Drew Remenda
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Drew Remenda (born April 13, 1962) is a Canadian former hockey coach and currently a radio broadcaster.
As a coach, Remenda got his start as a video coordinator for Hockey Canada in the 1980s, providing support for Canada's national team and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. He served as the coach for the University of Calgary's hockey team for the 1989-90 season before being hired as an assistant coach for the San Jose Sharks expansion team. Remenda served as an assistant coach for the Sharks from 1991 to 1995, then spent a year as the head coach of the Sharks' minor league affiliate, the Kansas City Blades.
After his coaching career, Remenda was offered a job as a broadcast analyst for the Sharks. Remenda started on radio, calling games with long-time Sharks radio announcer Dan Rusanowsky. In 1999, Remenda moved up to the Sharks TV crew, joining announcer Randy Hahn in calling Sharks games. His broadcast work with the Sharks over those years earned Remenda two Northern California Emmy Awards in the "On Camera Sports" category. Remenda also hosted Shark Byte, a 30-minute magazine-style show on FSN Bay Area dedicated to a behind the scenes look at the Sharks.
Remenda was also active in the Bay Area community during his stint working with the Sharks organization. He was featured in the team's Reading Is Cool program, starring alongside team mascot S.J. Sharkie in videos distributed to Bay Area schools.
On May 17, 2006, following the Sharks' ouster from the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Remenda and Hahn tearfully wrapped up the telecast by announcing that Remenda would not return to the Sharks broadcast team in 2006-07. Remenda currently hosts "The Drew Remenda Sports Show" on News Talk 650 CKOM, a news/talk AM radio station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The program also airs on News Talk 980 CJME, a news/talk AM radio station in Regina, Saskatchewan.
However, Remenda is a hockey analyst once again. On August 14, 2006 CBC announced that Remenda will be an analyst for Hockey Night In Canada in the upcoming NHL season. He usually covers the second game of the double header with Jim Hughson doing the play-by-play.
