Phoenix's Weiss Receives ECHL Broadcaster Award
June 12, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL announced on Monday that Dan Weiss of the
Phoenix RoadRunners has been selected as the recipient of the ECHL Broadcaster
Award for 2005-06.
In voting by ECHL broadcasters and media relations directors, Weiss
finished ahead of Paul Chestnutt of Pensacola, Brian Clark of Fresno, Chris
Ello of San Diego, Jack Michaels of Alaska and Kevin Reiter of Florida.
Weiss was the official voice of the RoadRunners, who had all 72 games
broadcast on 1100 AM KFNX in their inaugural season, while also serving as
the director of media relations and handling the daily communications
duties. He was the public relations and broadcast manager for the Atlantic
City Boardwalk Bullies from 2003-05 and was selected to the audio broadcast
team for the 2005 ECHL All-Star Game.
The native of Weston, Mass. has been a broadcaster for seven years, doing
play-by-play for Corpus Christi of the Central Hockey League and
Northeastern University as well as working for three years as a producer at
Sports Radio 850 AM WEEI in Boston, which is the top-rated sports radio
station in the United States. Weiss was awarded his bachelor's degree in
communications and political science from Northeastern University.
ECHL Broadcaster Award Winners
Year Recipient Team
2005-06 Dan Weiss Phoenix RoadRunners
2004-05 John Michael Johnstown Chiefs
2003-04 Jack Michaels Alaska Aces
2002-03 Darren Abbott South Carolina Stingrays
2001-02 Joe Zydlo Trenton Titans
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