Trevor Thompson Dropped From Red Wings Broadcasts

Detroit Red Wings TV broadcasts are going to look significantly different when next season’s NHL campaign rolls around.

Host John Keating 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.

At a sensational farewell gathering with this Legend. #blessed pic.twitter.com/EZaiOf7rtK

— John Keating (@JohnKeatingTV) April 23, 2025

Now, word is arriving that FanDuel Detroit Sports Network is also letting go in-game reporter Trevor Thompson from the broadcasts.

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.

Red Wings Broadcaster A Hall Of Famer

More recently, Thompson was a 2025 inductee into the Dresden, Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. 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.

“I can’t tell you how honored and humbled I was to be inducted in to the Dresden Sports Hall of Fame,” Thompson posted on his Instagram account. “I never imagined such a night was in store for me when I left Dresden, but I can assure you, Dresden never left me.”

Ive cancelled my subscription to @FanDuelSN_DET

Trevor Thompson has been a fixture of #LGRW Broadcasts for decades. Fans love him, players respect him, & he represents our team with class every time he's on the air

Did the Suits that bankrupted @DiamondCombine keep their jobs? pic.twitter.com/9o0tmiCHQd

— Matt Soucy (@soucy_matt) May 7, 2025

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.

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.

He made the move to Detroit in 2000 and has worked in the area for the past 25 years.

Since being let go from his role with FanDuel Detroit Sports Network, Thompson has launched a podcast. He is co-hosting Bleav In Lions along with former Detroit Lions defensive back Glover Quin.