Nadel was as interested in broadcasting hockey as baseball when he graduated from Brown. He was hired to work games on the radio for the Muskegon (Mich.) Mohawks in the International Hockey League and spent three seasons there building a treasure trove of stories about fiery coach Morris "Moose'' Lallo.

It was hockey that brought him to Dallas, working games for the Central Hockey League's Dallas Blackhawks. He moonlighted on broadcasts of the short-lived WABA's Dallas Diamonds, becoming friends with Nancy Lieberman and Martina Navratilova, who lived in Dallas during that period. He joined the Rangers in 1979, at first working games on both radio and television, but has steadfastly confined himself to the radio booth since 1982, when he was hired as a color commentator working alongside Holtz.

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