Detroit Red Wings TV broadcasts are going to look significantly different when next season\u2019s NHL campaign rolls around.<\/p>\n
Host John Keating<\/a> is not going to be returning for the 2025-26 season. Last December, he was announcing his retirement, which went into effect at the end of the 2024-25 campaign.<\/p>\n At a sensational farewell gathering with this Legend. #blessed<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/EZaiOf7rtK<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 John Keating (@JohnKeatingTV) April 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Now, word is arriving that FanDuel Detroit Sports Network is also letting go\u00a0in-game reporter Trevor Thompson from the broadcasts.<\/p>\n Thompson, 58, is a seven-time Emmy Award winner. In 2020, he was receiving the Ty Tyson Award for excellence in Detroit-area sports broadcasting by the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association.<\/p>\n Red Wings Broadcaster A Hall Of Famer<\/p>\n More recently, Thompson was a 2025 inductee into the Dresden, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame<\/a>. Thompson was given the inaugural Bruce Huff Award, which goes to a media member in recognition of their outstanding contribution to sports coverage while proudly representing Dresden.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how honored and humbled I was to be inducted in to the Dresden Sports Hall of Fame,\u201d Thompson posted on his Instagram account. \u201cI never imagined such a night was in store for me when I left Dresden, but I can assure you, Dresden never left me.\u201d<\/p>\n Ive cancelled my subscription to @FanDuelSN_DET<\/a> <\/p>\n Trevor Thompson has been a fixture of #LGRW<\/a> Broadcasts for decades. Fans love him, players respect him, & he represents our team with class every time he’s on the air<\/p>\n Did the Suits that bankrupted @DiamondCombine<\/a> keep their jobs? pic.twitter.com\/9o0tmiCHQd<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Matt Soucy (@soucy_matt) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Thompson related that it was Dresden resident Scott North, who worked in Toronto at the Hockey Hall of Fame, who was the one helping him get in a foot in the door in sports broadcasting. North introduced Thompson to Hockey Night In Canada host Ron MacLean. It was MacLean who brought Thompson aboard to work as a runner on broadcasts.<\/p>\n He would move west to become a sideline reporter on NBA broadcasts of the Vancouver Grizzlies. Thompson was among the first reporters hired when Rogers Sportsnet launched its 24-hour Canadian sports channel. Thompson was based in Toronto.<\/p>\n He made the move to Detroit in 2000 and has worked in the area for the past 25 years.<\/p>\n Since being let go from his role with FanDuel Detroit Sports Network, Thompson has launched a podcast. He is co-hosting Bleav In Lions<\/a> along with former Detroit Lions defensive back Glover Quin.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t