Carolina Hurricanes broadcast team to include newcomer Hanna Yates as in-game reporter
The Carolina Hurricanes will have a new look to their broadcast team for the 2022-23 season.
Mike Maniscalco will handle the play by play on the Canes’ 71 Bally Sports South broadcasts and Tripp Tracy will return as the analyst. Shane Willis also returns to “Hurricanes LIVE,” the pregame and postgame shows, as an analyst.
Departing is Abby Labar, who is being replaced by Hanna Yates as the in-game reporter and host of “Hurricanes LIVE.” The new-look broadcast team was announced Friday.
Yates joins Bally Sports South from KSDK, the local NBC affiliate in St. Louis, where she worked since October 2019. She previously co-hosted a radio show on KFNS 590 The Fan with former St. Louis Blues forward Cam Janssen.
Tracy abruptly left the broadcast team in April, just before the end of the regular season, then citing personal reasons. He has since used social media to explain he is a recovering alcoholic and has received much public support since making the public disclosure.
Tracy will be in his 24th year in the booth and will call the games next to Maniscalco for a third full season.
No reason was given for Labar’s departure. Last season was her second as in-game reporter and host of the pregame and postgame shows.
Five Hurricanes games will be televised nationally on TNT and ESPN, including the Stadium Series matchup Feb. 18 with the Washington Capitals at Carter-Finley Stadium. The remaining six games will air exclusively on ESPN+ and Hulu.
This story was originally published September 9, 2022 at 4:04 PM with the headline "Carolina Hurricanes broadcast team to include newcomer Hanna Yates as in-game reporter."
