“Or did you go into that game thinking ‘I’m going to score five or six points tonight and crush these guys?’” “Did you ever go into a game saying, ‘I’m only going to get one or two points tonight I’m just going to dip my toe into the water?’” Carter asked Gretzky.

Finding the roles of veteran and newcomer reversed from their playing days, Carter has encouraged him not to become a broadcaster but to simply be himself and not be tentative on the air. In contrast to the stately, magnanimous Gretzky the public generally sees, Carter is privy to his one-liners and “chirps,” in hockey parlance. That came after a fruitful stint at NBC, which saw the NHL’s broadcast rights divided between Turner Sports and ESPN after last season.Ĭarter joins another former King on the crew, the venerable Wayne Gretzky.

Louis on Wednesday night, which also signified a chance for retired Kings winger and longtime Marina del Rey resident Anson Carter to get a look at his former club.Ĭarter, who played part of the 2003-04 season for the Kings and later appeared on Fox Sports West telecasts, is now part of the TNT broadcast crew. The Kings made their TNT debut with a 3-2 shootout victory over St.

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