Scott Laughlin hosts the Power Play Monday to Friday on NHL Home Ice. He has always been involved in sports and has spent the last 17 years in broadcasting. His hockey hero is Borje Salming and his favourite sports memory is Miracle on Ice, in 1980. Scott is a big fan of the Buffalo Sabres but when it comes to football its the Dallas Cowboys. He has done many interviews in his career and counts speaking with Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, and Gene Simmons as tops! You won't be able to drag Scott Laughlin away from his rabid interest in '80s metal music.
Peter Berce
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Peter Berce is a host on NHL Home Ice's Ice Cap, Ice Cap Final and Around The Rink. He has been in broadcasting for six years starting as a producer in Toronto, Canada. He digs watching television, listening to music, and rollerblading. His favorite hockey hero is Russ Courtnall and his favourite sports recollection would be watching ABC's Wild World of Sports - Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat. Peter was married last summer on the same day as Scott Laughlin. Sorry girls, two more off the market.
Boomer
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Jim “Boomer” Gordon fills many roles at NHL HOME ICE, including producer, personality and all-around sports guru. You can find Boomer as the host and producer of both The Point and Face Off, but he pops up everywhere on the channel from time to time. A favourite of the everyman, Boomer cut his teeth working on In The Slot with Phil Esposito for the past three hockey seasons, and this is actually his first broadcasting role, having spent the first part of his life as a sports fan – not a sports personality. His favourite team is the Pittsburgh Steelers, and you better smile when you say that.
Mick Kern
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.Mick Kern is host of The War Room, heard weekdays at 11 am eastern. Mick has been in love with the game of hockey ever since Ken Dryden stoned the Bruins back in 1971. From that point on, hockey became the focal point of his life, to the extent that his father threatened to throw out his O-Pee-Chee hockey card collection in an effort to get Mick to concentrate on math studies, instead of goals-against-averages. Suffice to say, a career in advanced mathematics was not in the cards, After quickly realizing he wasn't the second coming of Ken Dryden, Mick got involved in radio, initially on the music side of things. After a decade of touring across Canada in the back of smelly vans, Mick returned to his first love..hockey. After a decade of bouncing around all-sports radio stations in Toronto, one rainy night Mick ended up at the door of NHL Home Ice. Joe Thistel let him in, and eventually caved in and put Mick on the air.
Terry Mercury
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Terry Mercury is host of Ice Cap and Around the Rinks in 90 Seconds on NHL Home Ice. He has spent the last 20 years in broadcasting but recollects his first job was as an asphalt layer/paver. He counts Jean Beliveau, Jarome Iginla, and Herb Carnegie as his heroes in hockey but his favorite sports memory comes in boxing ring: Muhammad Ali getting his Heavyweight title back in Zaire against big bad George Foreman. His favourite NHL team is the Montreal Canadians.
Mike Ross
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Mike Ross hosts Hockey This Morning and has spent over 15 years in broadcasting, on both sides of the microphone. One of Canada’s top sports radio producers, “Rossy” has graduated to where he always wanted to be: on the air. His favorite sports memory was playing street hockey with his grandfather in goal. Maurice "Rocket" Richard is Mike's top hockey hero and he has a fondness for playing golf, drinking wine, smoking cigars and of course, BBQing. Mike counts the Ottawa Senators as his hockey team and for baseball, it’s the Yankees all the way. He’ll never forget 1999 when he sipped from the Memorial Cup as the arena announcer for the Ottawa 67s.
Jamie Shalley
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Jamie Shalley hosts Ice Cap, Ice Cap Final and Around The Rinks on NHL Home Ice. He has spent 15 years in broadcasting after starting his working life as a stocker in a grocery store. Jamie recalls Charlie Hayes catching the last out of the 1996 World Series as his favourite sports Memory. When it comes to hockey heroes, Denis Savard is the choice, and the Chicago Blackhawks is Shall’s favourite team.
Joe Thistel
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Joe Thistel is the Director of Programming, Sports and Talk, at XM Canada and is a true veteran of Canadian broadcasting. An award winning writer and producer, Joe has worked with some of North America’s most recognizable personalities, and has collaborated and consulted with virtually every radio network in Canada. Joe keeps Boomer in check on The Point, while overseeing the programming of radio’s only 24 hour channel. His favourite sports memory is Frazier knocking Ali on his can, while his sports franchise is the Chicago Black Hawks. Why? Two words: Bobby Hull.
James Murphy
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James Murphy hosts the "Inside Hockey Radio Show" heard every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on "NHL Home Ice" XM 204 and Sirius 208, WBNW AM 1120 in Boston (Youcastr.com) and the Team 990 in Montreal. Murphy has also covered the Bruins and the NHL for the last eight seasons. He currently writes for NESN.com, NHL.com, Insidehockey.com and Le Hockey Magazine. Murphy also serves as a hockey analyst on NESN Sportsdesk, a nightly sports news show on NESN. Murphy is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he majored in journalism and served as the play-by-play announcer for UMass Hockey and covered the team as a beat writer. Murphy is a native of Arlington, MA where he grew up going to Bruins games at the old Boston Garden and developed his love for NHL hockey. He is currently based in Dedham, MA.
Bruce Bolton
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Bruce Bolton is an update host for Around The Rinks on NHL Home Ice. He has spent the past 5 years in television and radio broadcasting. The top sports moment in Bruce's mind is by far "Touch 'em all Joe," the Joe Carter walk-off home-run to win the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays. However, the hockey memory he will never forget is Team Canada winning the Gold Medal at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. When it comes to Bruce's Hockey Heroes he lists Tie Domi, Wendel Clark, and Doug Gilmour as his top choices.
