1 while studying for his Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Strader's professional broadcasting career began as the radio announcer and public relations director for the Adirondack Red Wings of the AHL from 1979–1985. A two-time New York State Broadcasters Association honoree, Strader was named the AHL's top public relations professional in 1984.

In 1985, the NHL's Detroit Red Wings called Strader up from the farm club and he took over the play-by-play duties, calling TV games on both WKBD and PASS Sports alongside Mickey Redmond until 1996. Strader called games for the Florida Panthers for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons when not calling games for NBC or Versus. Strader was hired by the Dallas Stars on July 2, 2007. He was reunited with his former ESPN and ABC partner, Brian Engblom and Daryl Reaugh, for Stars broadcasts for two seasons. With no television contract in place for Coyotes games, Engblom left in 2009 to join the Lightning. Strader was joined in the broadcast booth by former NHL player Daryl Reaugh.

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