Scott Oake

Scott Oake

Scott Oake pictured in 2012
Born c. 1950s[1]
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Residence Winnipeg, Manitoba
Alma mater Memorial University of Newfoundland
Occupation Sports broadcaster
Employer CBC Sports
Spouse(s) Anne[2]
Children Bruce (1985–2011)
Darcy[2]
Awards Gemini Award (2003)

Scott Oake (born c. 1950s) is a Gemini Award-winning[3] Canadian sportscaster for CBC Sports' Hockey Night in Canada.

Biography

Early life

Oake was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and raised in Sydney's "Shipyards" neighbourhood until the age of 14, when his family relocated to Newfoundland.[4] Oake's father was employed as a steelworker at Sydney Steel Corporation.[5] As a pre-medical student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Oake volunteered at the campus radio station, which was his introduction to broadcasting. This quickly became his passion, and he decided to pursue a career in the radio and television field.

Broadcasting career

After part-time work at CBC St. John's, he was hired full-time by the network in 1974, and has been employed by CBC to this day. Upon being hired full-time by the CBC, Oake proceeded to drop out of Memorial University in St. John's, a decision his father did not support.[5]

Oake relocated to Winnipeg, and became the sports anchor on CBWT's 24Hours from 1979 till about 1989. From there, Oake was hired by Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC's flagship television program broadcasting National Hockey League (NHL) games to a national audience.

Oake is probably best known as a regular contributor to Hockey Night in Canada. Since the 2003–04 season, he has hosted the second game of HNIC's Saturday night double-headers, first alongside Kelly Hrudey, and starting in 2008, Marc Crawford. Even though Oake remains with the CBC after Rogers Communications, the owners of Sportsnet networks bought the sole national rights for the 2014–15 season, Oake joined the Sportsnet's national NHL coverage in June 2014. In addition to his Hockey Night role, he gains new role as ice level reporter for Sportsnet's Wednesday night games.

Along with hockey, he has covered many important sporting events including the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, CFL football, and many other sports. He won the 2003 "Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast" Gemini Award. In 2004, he hosted the hockey docudrama Making the Cut.[6]

Olympic coverage

During his career, Oake has covered a total of 12 Olympic games for the CBC, including the 2008 Beijing Games where he did play-by-play for flatwater canoeing and rowing events.[7] Oake has covered downhill skiing at every Winter Olympics from Calgary in 1988 to Sochi in 2014.[5]

Personal life

Oake currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He and his wife Anne have a son, Darcy, who is a popular illusionist with experience in multi-media performances. Darcy appeared in the 2014 edition of Britain's Got Talent, advancing to the semi-finals and final, but he lost the competition to the singing group Collabro.[8] Their son Bruce died on March 29, 2011 at the age of 25 of a drug overdose.[9][10][11]He has a twin brother, Stuart Oake, who is a Urologist in Ottawa, ON.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.archives.themanitoban.com/2004-2005/1208/article.php?section=sports&article=01
  2. 1 2 Mayes, Alison (28 January 2010). "OMG! Did you see that?". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Scott Oake". CBC News. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  4. ↑ Colello, T.J. (25 August 2008). "Oake's Olympic Swan Song?". The Cape Breton Post. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 "'It's a thrill, always has been'". Cape Breton Post. 11 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "MAKING THE CUT-Presented by Bell Debuts September 21 on CBC Television" (Press release). BCE. September 16, 2004. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  7. ↑ "After Hours". CBC News. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "CBC's Scott Oake shares story of his son's fatal addiction". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. September 6, 2012.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ Bruce Dowbiggin (March 31, 2011). "Cybulski signs on with TSN Radio". Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
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