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]

Ryan Rishaug
Born (1977-05-29) May 29, 1977 (age 47)
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

Early life

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Ryan Rishaug".
  2. ^ a b c "Ryan Rishaug". TSN.ca.
  3. ^ a b "Dustin Nielson". iheartradio.ca.
  4. ^ "Ken Hitchcock just dropped the chirp of the year on Ryan Rishaug and it involved hockey". bardown.com. December 22, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Ryan Rishaug TSN Correspondent". prospeakers.com.
  6. ^ Houston, William (February 20, 2004). "Excitement builds in Shaunavon for Hockey Day extravaganza". The Globe and Mail.
  7. ^ "TSN Honours the Humboldt Broncos with New Original Documentary 29 FOREVER, April 3". Bell Media. April 2, 2019.
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