Saunders, a Michigan native, is in his 29th season with the Flyers. Len Redkoles / NHLI via Getty Images
The Philadelphia Flyers have suspended radio play-by-play broadcaster Tim Saunders for two games after he was caught on a hot mic making an inappropriate joke of a sexual nature on the team’s flagship station, 97.5 The Fanatic.
According to a team source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, Saunders was joking with his broadcast partner, Todd Fedoruk.
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Saunders will miss the Flyers-Rangers game at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, and Monday’s home game with the Vancouver Canucks. He will return on Dec. 23 for the Flyers-Blackhawks game in Chicago.
Brian Smith, the Flyers’ director of broadcasting and content, will fill in, calling games with Fedoruk, according to a team source.
Saunders, a Michigan native, is in his 29th season with the Flyers. He joined the club in 1997 after spending two seasons with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the now-defunct International Hockey League. He also served as the television play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Phantoms for eight seasons before the Flyers’ American Hockey League affiliate was relocated.
