Rick Ball

Rick Ball (born 1966 or 1967 ) is a Canadian sportscaster who currently works as a hockey play-by-play announcer on Chicago Sports Network's Chicago Blackhawks broadcasts. Ball worked the Stanley Cup Playoffs for TNT in 2023.

A British Columbia Institute of Technology graduate, Ball began his radio career in 1993 in his native Kelowna. From 1995 to 2000 he was the play-by-play announcer for the Kelowna Rockets. He then worked for CFAX in Victoria, British Columbia. In 2001 he filled in for Jim Hughson on ten of VTV’s Vancouver Canucks broadcasts. In 2004, The Team acquired the rights to the BC Lions and Ball was named the new play-by-play voice. In 2013 he became the main western play-by-play voice for Hockey Night in Canada. Ball joined Chicago Sports Network as the television play-by-play broadcaster of the Chicago Blackhawks in October 2024.