Thursday, August 28, 2008

Where Is Our OU Hockey Color Analyst?????

Press Release from EMU Hockey about..Good Luck to Kyle Horner @ EMU

" August 27, 2008

Devin Keast and Kyle Horner will make EMU hockey history as they sign on the web and air for EMU Hockey's first ever broadcast on September 19th.



Play by Play will be announced by Devin Keast, a Lapeer, Michigan native, who has recently re-located to the area after living in Chicago and working in the theater business the last seven years. In Chicago he trained at Second City Conservatory, famous for launching comedians to Saturday Night Live fame. Keast also graduated from Comedy Sportz University and worked in the Chicago theater business. While in the "windy city" he was host of "The Rocket Boy Radio Hour", host/actor on Sudbury (Hockey on the radio), and co-host of both "Matt Lash: Signed, Sealed, Delivered" and "The Brothers Martin Night Cap". He was also a writer for all those programs. Several years of training in improvisational theatre, as well as professional performances and years of public speaking (including the ability to speak in different dialects and voices) made him a perfect choice for the play by play position at EMU Hockey. He is a lifelong hockey player/enthusiast, enjoys tennis and other organized sports.



Color Commentor, Kyle Horner comes to the EMU broadcast team from Blackburn radio in Leamington, Ontario, where he served as a reporter. He was also co-host for Oakland University hockey's weekly sport radio show and color commentator for the Grizzlies ACHA division one team. Recently he covered the OHL finals in Plymouth and the NHL draft in Columbus, Ohio. He is a graduate of St. Clair college in Windsor, Ontario and Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts. His personal interests other than hockey are sports radio, journalism, news and golf.



General Manager Robert Stumpmier said the two announcers are a perfect fit for the new broadcast and will help it grow and expand quickly into one of the league's premier programs. They will be guided by radio broadcast manager Ron Wittebols, a veteran of Detroit radio and advisor for WBFH radio in the Bloomfield Hills School district. Some games will also be broadcast in the Oakland county area over that station. "