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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that the Manitoba Moose is the broadcast hockey communications manager Daniel Fink has been chosen as the recipient of James H. Ellery Memorial Award for the 2023-24 season.
The James H. Ellery Memorial Award is presented annually to recognize outstanding coverage of the American Hockey League. It was first introduced in 1964-65 and honors the deceased Jim Ellerywho worked for the AHL for 17 years as league secretary and advertising director until his death in 1964.
In addition to serving as the play-by-play voice of every Moose game during the regular season and the Calder Cup Playoffs, Fink works closely with Winnipeg’s local media and organizational platforms to grow the club’s presence in one of Canada’s premier leagues. markets. He is responsible for managing all discussions with players and coaches and is the main defender of the team’s website and social media channels, through which he shoots photo and video content while traveling with the team. Fink also serves as lead editor of media notes and publications for the Moose team.
Fink, who joined the Moose in 2016 and was named team broadcaster in 2019, appears regularly on radio shows and podcasts to talk about the Moose and the AHL, including regular segments on Winnipeg Jets game broadcasts on TSN and 680 CJOB. He is also one of the producers of the AHL Plays of the Week highlights segment that is distributed to teams throughout the league for use in their broadcasts.
Operating since 1936, the AHL serves as the premier league for the development of players, coaches, managers, administrators and broadcasters for all National Hockey League organizations. About 90 percent of today’s NHL players graduated from the American Hockey League, and more than 130 honorary members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL during their careers.
