Ryan Rishaug
Ryan Rishaug (born April 26, 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 | |||
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Born |
Sherwood Park, Alberta | April 26, 1977||
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
Rishaug was born in Sherwood Park, Alberta.[4] Before entering sports broadcasting, he played 47 games in the WHL hockey league, at right wing on the Kamloops Blazers.[5] He attended the Broadcast Communications program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.[6]
Broadcasting career
Rishaug began his broadcasting career in 1998, as a sports reporter at CFJC-TV in Kamloops, British Columbia.[7] He also worked as a sports anchor and reporter for CTV's Sudbury-based MCTV from 1999 to 2000 and as a sports anchor for Global Television in Saskatoon in 2000.
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.[8] He also appeared on TSN as a sideline reporter for the network's CFL Friday Night Football telecasts in 2003.[9]
In 2004, Rishaug was named TSN's new Edmonton reporter for SportsCentre, after veteran TSN reporter Ken Chilibeck retired from the position.[10] He reports on the Edmonton Oilers, the Edmonton Eskimos, and any other sports from the Edmonton area.[11] 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.[12]
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.[13]
References
- http://whl.ca/stats/player.php?id=20135
- https://www.tsn.ca/talent/ryan-rishaug-1.57280
- http://www.iheartradio.ca/tsn/tsn-edmonton/host/Person/Dustin%20Nielson
- http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/cfrns-ryan-rishaug-joins-tsn-as-edmonton-reporter-for-sportscentre
- https://www.bardown.com/ken-hitchcock-just-dropped-the-chirp-of-the-year-on-ryan-rishaug-and-it-involved-hockey-1.1230629
- http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/cfrns-ryan-rishaug-joins-tsn-as-edmonton-reporter-for-sportscentre
- http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/cfrns-ryan-rishaug-joins-tsn-as-edmonton-reporter-for-sportscentre
- http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/cfrns-ryan-rishaug-joins-tsn-as-edmonton-reporter-for-sportscentre
- https://www.tsn.ca/talent/ryan-rishaug-1.57280
- http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/cfrns-ryan-rishaug-joins-tsn-as-edmonton-reporter-for-sportscentre
- https://www.tsn.ca/talent/ryan-rishaug-1.57280
- http://www.iheartradio.ca/tsn/tsn-edmonton/host/Person/Dustin%20Nielson
- https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/tsn-honours-the-humboldt-broncos-with-new-original-documentary-29-forever-april-3/