Christine Simpson | |
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 Stanley Cup Playoffs - 2018 | |
| Born | (1964-10-05)October 5, 1964 (age 60) London, Ontario, Canada |
Christine Laura Simpson (born October 5, 1964) is a Canadian television personality, best known as a hockey reporter, host and interviewer. She is a graduate of theUniversity of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.
Simpson's mother Marion was a cheerleader for theUniversity of Western Ontario Mustangs and an Olympic sprinter. Don Simpson, her father, played for the Western Mustangs in the mid-1950s.[1]
Simpson is the younger sister of former CHL Player-of-the-Year and New York Islanders' draft pickDave Simpson and the older sister of two-time Stanley Cup champion, and former Edmonton Oilers' forward,Craig Simpson, who is currently an analyst withHockey Night in Canada on CBC.[2]Simpson's nephew,Dillon Simpson, was drafted by theEdmonton Oilers.
Simpson was the Marketing Manager at theHockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, for several years and the first in-arena host for theToronto Maple Leafs before making the move to broadcasting. Her first network television job was withRogers Sportsnet (previously known as CTV Sportsnet) when the Canadian sports channel launched in 1998. She spent 10 years with the network as a hockey features reporter, profiling the NHL's top players and personalities, and as the host ofShowtime with Chris Simpson segments which featured entertainment & sports stories.
She has also been a rinkside reporter forNational Hockey League broadcasts in the United States withABC,ESPN andNBCSN (previously known as OLN and then as Versus).[3] She was the host of "Captains," a weekly show profiling NHL team captains on the NHL Network inthe United States andCanada. Simpson has also been a "Hockey Insider" with theBill Watters Show onAM640 Radio in Toronto, Ontario. During the2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she was the host ofCentre Ice with Chris Simpson at Molson Canadian Hockey House. On October 19, 2010, it was announced that Simpson had joined regional sports networkMSG Plus as a host for theNew Jersey Devils broadcast team.[4] On September 6, 2011, Simpson re-joined Rogers Sportsnet in Toronto as their hockey features reporter.
In 2010, Simpson made her feature-film début inSaw 3D. She played talk-show host Donna Evans.[5][1]