Ryan Rishaug
| Ryan Rishaug | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
May 29, 1977 Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Playing career | 1995–1997 | ||
Ryan Rishaug (born May 29, 1977)[1] is a sports broadcaster with TSN. He is currently the Edmonton Bureau Reporter for SportsCentre, TSN's flagship sports news program,[2] and hosts The Morning Mandate with Ryan Rishaug every weekday at 8:30 a.m. on TSN 1260.[3]
Early life
[edit]Rishaug was born in Sherwood Park, Alberta.[citation needed] Before entering sports broadcasting, he played 47 games in the WHL hockey league, at right wing on the Kamloops Blazers.[4] He attended the Broadcast Communications program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.[5]
Broadcasting career
[edit]Rishaug began his broadcasting career in 1998, as a sports reporter at CFJC-TV in Kamloops, British Columbia. He also worked as a sports anchor and reporter for CTV owned-and-operated station Sudbury-based CICI-TV from 1999 to 2000 and as a sports anchor for Global owned-and-operated station CFSK-TV in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 2000.[5]
Rishaug joined CTV's CFRN in 2000, serving as the station's weekend sports anchor before moving to the weekday 6 p.m. sports anchor desk. He also appeared on TSN as a sideline reporter for the network's CFL Friday Night Football telecasts in 2003.[2]
In 2004, Rishaug was named TSN's new Edmonton reporter for SportsCentre, after veteran TSN reporter Ken Chilibeck retired from the position.[6] He reports on the Edmonton Oilers, the Edmonton Elks, and any other sports from the Edmonton area.[2] He also currently hosts The Morning Mandate with Ryan Rishaug every weekday at 8:30 a.m. on TSN 1260, a segment on The Nielson Show hosted by TSN's Dustin Nielson.[3]
In April 2019, Rishaug reported and fronted the TSN original documentary 29 Forever, which tells the story of the 2017-18 Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team in honour of the one-year anniversary of the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ryan Rishaug".
- ^ a b c "Ryan Rishaug". TSN.ca.
- ^ a b "Dustin Nielson". iheartradio.ca.
- ^ "Ken Hitchcock just dropped the chirp of the year on Ryan Rishaug and it involved hockey". bardown.com. December 22, 2018.
- ^ a b "Ryan Rishaug TSN Correspondent". prospeakers.com.
- ^ Houston, William (February 20, 2004). "Excitement builds in Shaunavon for Hockey Day extravaganza". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "TSN Honours the Humboldt Broncos with New Original Documentary 29 FOREVER, April 3". Bell Media. April 2, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Rishaug Bio at TSN
- Biographical information and career statistics from The Internet Hockey Database
- 1977 births
- Living people
- British Columbia Institute of Technology alumni
- Canadian Football League announcers
- Canadian people of Norwegian descent
- Canadian television sportscasters
- Ice hockey people from Alberta
- Kamloops Blazers players
- National Hockey League broadcasters
- Sportspeople from Sherwood Park
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers