Ron Maclean

Ron MacLean and Don Cherry have been a popular pair on Hockey Night In Canada since 1986. In Coach's Corner,. Ron Maclean is the reasonable one, the listener and, some might argue, the voice of reason that saves Don Cherry from getting a puck in the head.

MacLean’s broadcasting career began in 1978 when he took over a 16 month part-time position at a radio station in Red Deer, Alberta. During grade 12, he assumed the midnight newscaster job on Sunday nights, was promoted to disc jockey, and then became the program manager. He was then asked to be a weatherman on the sister television station, CKRD.

One night in 1984, a producer from Molstar Communications saw him doing his ad-lib forecast and hired him to host the Calgary Flames telecasts on Calgary 7, an independent TV station in Calgary. He then became the sports anchor on the local evening news.

In 1986, MacLean’s first love, hockey, led him to Toronto and the CBC’s Molson Hockey Night in Canada. His professional duties were expanded to include hosting CBC’s coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. He also co-hosted CBC’s coverage of the 1994 Commonwealth Games from Victoria, B.C. The two-time Gemini Award Sportscaster of the Year has also covered the Calgary Stampede and World Track and Field competitions in Tokyo in 1991 and Stuttgart in 1993.

The highlight of MacLean’s career was his first Stanley Cup Playoff Game broadcast in 1987 between Toronto and St. Louis. He enjoys the role CBC is playing to promote hockey in Canada and looks forward to a long career with CBC-TV Sports. In what little free time he has, MacLean is a level 5 referee for the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and plays in numerous charity golf tournaments across the country.

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