ESPN Use Backup Announcers

     ESPN had the broadcast of the Florida Panthers season opener on Tuesday night at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. There was a championship banner ceremony prior to the contest. 

     The big surprise of the telecast was that the assigned play-by-play announcer Sean McDonough was not there due to travel constraints because of Hurricane Milton on the Florida region. John Buccigross and Ryan Callahan announced the game remotely from ESPN headquarters in Connecticut.