Daniel Patrick Kelly (born October 15, 1973) is an American sportscaster. The son of St. Louis Blues broadcaster

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, he is also the nephew of hockey and baseball broadcaster Hal Kelly, and the younger brother of current St. Louis Blues TV broadcaster

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. He is the former television play-by-play voice for Chicago Fire in

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, announcing on October 25, 2019, that his time with the Fire had ended. Dan is technically not a junior. His given name is Daniel Patrick Kelly, while his father was Patrick Daniel Kelly.

Career

Kelly graduated from the University of Dayton in 1996 with a degree in Radio Television Communications. In 1997, he returned to his hometown,

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to become the radio play-by-play voice for KMOX broadcasts of St. Louis Blues. In 2000, Kelly joined Fox Sports Net Ohio as the first TV play-by-play announcer for the Columbus Blue Jackets. He also hosted the Blue Jackets' pre-game and post-game shows. While in Columbus Kelly won a Midwestern Regional

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in 2003 for outstanding live sports coverage. His time with the Blue Jackets and FSN Ohio was cut short by the

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. In 2004, Kelly became the play-by-play announcer for the University of Denver Pioneers ice hockey games on Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain. He also served as sideline reporter for college football games and hosted the Denver Broncos half-time shows on FSN Rocky Mountain. After one season with DU, Kelly returned to

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broadcasts for

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coverage. In 2006, after one season at HDNet, Dan P. became the play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Blackhawks on Comcast SportsNet Chicago alongside color commentator

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. He was let go by the Blackhawks after two seasons on June 16, 2008, when the Blackhawks announced

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, who had been their play-by-play broadcaster for 25 previous seasons, would return as their television play-by-play announcer. In 2006, he returned to Denver to broadcast DU hockey and basketball games on Fox Sports Rocky Mountain TV. In 2010, Kelly returned to Comcast SportsNet Chicago and began broadcasting games for the Chicago Fire FC of

. He also began working with the

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as play-by-play announcer for Big Ten's coverage of college basketball, field hockey, ice hockey, soccer, and volleyball.

References

1973 births Living people Association football commentators Chicago Blackhawks announcers College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers Columbus Blue Jackets announcers National Hockey League broadcasters People from St. Louis St. Louis Blues announcers St. Louis Rams announcers University of Dayton alumni Volleyball commentators Major League Soccer broadcasters {{US-icehockey-bio-stub