GRAND FORKS, N.D. — T.J. Oshie is beginning a new career — on television.
The former Warroad High and UND star forward, who retired from a 16-year NHL career last spring, has joined ESPN as an in-studio NHL analyst for the 2025-26 season.
Oshie was on ESPN’s opening night coverage this week.
“My dad fell asleep to @SportsCenter almost every night of my childhood,” Oshie wrote on Twitter/X. “He would have loved this!”
Oshie got a taste of ESPN broadcasting during the playoffs last season. He joined for a night during the conference finals.
He’s also adding a major assignment this winter.
Oshie will join NBC’s team to call the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
Oshie played in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. He famously scored four shootout goals to help the Americans beat the Russians in a pool play game.
Oshie will call games as an analyst alongside play-by-play announcers Brendan Burke and Chris Vosters.
The Olympic Games are scheduled to be played from Feb. 6-22. NHL players will suit up for the first time since 2014.
Oshie played three years at Warroad High from 2002-05, winning state championships as a sophomore and a senior.
He moved on to play three years at UND from 2005-08, reaching three NCAA Frozen Fours.
Oshie played 1,010 NHL regular-season games for the St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals. He won the Stanley Cup with the Capitals in 2018 and spent his day with the Cup in Warroad.
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