STATS

Year(s)	Club	League	Sport	POS
2004-05	Brockton Rox	NE	Baseball	Broadcaster/Dir. Media Rel.
2006	Sioux Falls Canaries	AA	Baseball	Broadcaster/Dir. Media Rel.

BIO

Matt begins his tenure with the Canaries after spending two seasons with the Brockton Rox in Brockton, MA. The new "Radio Voice of the Canaries," Matt was the home radio broadcaster for the Rox in 2005 and their pre- and post-game host in 2004. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and likes to spend his free time rooting for the Wolverines, Cubs, and his favorite American Idol contestants.

 

STATS

Year(s)	Club	League	Sport	POS
2002-	Alaska Aces	ECHL	Hockey	Broadcaster/Dir. Media Rel.
1999-2001	Colorado Gold Kings	CHL	Hockey	Broadcaster

AWARDS

2003 - West Coast Hockey League Broadcaster of the Year
2004- ECHL Broadcaster of the Year

BIO

The 31-year-old Michaels joined the Aces in 2002 after spending three years as the play-by-play voice of the Colorado Gold Kings. In 2006, he earned his second trip to the ECHL All-Star Game as one of the television announcers in a telecast that was replayed on OLN. In each of his first two years in Anchorage, Michaels won his league's Broadcaster of the Year (2003-WCHL, 2004-ECHL), giving him three such accolades in the last five years.

He also was selected as the television play-by-play announcer for the 2004 ECHL All-Star Game, a telecast that reached more than 25 million homes, including NHL Center Ice and NHL Network subscribers. Michaels also was named WCHL Broadcaster of the Year in 2001 and selected to call the 2001 WCHL-CHL All-Star Game in San Diego, where he served as the game's broadcast coordinator and play-by-play announcer.

Prior to arriving in Colorado Springs in 1999, Jack handled play-by-play duties for college baseball, basketball, and football in northwest Pennsylvania. He was named Sportscaster of the Year in 1997 by the Pennsylvania Assocaiation of Broadcasters. Since 2001, Jack has earned three Broadcaster of the Year awards and been selected to call three all-star games.

Michaels graduated magna cum laude from Ithaca College in upstate New York, where he covered everything from Cornell hockey and football to Ithaca football, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, and soccer. In 1994, he completed a paid internship at HBO Sports in New York City, where he helped in the production of Inside the NFL, Wimbledon, and three world championship fights.