Tim Saunders host a pregame ceremony honoring Steve Coates, 43-year career as member of the broadcast team for the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on April 1, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Saunders, a Michigan native, is in his 29th season with the Flyers. Len Redkoles / NHLI via Getty Images

The Philadelphia Flyers have suspended radio play-by-play broadcaster Tim Saunders for two games after he was caught on a hot mic making an inappropriate joke of a sexual nature on the team’s flagship station, 97.5 The Fanatic.

According to a team source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, Saunders was joking with his broadcast partner, Todd Fedoruk.

 

Saunders will miss the Flyers-Rangers game at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, and Monday’s home game with the Vancouver Canucks. He will return on Dec. 23 for the Flyers-Blackhawks game in Chicago.

Brian Smith, the Flyers’ director of broadcasting and content, will fill in, calling games with Fedoruk, according to a team source.

Saunders, a Michigan native, is in his 29th season with the Flyers. He joined the club in 1997 after spending two seasons with the Cleveland Lumberjacks of the now-defunct International Hockey League. He also served as the television play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Phantoms for eight seasons before the Flyers’ American Hockey League affiliate was relocated.