Patrick Daniel Kelly (September 17, 1936 – February 10, 1989) was a Canadian-born sportscaster best known for his TV/radio play-by-play coverage of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, from 1968 until his death 21 years later, as well as for his national television work on NHL telecasts in both the United States and Canada.^[1][2]

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In addition to his 21 seasons broadcasting the Blues, Kelly broadcast NHL games on national television in the United States and Canada for many years.^[2] He broadcast 16 Stanley Cup Finals between 1969 and 1988, working for CBS, the NHL Network, the Hughes Television Network, the USA Network, CBC, CTV, and Global. In addition, he also called select games on ESPN^[3][4] in 1985 and was the lead play-by-play announcer of the 1987 Canada Cup and at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, both for CTV.^[5][6][7]

Besides hockey, Kelly also broadcast for NFL on CBS, as well as Missouri Tigers football, St. Louis Cardinals baseball, and St. Louis Cardinals football for St. Louis radio station KMOX at different times in his career. He also broadcast the 1964 Grey Cup from Toronto along with Don Wittman and Bud Grant.

Kelly died on February 10, 1989, from lung cancer.^{[6][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]} His sons, John and Dan P., have been broadcasting NHL games for various NHL franchises, including the Blues, for whom John is currently doing the television play-by-play.^[24]

Several months after his death, Kelly was the posthumous recipient of the Lester Patrick Trophy and the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award.^[25][26] In 2006, the St. Louis Blues dedicated the press box at the Enterprise Center in honor of him. In 2017, he was honored with the Missouri Broadcasters' Hall of Fame, and he was elected to the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame six years later.^[27][28]