– Star-studded broadcast team includes seven Stanley Cup Champions, six former NHL GMs, eight former NHL players and two Hockey Hall of Fame members –
– Quinn to join Marek, MacLean, Lawton, Keenan & Smith in GM Strategy Room –
-Player Strategy Room to include Clark, Fleury, McSorley & Potvin –
Hashtag: #TradeTracker #Sportsnet
Media Interviews: Sportsnet talent are available to discuss all things NHL & Trade Deadline
TORONTO (April 1, 2013) Sportsnet today announced the addition of former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Wendel Clark, Stanley Cup Champion Theo Fleury and two-time Jack Adams award winner Pat Quinn to its marquee 10-hour HOCKEY CENTRAL Trade Deadline Presented by Coors Light broadcast on Wednesday, April 3.
The additions of Clark, Fleury and Quinn bolster Sportsnet’s already star-studded roster which includes:
- Seven Stanley Cup Champions with a total of 11 Stanley Cup rings (Fleury – CGY ’89; Mike Keenan– NYR ’94; Nick Kypreos– NYR ’94; Brad May– ANA ’07; Marty McSorley – EDM ’87, ’88;; Denis Potvin – NYI ’80, ’81,’82,’83; Neil Smith– NYR ’94)
- Eight former NHL players (Fleury, Kypreos, Brian Lawton, May, McSorley, Potvin, Quinn and Garry Valk)
- Six former NHL GMs (Keenan; Lawton; Doug MacLean; Quinn; Smith, and Gord Stellick)
- Three former NHL Head Coaches: (Keenan, MacLean, and Quinn)
- Two Olympic Winter Games Gold Medallists, Men’s Hockey (Fleury and Quinn – ‘02)
- Two Hockey Hall of Fame Members (Scott Morrison– ’06 Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award; Potvin – ’91 Player Inductee)
- Four renowned and award-winning journalists (Damien Cox, Bruce Garrioch from the Ottawa Sun, Morrison and Mark Spector)
- Former NHL executive vice-president of programming and production (John Shannon)
- To see Sportsnet’s complete HOCKEY CENTRAL Trade Deadline broadcast team roster and coverage details, please click here
Sportsnet’s HOCKEY CENTRAL Trade Deadline coverage will be headlined by the return of the Strategy Room, which has been expanded to include a GM Strategy Room and a Player Strategy Room featuring the following lineups:
- GM Strategy Room: Host Jeff Marek, alongside former NHL general managers Keenan, Lawton, MacLean, Quinn and Smith discuss and debate all of the trades, expose some of hockey’s untold Trade Deadline stories and reveal what it’s like to be an NHL GM on Trade Deadline Day
- Player Strategy Room: Marek discusses Trade Deadline from a player’s perspective with Clark, Fleury, McSorley and Potvin
Sportsnet’s live, 10-hour HOCKEY CENTRAL Trade Deadline national broadcastkicks off Wednesday, April 3 at 8 a.m. ET / 5 a.m. PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific, and at sportsnet.ca on desktop, mobile and tablet. Fans can also connect to all things Trade Deadline at Sportsnet by listening to Sportsnet 590 The FAN andSportsnet 960 The FAN, following Sportsnet’s personalities on Twitter, joining Sportsnet’s fan page on Facebook and checking out the March 28 issue of Sportsnet magazine.
From now through to NHL Trade Deadline Day and beyond, Sportsnet’s best-in-class team of insiders, analysts, commentators and reporters keep fans on top of all of the latest trades, reactions and outcomes, and also preps fans for the big day with the HOCKEY CENTRAL Trade Deadline Preview Show on Tuesday, April 2 at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific. (Encore presentation at 11 p.m. local time on Sportsnet West and Pacific).
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Fansare encouraged to be a part of the HOCKEY CENTRAL Trade Deadline Presented by Coors Light discussion by sharing their thoughts and opinions through Sportsnet’s official social media channels listed below and by using the #TradeTracker hashtag.
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