Blades announce front office changes
Published on May 11, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release
ESTERO, FL - The Florida Everblades announced today that John Curtis has been added to the front office staff as Public Relations Manager, Broadcaster, and Sales Representative. Curtis replaces Kevin Reiter who has held a similar position over the last five seasons, and will take over the team's marketing responsibilities.
Curtis, a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan brings twelve years of minor league hockey experience with him to Southwest Florida. Most recently, he was the Alternate Governor for Myrtle Beach Professional Hockey (formerly Florence Pride) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Currently, Myrtle Beach is on voluntary suspension with the ECHL.
Curtis began his career in the former WPHL (Western Professional Hockey League) now CHL in 1996-97 with the Amarillo Rattlers. After one season in Amarillo, he moved onto the now-defunct Monroe (LA) Moccasins where he spent the next three seasons. In 2000, Curtis jumped to the ECHL with the expansion Reading Royals. He held the position of Director of Broadcasting and Media Sales until the fall of 2005 with the LA Kings minor league affiliate.
Reiter, who took over the broadcasting duties with the Everblades in the fall of 2004, will remain within the Everblades organization after accepting a promotion as the Director of Marketing.
The 2008-09 season marked the end of an 11-year broadcasting career in minor league baseball and hockey for the Medford, New Jersey native. He began his career in broadcasting in 1998 with the Wilmington (DE) Blue Rocks Baseball Club of the Single-A Carolina League. The Long Island University, C.W. Post alum got his first taste of hockey broadcasting when he joined the Roanoke Express of the ECHL in 2000-01.
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