 Gann Matsuda
is a Los Angeles native who grew up playing roller
hockey in the local schoolyard and has been following the Los Angeles Kings
since 1973. His days covering the Kings began in the mid-80's when he wrote game
stories and news and notes pieces on various online services (GEnie, National
Videotex Network and eWorld), before moving to e-mail lists and the World Wide
Web. He has been the news editor for the
Online Kingdom since 1995, and has
also covered professional hockey players of Japanese descent for the
Rafu Shimpo (Los Angeles Japanese Daily
News) since 2001. Matsuda is also the publisher of the popular Kings blog,
Frozen Royalty and in February 2009,
he became a member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
 Dennis
Bernstein is Chairman of SCORE! Media, one of the fastest
growing sports and entertainment media properties in the country. His
work is routinely found on the pages of national men's magazines, on the
radio and featured on major websites.
Dennis has appeared as an NHL analyst for ESPN
Radio nationally as well as hosting two of his self produced shows, the
SCORE! Hockey Show, which aired on what is now ESPN Radio 1050 in New
York and Hockey Night in America on the Cable Radio Network. His columns
for IntheCrease.com launched his hockey writing career.
Dennis expanded the SCORE! brand to the field of
representation in 2005. Shortly thereafter, Bernstein engaged and
secured representation deals with Showtime's Al Bernstein and the North
American Boxing Council. Dennis holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
from Rider (NJ) University, a Master's Degree in Finance from Fordham
University in New York City and is a member of the Professional Hockey
Writers Association, the Los Angeles Press Club, the Association of
Corporate Growth, Los Angeles Venture Association and the Turnaround
Management Association. He is single and resides in Los Angeles, CA.
 Graig Woodburn
covers the NHL for the Press-Enterprise
in Riverside, California while also contributing to ESPN.com and The
Sporting News hockey yearbook. He is originally from Massachusetts and
began covering pro hockey in the Washington D.C. area in the early 1980's.
Woodburn is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and
admitted to practice in California and Massachusetts. Greg is a
regular guest on Duck Calls and is a member
of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. |
 Ivo
Jaschick
Writer: European Correspondent. Ivo has written the longest-running
Hockeytalk column, Eye on Europe, since 2004. Ivo also writes for Eishockey magazine. He lives in Germany, where he was born and bred.
 Jason
Reed currently covers
the NHL for Hockeytalk, also contributing a regular column,
J.R.’s Rink Rants, to Hockeytalk.biz.
Jason is also a frequent guest on Duck Calls.
As a freelance writer and broadcaster Jason has
written extensively for more than 30 newspapers and magazines across the
US, Canada and Europe. He is currently the LA Kings blogger for THN.com,
the website of The Hockey News.
You can catch JR along with his co-host Wes The
Sports Guy for their radio shows on KLBC 1610 AM in Long Beach, CA.
Listen on Tuesday from 2-4 PM Pacific and Friday from 7-9:30 PM Pacific
at www.KLBC.ORG. Josh Brewster of Hockeytalk joins Wes & JR each Friday
at 9 PM Pacific for Hockeytalk on KLBC. You can also check out
highlights, a blog and clips at
wesandjr.com.
His work has been seen regularly in Face Off
magazine in Europe and he has also written several pieces for the Mighty
Ducks of Anaheim’s game program, Mighty Ducks Digest.
 Leon
Rafner is a postgame reporter for Hockeytalk
and contributes audio to this site. He has also appeared
on Duck Calls. An ESPN Stats Reporter, Leon has worked as
a stringer for other wire services including Sports Ticker
and Sports Network, covering the Ducks. A lifelong hockey fan
and player, Mr. Rafner grew up a Ranger fan and has followed the
Ducks from the start of the franchise in '93, through the first
playoff victories over Phoenix, and finally to the Cup.
 Karen
Francis covers the Anaheim Ducks for Hockeytalk and
also blogs at MVN.com. Karen is married with three sons.
She is a diehard hockey fan and hockey card
collector. She has also appeared on Duck Calls.
 Charles
E. Smith, Jr. Over
15 years of broadcasting experience (1993 - Present). Produced
and hosted Southern California TV Sports talkshow Inside Sports,
also wrote a weekly sports column for the San Gabriel Valley Examiner
as well as serving as television broadcast analyst for Long Beach Ice
Dogs of the ECHL from 2003-2006. Charles is currently heard
worldwide every Friday night at 9:00 pm pacific time hosting
the internet Talk Show "Inside Sports" on
www.Nowlive.com.
Latest writings and sports related videos are available at
www.Officialinsidesports.com. |
Josh
Brewster founded the Western Hockey Network in 2000, producing
all-hockey radio programming as well as print media, covering the
world's greatest game from Southern California. 
Brewster is the host of "