Ryan Rishaug is a sports broadcaster with TSN

The Sports Network

The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...

. For TSN, he serves as an ice reporter, on the NHL on TSN and covers Edmonton for SportsCentre

SportsCentre

SportsCentre is a sports news program airing on the Canadian network TSN. As TSN's flagship program, it airs several times daily, and beginning in the 2008 season it also began to be aired on sister network CTV as its post-game program for early NFL games....

. Ryan appears regularly on The Team 1260

CFRN (AM)

CFRN is a Canadian clear-channel radio station in Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by Astral Media and broadcasting at 1260 kHz on the AM radio dial, the station airs an all-sports format, branded as The Team 1260...

sports radio in Edmonton.

Early life and career

Prior to sportscasting, he played forward for the Kamloops Blazers

Kamloops Blazers

The Kamloops Blazers are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based out of Kamloops, British Columbia. They play their home games at Interior Savings Centre.-History:...

 of the WHL and attended the Broadcast Communications program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Broadcasting

Prior to becoming a reporter for The NHL on TSN in 2004, Rishaug served as a sideline reporter on their coverage of the CFL on TSN

CFL on TSN

The CFL on TSN is TSN's presentation of the Canadian Football League. TSN has broadcast CFL games since the 1987 season, and as part of a new broadcast contract with the league, became the exclusive broadcaster of all CFL games beginning in the 2008 season...

. Rishaug has served in a variety of roles at various Canadian stations. Prior to joining TSN he was a weekend sports anchor, at CFRN-TV

CFRN-TV

CFRN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Edmonton, Alberta. It is an owned and operated station of the CTV Television Network....

 from 2000-2003. He was a sports anchor/reporter for MCTV from 1999–2000, and was a sports anchor for CFSK-TV

CFSK-TV

CFSK-DT is a television station which broadcasts from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is part of the Global Television Network.-History:The station was launched on September 6, 1987 by Canwest...

 in 2000. He got his start as a sports reporter at CFJC-TV

CFJC-TV

CFJC-TV is a television station in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, that is owned by the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. It is an affiliate of Rogers Media's Citytv system....

from 1998-1999.

External links

• rishaug Bio at TSN