Keilback’s Quest To Become Winnipeg’s Voice Once Again

As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, Curt Keilback is a sentimental choice to become one of the new Winnipeg Jets broadcasters.  The Winnipeg Free Press has a great article up about Keilback and he continues to express his desire to make a comeback.

The longtime voice of the Winnipeg Jets is hoping to get back behind the microphone when the new incarnation of the team takes to the ice this fall.

He has been in contact with Sports Radio 1290, which the Free Press reported last week will broadcast the games this season, as well as True North Sports & Entertainment, the team’s owner.

“I would like to be involved,” said Keilback, who did play-by-play and colour commentary for Jets’ radio and television broadcasts for 17 years. “Given my druthers, I’d certainly rather do play-by-play, but if it meant being involved in a different capacity, that would certainly be of interest to me.”

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Ex-voice of the Jets hopes to return to airwaves this fall – Winnipeg Free Press.
Previous story on the Jets and their broadcasting rights:

http://paranoidpuck.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/jets/

 

TSN2 To Air Prospect Game

It’s the middle of the summer, but that doesn’t mean hockey isn’t being played someplace and since Canada is always hungry to watch it, the folks at TSN are happy to show it. The NHLPA and TSN2 are partnering on a new prospect camp that will end with an inter-squad game, The Allstate All-Candians Mentorship Cup. The Mentorship Camp runs from August 2 to 6 at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre and is led by former NHLer Gary Roberts.

The Cup game will be broadcast by TSN2 on August 6 at 2PM EST.  Steve Kouleas, Mike Johnson, Kerry Fraser and Katherine Dolan will cover the camp for TSN2. There is no word yet if the NHL Network will show the game in the United States.

This is not the first time that a prospect camp has gotten national television coverage. The Detroit Red Wings host an annual rookie camp in Traverse City, Michigan which features six teams facing off each other in a tournament. The NHL Network broadcasted games of the 2008 tournament on a daily basis.

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TSN2 showcases future hockey stars with Mentorship Cup.