First media job:
Baseball is my passion, and has been since I started playing tee-ball at age five. I enjoyed go-kart racing, basketball, football and hockey, but was best in baseball. However, hockey has moved into a close-second for me. As the junior hockey analyst at Sportsnet, I've been given the opportunity to travel across the country, call several Mastercard Memorial Cups and chip-in occasionally on our NHL telecasts.
I was lucky enough to live out every boy's dream working as a bat boy for the Toronto Blue Jays while in high school, and although I was recruited to play football at Acadia University, I pursued a baseball scholarship at schools close to my home in Mississauga. I lucked-out and received an escalating scholarship to play baseball at Spring Arbor College in Michigan. It was a perfect fit, because the campus radio station needed a basketball broadcaster and with winters free of baseball, it enabled me to pursue two dreams at once. I was able to participate in two NAIA World Series' (1991, 1992) and travel across the United States, while making new friends.
When that ended, I became a baseball instructor for a short time before being offered a position with the Blue Jays in late April 1995. Somehow, I managed to work inside the clubhouse and in broadcasting at the same time. I started calling junior hockey games in 1998 and I've been lucky enough to remain in junior hockey ever since.
My tenure with the Blue Jays ended in 2003 when offered the position of play-by-play announcer for the Canadian Baseball League. That experience, though short-lived, afforded me the opportunity to call Montreal Expos games in 2004, the final season in club history.
Many an unpaid night working junior hockey games for local cable finally paid off in 2003 when I was asked to call an OHL game in Brampton with my colleague Dan Dunleavy. Little did I know that would lead to 13 more games in five different leagues, culminating in my first NHL broadcast (Habs/Devils - March 1, 2004) and the AHL All-Star Game and Skills Challenge.
Working with people in junior hockey has been an amazing experience. They're passionate, genuine, hard-working and the access is outstanding. I look forward to being a big part of the continued growth of the CHL on Rogers Sportsnet, not just on TV, but across all of our platforms.
Working for Sportsnet has been a tremendous learning experience, and has given me the opportunity to meet some outstanding individuals in our business.
Host Jr. Jays Radio Show
Career highlight:Calling the last MLB game played at Olympic Stadium on September 29, 2004. Calling Canada’s Women’s Hockey Gold Medal win over the US at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Calling Brandon Morrow’s one-hitter vs Tampa Bay on August 8th, 2010. Calling J.P. Arencibia’s historic MLB debut vs Tampa Bay on August 7th, 2010.
Special interests/hobbies:Golf, Cooking, Wine, Travel, Music, Movies.
Bio: Sports has been a part of my life since I was born. My dad is an avid sports fan and got my brother Anthony and I involved at a very young age.Baseball is my passion, and has been since I started playing tee-ball at age five. I enjoyed go-kart racing, basketball, football and hockey, but was best in baseball. However, hockey has moved into a close-second for me. As the junior hockey analyst at Sportsnet, I've been given the opportunity to travel across the country, call several Mastercard Memorial Cups and chip-in occasionally on our NHL telecasts.
I was lucky enough to live out every boy's dream working as a bat boy for the Toronto Blue Jays while in high school, and although I was recruited to play football at Acadia University, I pursued a baseball scholarship at schools close to my home in Mississauga. I lucked-out and received an escalating scholarship to play baseball at Spring Arbor College in Michigan. It was a perfect fit, because the campus radio station needed a basketball broadcaster and with winters free of baseball, it enabled me to pursue two dreams at once. I was able to participate in two NAIA World Series' (1991, 1992) and travel across the United States, while making new friends.
When that ended, I became a baseball instructor for a short time before being offered a position with the Blue Jays in late April 1995. Somehow, I managed to work inside the clubhouse and in broadcasting at the same time. I started calling junior hockey games in 1998 and I've been lucky enough to remain in junior hockey ever since.
My tenure with the Blue Jays ended in 2003 when offered the position of play-by-play announcer for the Canadian Baseball League. That experience, though short-lived, afforded me the opportunity to call Montreal Expos games in 2004, the final season in club history.
Many an unpaid night working junior hockey games for local cable finally paid off in 2003 when I was asked to call an OHL game in Brampton with my colleague Dan Dunleavy. Little did I know that would lead to 13 more games in five different leagues, culminating in my first NHL broadcast (Habs/Devils - March 1, 2004) and the AHL All-Star Game and Skills Challenge.
Working with people in junior hockey has been an amazing experience. They're passionate, genuine, hard-working and the access is outstanding. I look forward to being a big part of the continued growth of the CHL on Rogers Sportsnet, not just on TV, but across all of our platforms.
Working for Sportsnet has been a tremendous learning experience, and has given me the opportunity to meet some outstanding individuals in our business.
