Darren Pang joined the Coyotes from ESPN where he spent 12 seasons working national broadcasts of the National Hockey League. He joined ESPN2 in September 1993 as an NHL game analyst and worked with the network for over a decade including NHL playoff contests on ESPN and NHL telecasts on ABC Sports. Pang broadcast two of the longest and most memorable playoff games in NHL history on ESPN: the five overtime period thrillers between Anaheim and Dallas in April 2003 and Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in May 2000. In 1988, he worked as a guest analyst for ESPN during the Norris Division playoffs. In addition, Pang worked as an ice level reporter for the men's hockey coverage in Nagano, Japan during the 1998 Winter Olympics on CBS and for NBC's coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games. Previously, Pang served as the Chicago Blackhawks post-game show host from 1990-92. Then from 1992-97, he hosted the pre-game, between period and post-game call-in shows for Blackhawks games. The Meaford, Ontario native had an outstanding junior career playing goal for three seasons in the OHL with Belleville and Ottawa. Pang played three NHL seasons, all with the Blackhawks from 1984-85 to 1988-89. He played in a total of 81 games, compiling a 27-35-7 record and 4.05 GAA.