In addition to the Blues, Kelly broadcast NHL games on national television in the United States and Canada for a number of years. He broadcast in 16 Stanley Cup Finals between 1969 and 1988, working for CBS, the NHL Network, the USA Network, CBC, CTV, and Canwest-Global. He also provided play-by-play coverage of the 1987 Canada Cup and was the lead play-by-play hockey announcer for CTV at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary alongside John Davidson.