His career led him to officiating junior minor pro senior and university hockey in canada during which he became a level 5 referee in hockey canada. He began anchoring telecasts out of western canada but near the end of the season was moved to toronto games when dave hodge was fired for flipping his pencil on the air to protest a cbc programming decision.

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Every week he set up an nhl game from a different town in canada.

Did ron maclean play hockey. Is a level 5 referee for the canadian amateur hockey association he also plays hockey twice a week grew up and lives in oakville ontario canada his mother died of pancreatic cancer on august 20th 2008 while he was covering the olympics in beijing china. But for ron maclean and the rest of the hockey world what is happening now across. That background in small town hockey is why hometown hockey held such appeal for maclean even though he was losing a job he loved.

While he is best known for his broadcasting career he also had quite the career in stripes as he was a referee for 23 years. Montreal canadiens hockey holds a special mystique among players fans and the city nov. He worked his first stanley cup final that spring and has been the primary game host ever since.

Hockey night in canada. 8 2019 the national hockey league said in a statement that cherry s remarks were offensive and contrary to. Ron maclean s career as a hockey referee.

Later he was transferred to toronto games after dave hodge was suspended. When you have been covering the game of hockey for four decades there is very little you have yet to experience. He hosts coach s corner with don cherry.

Hockey night in canada edit edit source maclean has worked on hockey night in canada since 1986 87. In 1986 ron started working on hockey night in canada as a telecast anchor out of western canada. On episode 33 of the team stripes podcast we got to speak with longtime hockey night in canada broadcaster ron maclean.

Similarly he has been a part of the cbc s olympics coverage since the year 1988. That spring he worked on his first stanley cup and he has been the primary game host since then. Ronald joseph corbett maclean born april 12 1960 is a canadian sportscaster for the cbc and rogers media who is best known as the host of hockey night in canada from 1986 to 2014 and since 2016 and is also a hockey referee.