Канадалық спорт комментаторы Кен Дэниелс туралы

Canadian sportscaster

Ken Daniels (born ) is a Canadian sportscaster. Currently the play by play announcer for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL on Bally Sports Detroit, entering his 25th season as the voice of the Red Wings, he is best known as a sportscaster with CBC Sports, having worked for the network from 1985 until 1997, the year he joined the Red Wings. Daniels now lives in Birmingham, Michigan.

Daniels grew up influencing the game of hockey, not just calling it. He was a hockey official on the ice from the age of 11 until the end of his college career. He was involved with the Greater Toronto Hockey League and put himself through college doing up to four games a night. After graduating from York University in Toronto, Daniels began his radio career in Oshawa and moved to CJCL out of Toronto in 1980, covering both the political beat and general news. He dabbled in sports and kicked off his play by play career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1988. He would remain with that radio station, which later became Canada's first all sports radio station, THE FAN, for another nine seasons.

While continuing with his radio job, Daniels appeared on television in 1985, with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and by 1990, became a reporter/host for Hockey Night in Canada. In February 1992, Daniels was the main game host, which included appearances with Don Cherry on "Coach's Corner", while Ron MacLean was in Albertville, France covering the Winter Olympics. Meanwhile, Dick Irvin Jr. hosted the Montreal broadcasts. In 1994, Daniels began doing play by play for HNIC, usually for games in Western Canada. While working for CBC, Daniels' diverse sports experience included hosting stints for CBC Sports Weekend and the Champ Car/Indy Car World Series, as well as Formula One Grand Prix coverage and Toronto Blue Jays baseball. Daniels' broadcast résumé also includes two Olympic games. He covered both the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where he could be heard during cycling, baseball, canoeing, kayaking, tennis and judo. Daniels' Olympic experience landed him a role as the "Olympic host" in the NBC Movie of the Week: On Thin Ice The Tai Babilonia Story. He also appeared in a film with Tony Danza, The Philadelphia Phenomenon, and was a play by play voice for the CBS/CTV television program Due South.

For the 1997–98 NHL season, Daniels was lured away from CBC to take over play by play for the Detroit Red Wings and teamed up with color commentator Mickey Redmond. On December 12, 2006 Daniels broadcast a game between the Red Wings and the Ottawa Senators from ice level between the benches, while color commentator Redmond remained in the booth. This was the first time a U. S. local station had attempted this type of broadcast. Daniels received a Michigan EMMY Award for this broadcast at the 29th Annual Michigan EMMY Awards on June 16, 2007 in Detroit.