From broadcasters to how to watch, here’s what you should know about Hurricanes games

Fox Sports Carolinas will televise 54 of the Carolina Hurricanes’ 56 games in the 2020-21 regular season, it was announced Thursday.

The games will be broadcast in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia through cable, satellite and over-the-top providers, including AT&T U-verse, AT&T TV, DirecTV and Spectrum.

Mike Maniscalco will serve as the play-by-play announcer after spending four seasons as in-game reporter and host of Hurricanes LIVE. Maniscalco was the play-by-play announcer in the Canes’ 2020 Return to Play postseason.

Tripp Tracy returns for his 22nd season as game analyst and former Hurricanes player Shane Willis will return for his eighth season as Hurricanes LIVE analyst

Abby Labar has been promoted to the host of Hurricanes LIVE and will also serve as in-game reporter. Before joining the FOX Sports Carolina’s telecast, Labar spent four seasons as the Hurricanes’ in-arena host and reporter.

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In more than 40 years at The N&O, Chip Alexander has covered the N.C. State, UNC, Duke and East Carolina beats, and now is in his 15th season on the Carolina Hurricanes beat. Alexander, who has won numerous writing awards at the state and national level, covered the Hurricanes’ move to North Carolina in 1997 and was a part of The N&O’s coverage of the Canes’ 2006 Stanley Cup run.