Jack Michaels | |
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| Born | January 23, 1974 Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Ithaca College |
| Occupation | Play-by-play announcer |
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| Spouse |
Emily Moutsos (m. 2002) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | jackmichaels |
Jack Michaels (born January 23, 1974) is an American ice hockey announcer who is currently the play-by-play announcer for Edmonton Oilers broadcasts on 630 CHED and Sportsnet television. He was previously the announcer for the Colorado Gold Kings of the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL) from 1999 to 2002, and the Alaska Aces of the ECHL from 2002 to 2010.
Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Michaels attended Ithaca College in New York, where he did his first work in sports broadcasting. After graduating in 1995, Michaels returned to Meadville and worked as a sports announcer for WMGW-AM. In 1999, he decided to focus on hockey full-time and joined the WCHL's Colorado Gold Kings in Colorado Springs as a play-by-play announcer. After the team folded three seasons later in 2002, Michaels moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where he became the play-by-play announcer and media relations director for the WCHL's Anchorage Aces, which later joined the ECHL as the Alaska Aces. Between 2004 and 2010, Michaels also served as the play-by-play announcer for four ECHL All-Star Games. After broadcasting 919 professional hockey games, Michaels became a National Hockey League (NHL) broadcaster in 2010, relocating to the Canadian city of Edmonton to join the Edmonton Oilers as their radio play-by-play announcer. In 2021, he became the team's television play-by-play announcer on Sportsnet.