Gene Principe

Gene Principe

Gene Principe at an Edmonton Oilers Community Appreciation event, 2006
Born (1967-02-26) February 26, 1967
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation sportscaster
Children Francesco, Matteo, Isabella

Gene Principe (born February 26, 1967) is a Canadian sports reporter for Sportsnet. Principe began his broadcasting career in 1987 when he was a videographer at CFRN in Edmonton, later moving to CKND-TV in Winnipeg (now a part of the Global Television Network), where he worked as a sports reporter and co-anchor on the station's nightly half-hour sportscast.[1]

Principe is now best known for his work on Sportsnet's Edmonton Oilers broadcasts. He also worked on the men's hockey broadcast team for Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[1]

Principe is well known for the use of puns and flirting with Oiler players during broadcasts.[2][3][4][5]

References

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  2. ↑ "Blog 5: Cue Gene Principe". Oilogosphere.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "HockeyBuzz.com - Richard Cloutier - 20 Things I've Learned as an Edmonton Oilers Blogger". Hockeybuzz.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Principe's Blog: Omark my Words". Oilers.nhl.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Principe on Oilers: D-Train is coming". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2 January 2015.


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