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Stan Fischler
Stanley I. Fischler (born March 31, 1932) is an American historian of hockey and the New York City Subway, as well as a broadcaster, author of over 100 books, and professor. As a broadcaster with MSG, Fischler has won seven Emmy Awards.
Graduating from Brooklyn College, Fischler began his journalism career as a publicist for the New York Rangers starting in the 1954–55 NHL season. Fischler eventually entered television broadcasting, serving as an analyst for the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association beginning in the 1973–74 WHA season. After two years covering the Whalers, Fischler joined SportsChannel (now MSG) and covered the New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL) on MSG and MSG Plus until his retirement from on-air productions after the 2017–2018 season. Fischler is perhaps best known for his work broadcasting with the MSG network, with whom he won seven Emmy Awards. As a broadcaster, Fischler was known for his cantankerous personality which occasionally caused controversy or debate on-air with colleagues.
He also provided general hockey analysis on MSG, and continues to write columns for the network's website. In 2009, Fischler began hosting a feature, "Five For Fischler", on Hockey Night Live! which lists his Top Five in a random hockey topic. In the 1980s, he was a hockey commentator for The Radio Show on CBC Radio in Canada.
In addition to broadcasting, Fischler has authored or co-authored almost 100 books on hockey, baseball and even a few on the New York subway system. His books include: The Hockey Encyclopedia, Everybody's Hockey Book, Hockey Chronicle, The New NHL Encyclopedia, Cracked Ice: An Insider's Look at the NHL, and most recently MetroIce: A Century of Hockey in Greater New York, focusing on the Rangers, Islanders and Devils franchises. His most famous subway book is Uptown, Downtown. Fischler contributed to the 2017 documentary Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans; having followed the franchise as a young child before the team folded, he was one of the few living hockey fans to have witnessed the team firsthand. Until 2017, Fischler, a long time resident of Boiceville, NY, wrote a weekly column for the local Kingston Daily Freeman.
As a journalist and columnist, Fischler's articles have appeared in several publications including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Sport, Newsweek, The Hockey News, and the NHL's website.
On September 18, 2007, Fischler was announced as one of the four recipients of the 2007 Lester Patrick Trophy.
In December 2021, he was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
On October 26, 2022, the New York Islanders unveiled The Stan Fischler Press Level, dedicating UBS Arena's press level to Fischler.
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Stan Fischler
Stanley I. Fischler (born March 31, 1932) is an American historian of hockey and the New York City Subway, as well as a broadcaster, author of over 100 books, and professor. As a broadcaster with MSG, Fischler has won seven Emmy Awards.
Graduating from Brooklyn College, Fischler began his journalism career as a publicist for the New York Rangers starting in the 1954–55 NHL season. Fischler eventually entered television broadcasting, serving as an analyst for the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association beginning in the 1973–74 WHA season. After two years covering the Whalers, Fischler joined SportsChannel (now MSG) and covered the New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL) on MSG and MSG Plus until his retirement from on-air productions after the 2017–2018 season. Fischler is perhaps best known for his work broadcasting with the MSG network, with whom he won seven Emmy Awards. As a broadcaster, Fischler was known for his cantankerous personality which occasionally caused controversy or debate on-air with colleagues.
He also provided general hockey analysis on MSG, and continues to write columns for the network's website. In 2009, Fischler began hosting a feature, "Five For Fischler", on Hockey Night Live! which lists his Top Five in a random hockey topic. In the 1980s, he was a hockey commentator for The Radio Show on CBC Radio in Canada.
In addition to broadcasting, Fischler has authored or co-authored almost 100 books on hockey, baseball and even a few on the New York subway system. His books include: The Hockey Encyclopedia, Everybody's Hockey Book, Hockey Chronicle, The New NHL Encyclopedia, Cracked Ice: An Insider's Look at the NHL, and most recently MetroIce: A Century of Hockey in Greater New York, focusing on the Rangers, Islanders and Devils franchises. His most famous subway book is Uptown, Downtown. Fischler contributed to the 2017 documentary Only the Dead Know the Brooklyn Americans; having followed the franchise as a young child before the team folded, he was one of the few living hockey fans to have witnessed the team firsthand. Until 2017, Fischler, a long time resident of Boiceville, NY, wrote a weekly column for the local Kingston Daily Freeman.
As a journalist and columnist, Fischler's articles have appeared in several publications including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Sport, Newsweek, The Hockey News, and the NHL's website.
On September 18, 2007, Fischler was announced as one of the four recipients of the 2007 Lester Patrick Trophy.
In December 2021, he was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.
On October 26, 2022, the New York Islanders unveiled The Stan Fischler Press Level, dedicating UBS Arena's press level to Fischler.