| Ryan Rishaug | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1977-05-29)May 29, 1977 (age 48) Sherwood Park,Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Playing career | 1995–1997 | ||
Ryan Rishaug (born May 29, 1977)[1] is a sports broadcaster withTSN. He is currently the Edmonton Bureau Reporter forSportsCentre,TSN's flagship sports news program,[2] and hostsThe Morning Mandate with Ryan Rishaug every weekday at 8:35 a.m. on Edmonton Sports Talk and as of 2024, Ryan hosts the GYB podcast with Jason Strudwick and Rob Brown.
Rishaug is a self-describedBrony, a male fan ofMy Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
Rishaug was born inSherwood Park,Alberta.[citation needed] Before entering sports broadcasting, he played 47 games in theWHL hockey league, at right wing on theKamloops Blazers.[3] He attended the Broadcast Communications program at theBritish Columbia Institute of Technology.[4]
Rishaug began his broadcasting career in 1998, as a sports reporter atCFJC-TV inKamloops,British Columbia. He also worked as a sports anchor and reporter forCTV owned-and-operated stationSudbury-basedCICI-TV from 1999 to 2000 and as a sports anchor forGlobal owned-and-operated stationCFSK-TV inSaskatoon,Saskatchewan in 2000.[4]
Rishaug joined CTV'sCFRN in 2000, serving as the station's weekend sports anchor before moving to the weekday 6 p.m. sports anchor desk. He also appeared on TSN as a sideline reporter for the network'sCFL Friday Night Football telecasts in 2003.[2]
In 2004, Rishaug was namedTSN's new Edmonton reporter forSportsCentre, after veteran TSN reporter Ken Chilibeck retired from the position.[5] He reports on theEdmonton Oilers, theEdmonton Elks, and any other sports from the Edmonton area.[2] He also currently hostsThe Morning Mandate with Ryan Rishaug every weekday at 8:30 a.m. onTSN 1260, a segment onThe Nielson Show hosted by TSN's Dustin Nielson.[6]
In April 2019, Rishaug reported and fronted the TSN original documentary29 Forever, which tells the story of the 2017-18Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team in honour of the one-year anniversary of the 2018Humboldt Broncos bus crash.[7]