Kenzie Lalonde is a TSN play-by-play commentator and the network’s Montreal bureau chief, and she calls both NHL and women’s hockey. Kenzie Lalonde was the first woman to call television play-by-play for a Canadian NHL club’s own broadcasts, in November 2024, and she was the lead play-by-play voice on CBC’s women’s hockey coverage at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics. She was a university captain before she ever called a game.
| Fast facts: Kenzie Lalonde | |
|---|---|
| Known for | First woman to call TV play-by-play for a Canadian NHL club |
| Current role | Play-by-play commentator and Montreal bureau chief |
| Employer | TSN (Bell Media) |
| Hometown | Stittsville, in Ottawa’s west end |
| Education | Mount Allison University, Bachelor of Commerce, 2016 |
| Previous roles | Eastlink Community TV, Halifax; U Sports |
| Hockey connection | Forward and captain at Mount Allison, 2012-13 to 2016-17 |
What does Kenzie Lalonde do for TSN?
Kenzie Lalonde is TSN’s Montreal bureau chief, covering the Montreal Canadiens and the Alouettes, and one of the network’s play-by-play voices. She was named to the bureau job in October 2022, succeeding John Lu. On the NHL side she has been part of the play-by-play rotation on TSN5’s Ottawa Senators package; for 2025-26 TSN named her alongside Gord Miller and Matt Cullen, with Jamie McLennan as analyst.
Her biggest assignments have been in women’s hockey. She has called every PWHL postseason in the league’s history with analyst Cheryl Pounder, including the 2026 Walter Cup Finals between Montreal and Ottawa, and at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics she was the lead play-by-play voice for CBC’s women’s tournament. As of September 2026, TSN had not announced its regional crews for 2026-27.
Was Kenzie Lalonde the first woman to call an NHL game?
She was the first for a Canadian club’s own broadcasts. On 12 November 2024 Kenzie Lalonde called Ottawa against Toronto at Scotiabank Arena on TSN5, the Senators’ regional package, which made her the first woman to do television play-by-play for an NHL team in Canada, as Awful Announcing reported that night.
That is a different first from Leah Hextall, who on 8 March 2020 called a nationally televised NHL game in Canada, Calgary against Vegas on Sportsnet, as part of an all-female crew for International Women’s Day. Hextall called a national one-off; Lalonde was a rostered voice on a club’s season-long television package. Lalonde has said Hextall was the only woman in the job she could look up to when she started, and that Hextall paved the way for her.
What did Kenzie Lalonde do before TSN?
Kenzie Lalonde found broadcasting in her fifth year at Mount Allison University, running a YouTube interview show, and went from there to a social media job at U Sports in Ottawa. In 2019 she joined Eastlink Community TV in Halifax, first as a volunteer and then as a full-time sports reporter, and her first play-by-play assignment was a Maritime Junior Hockey League game between Amherst and Truro.
Two years later she called a Halifax Mooseheads game against Charlottetown on 14 March 2021 and became the first woman to call a televised QMJHL game. TSN brought her in that year for the IIHF Women’s World Championship in Calgary, where she called 13 games.
| Year | Role | Outlet |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 to 2016-17 | Forward and captain | Mount Allison Mounties |
| About 2017 to 2019 | Social media | U Sports |
| 2019 to 2021 | Sports reporter and play-by-play | Eastlink Community TV, Halifax |
| March 2021 | First woman to call a televised QMJHL game | Eastlink |
| 2021 | Play-by-play, IIHF Women’s World Championship | TSN |
| From October 2022 | Montreal bureau chief | TSN |
| From November 2024 | Play-by-play, Senators regional games | TSN5 |
| 2024, 2025 and 2026 | Play-by-play, PWHL playoffs and finals | TSN |
| February 2026 | Lead play-by-play, Olympic women’s hockey | CBC |
Did Kenzie Lalonde play hockey?
Yes. Kenzie Lalonde played five seasons as a forward at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, from 2012-13 to 2016-17, scoring 24 goals and 41 points in 115 games and captaining the team in her last two years. She wore number 16 in honour of former Senator Brian McGrattan.
She grew up in Stittsville in a hockey family, with a father and an older brother who both played, and she played boys’ hockey before switching to girls’ hockey at the atom level, and played for the Ottawa Lady Senators as a teenager. She graduated from Mount Allison with a Bachelor of Commerce in 2016 and came back for a fifth year of eligibility.
Is Kenzie Lalonde related to Derek Lalonde?
No family connection between them has been reported. Derek Lalonde is an American coach who was head coach of the Detroit Red Wings, while Kenzie Lalonde is a broadcaster from the Ottawa area.
How old is Kenzie Lalonde?
Kenzie Lalonde was born in 1994, according to EliteProspects, which does not publish the date.
Who is Kenzie Lalonde’s partner?
There is no publicly confirmed information about Kenzie Lalonde’s relationship status. It is among the most searched questions about her, and neither she nor any established outlet has addressed it.
