Sports
Vancouver 2010 has the most medal events (86) in the history of the Olympic Winter Games. A total of 549 competition medals will be handed out during the Games – 183 each of gold, silver and bronze from 15 disciplines in seven sports: Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Curling, Hockey, Luge, Skating and Skiing. Listed below is the esteemed broadcast team that will bring Canadians English-language coverage of all the action.
Men’s Hockey
With roughly three men’s hockey games taking place each day, the 15-person Olympic men’s hockey broadcast team will be hard at work with plenty to discuss, analyze and critique.
Play-by-Play Announcers – Two-time Gemini Award recipient and winner of Sports Media Canada’s Sportscaster of the Year, TSN’s CHRIS CUTHBERT will be working his ninth Olympics and will call men’s hockey games, including Team Canada matches. TSN’s GORD MILLER, who has covered hockey extensively for 20 years and is one of the top hockey voices and most well-connected broadcasters in the game, will also call men’s hockey and Team Canada games, while PETER LOUBARDIAS, the voice of the Calgary Flames on Rogers Sportsnet, rounds out the play-by-play team.
Game Analysts – Selected seven times by The Hockey News as one of the game’s 100 most powerful and influential people, TSN’s PIERRE McGUIRE will continue to give viewers the analysis they want – and need – to hear. Former NHL goalie JOHN GARRETT of Rogers Sportsnet brings Olympic experience to Vancouver 2010, having provided analysis for men’s hockey at the 1988 and 1998 Winter Games, while former NHL forward RAY FERRARO of TSN, who was an analyst at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin for NBC, brings his unique perspective to Vancouver 2010.
Hosts – TSN’s JAMES DUTHIE will host coverage of Team Canada’s hockey games, while popular Rogers Sportsnet broadcaster DAREN MILLARD and veteran sports journalist and two-time Gemini Award winner DAVE HODGE of TSN will host the remaining men’s hockey coverage.
Analysts, Panel – Former NHL tough guy NICK KYPREOS brings the same level of intensity to his role as a hockey analyst on Rogers Sportsnet and is one of the most recognizable faces in hockey broadcasting. TSN Hockey Insider BOB McKENZIE, a Gemini Award winner, has been covering hockey for nearly 30 years and is one of the most respected, trusted and connected analysts in the business. DARREN PANG, currently the TV game analyst for the Phoenix Coyotes and regular guest analyst on TSN, makes his third tour of Olympic duty, having previously reported on men’s hockey during the 1998 and 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
Reporters – Rogers Sportsnet’s GENE PRINCIPE, TSN Hockey Insider DARREN DREGER and TSN’s RYAN RISHAUG will be reporting from ice level.
Women’s Hockey
Rogers Sportsnet’s KEVIN QUINN, who has provided the play-by-play for the Canucks, Flames and Oilers throughout his career, will call Olympic women’s hockey. He will work alongside three-time Olympic medallist and celebrated Canadian hockey player CASSIE CAMPBELL-PASCALL, who serves as game analyst. CTV Calgary sports anchor and reporter LISA BOWES, whose career has spanned nearly 20 years, will be the rinkside reporter.
Figure Skating
One of Canada’s most recognized and distinguished sportscasters, TSN’s ROD BLACK will call the play-by-play for figure skating (as well as short track speed skating). Vancouver 2010 marks BLACK’s fifth stint covering the Olympic Games throughout his impressive 27-year career. BLACK will work alongside some of the biggest names in Canadian figure skating: Olympic gold medallists JAMIE SALÉ and DAVID PELLETIER will provide analysis for the pairs event, while PELLETIER will also sit alongside BLACK for the men’s event; ELIZABETH MANLEY won the hearts of millions of Canadians at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary with her breakthrough silver-medal performance and will work with six-time Canadian figure skating champion JENNIFER ROBINSON as analysts for both the ladies and dance events. TSN’s SARA ORLESKY will be the figure skating reporter, interviewing athletes and bringing viewers updates from ice level at Pacific Coliseum.
Curling
Known as the ‘voice of curling’ in Canada, VIC RAUTER has anchored TSN’s curling coverage for more than 20 years and will be the Olympic play-by-play announcer for all Canadian team draws. Vancouver 2010 marks RAUTER’s eighth tour of Olympic duty. TSN sports anchor BRYAN MUDRYK, who also does the play-by-play for the morning draws of TSN’s Season of Champions curling coverage, will call the action for the remaining Olympic curling matches. A familiar face to Canadian curling fans, LINDA MOORE has been part of TSN’s curling broadcast team for 20 years and will work as an analyst at the Games. Moore won an Olympic gold medal in Calgary at the 1988 Winter Games when curling was a demonstration sport. Working with Moore in the broadcast booth will be longtime TSN partner RAY TURNBULL, who was a top competitive curler for more than 25 years and has been providing analysis on TSN’s curling coverage for another 25 years. Two-time world and Canadian champion RUSS HOWARD was a member of Brad Gushue’s winning team at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, bringing home the gold for Canada. Always outspoken, HOWARD, who currently works with TSN as a curling analyst, will provide analysis at the Games, as will three-time Canadian curling champion and two-time world medallist CATHY GAUTHIER, who has worked with TSN and Rogers Sportsnet on the networks’ curling coverage. Vancouver-based DAN MURPHY of Rogers Sportsnet rounds out the curling broadcast team as the beat reporter.
Long Track Speed Skating
With his recognizable big voice and trusted smooth delivery, longtime TSN anchor ROD SMITH brings viewers all the action from long track speed skating. He will be joined by two-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion CATRIONA LE MAY DOAN, who dominated in long track speed skating throughout her career, breaking 13 world records. An accomplished motivational speaker and broadcaster, Vancouver 2010 marks LE MAY DOAN’s fourth Olympic Games as a broadcaster. TSN’s JAMES CYBULSKI will be at the Richmond Olympic Oval reporting for long track speed skating.
Short Track Speed Skating
Versatile TSN announcer ROD BLACK will pull double duty at the Olympic Games as play-by-play announcer for both short track speed skating and figure skating. Joining BLACK for short track speed skating will be three-time Olympic medallist SUSAN AUCH, who competed in both short track and long track speed skating throughout her distinguished career. AUCH, who has worked as a speed skating analyst for CTV and TSN, competed in five Winter Games, winning bronze in the 3000m short track relay in Calgary 1988 and a pair of silvers in the 500m long track event in Lillehammer 1994 and Nagano 1998. Reporting from Pacific Coliseum for short track speed skating is Rogers Sportsnet’s LOUIS JEAN.