He is currently wedded to his wife, Cari and lives in Oakville, Ontario. Born in Zweibrucken, Germany on April 12, 1960, Maclean is most beneficial known for hosting Hockey Evening in Canada. From there, he took a pastime in sportscasting and started hosting Hockey Evening in Canada in 1986. He provides received eight Gemini Awards for his sportscasting initiatives and is a previous level five referee for Hockey Canada. He started broadcasting in 1978 at CKRD-FM and afterwards at CKRD-AM. He began presenting the elements at CKRD-TV and finally became a disk jockey. He was utilized by CBC and was the primary host for the 2008 Summer months Olympics in Beijing.Ron Maclean net value: Ron Maclean is a Canadian sportscaster who includes a net worth of $3 million dollars.
Gemini Award for Best Sportscaster/Anchor, Canadian Screen Award for Best Sports Hosts in a Sports Program or Series, Gemini Award for Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast
Nominations
Gemini Award for Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series, Canadian Screen Award for Best Sports Host or Analyst in a Sports Program or Sportscast
TV Shows
Hockey Night in Canada, Battle of the Blades, CBC Olympic broadcasts, Zeroman, NHL on TSN, 2002 Winter Olympic Games, The Calgary Stampede Special, Hockey Day in Canada, 1998 Commonwealth Games, XV Commonwealth Games
Interesting Facts
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Fact
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Hockey Night In Canada Co-host [2003]
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His mother died of pancreatic cancer on August 20th, 2008 while he was covering the Olympics in Beijing, China. He announced he would return to Canada to be with his family.
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Grew up and lives in Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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Is a Level 5 referee for the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, he also plays hockey twice a week
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Received Gemini Award for Best Sports Broadcaster for Hockey Night in Canada
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Threatened to leave Hockey Night In Canada (1952) if a contract agreement wasn't reached, this sparked a huge debate, a deal was reached 2 days later
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Host of CBC's coverage of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano.
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Hosted CBC's coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta and the Commonwealth Games in Victoria in 1994.
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He has won four Gemini Award as Best Sports Broadcaster: two for his work on HNIC, one for The Legends of Hockey, and one for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta
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He was born in Germany but grew up in Western Canada
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He was appointed Honorary Colonel of 1 Air Movements Squadron on 20 March, 2000.
Won Awards
Won awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
2015
Canadian Screen Award
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
Best Sports Host in a Sports Program or Series
Hockey Night in Canada (1952)
2008
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast
Hockey Night in Canada (1952)
2007
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast
Hockey Night in Canada (1952)
2006
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast
Hockey Night in Canada (1952)
2004
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast
Hockey Night in Canada (1952)
1994
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Sports Broadcaster
Hockey Night in Canada (1952)
1992
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Sports Broadcaster
Hockey Night in Canada (1952)
Nominated Awards
Nominated awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
2013
Canadian Screen Award
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
Best Sports Host or Analyst in a Sports Program or Sportscast