A familiar voice will be at an unfamiliar microphone for one of Detroit's local teams.

NBC Sports' Mike Tirico, who lives in Ann Arbor, will call his first-ever NHL game on Feb. 20 at Little Caesars Arena when the Detroit Red Wings take on the Chicago Blackhawks.

“I’m thrilled to be calling my first NHL game,” said Tirico in a release. “Growing up in New York, and now living in metro Detroit, I’ve always loved the sport of hockey as a fan, attending as many games as possible each season. So the chance to call a game is a bucket list item for me. Covering the Stanley Cup final, Winter Classic, and NHL All-Star Game has given me the chance to work with our great NHL on NBC team, and I know I'm in good hands working with Edzo and Brian in Detroit.”

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Edzo is Eddie Olczyk, NBC's lead game analyst, who'll work with Tirico. Brian Boucher will be the "Inside-the-Glass" analyst stationed between the two benches.

Tirico, 52, joined NBC in 2016 and has since become the prime-time host for the network's Olympics coverage, the play-by-play voice of Notre Dame football, the host of "Football Night in America," a play-by-play man for NFL games, a host for the network's coverage of the British Open, the Ryder Cup and the Triple Crown horse races.

When it comes to hockey, Tirico has been a host for the network's coverage of the Stanley Cup finals and, most recently, the Winter Classic and the All-Star Game.

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Tirico spent more than two decades with ESPN/ABC, and called Monday Night Football, college football, college basketball, NBA, tennis, golf and many other sports.

But, this is his first NHL assignment.

“There is not much pre-game advice you can give a person as talented as Mike,” said Mike Emrick, NBC's longtime hockey voice, in the release. “His passion for sports and his delivery of the action on the playing field are world-class. So much so, Mike has been a regular on broadcast row recently to watch the Red Wings and others play, even while his NFL and numerous other broadcasting commitments were ongoing. I’m looking forward to watching Mike call the game, and I’m confident the viewers at home will enjoy it.”

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