It wasn’t for lack of:
-talent
-effort
-innovation
-hard work
-reinvention
-ratings
-camaraderie
-truth
-breaking news
-hot takes
-opinions
-arguments
-preparation
-knowledge
-passion
-guests
-flexibility
-coverage
The list goes on...
It was all about (more) profit.
I’m out.
Bo Horvat confirmed to play for Canada at World Championships
(had accepted a few days ago,but didn't want it as talking point, so kept news quiet in light of Sedins last week as
@Canucks
)
That's future Captain material...
Well, words certainly can’t fully describe how honored I’ve been to be a part of the historic
@seattlekraken
inaugural season!
It’s been the ultimate pleasure to be taken in by the city, & to do what I love😊
Thank you to everyone who listened in all season long…📻
#GoKraken
🦑
Fear not
#Canucks
fans...all part of the process of growing as a team (and learning how difficult it gets the further you go).Beating last year’s Champs was a great step,but this is an example of how things get ratcheted up in a hurry. Whether they adjust or not,they’re learning.
Dear followers: I have some exciting work/career news I’d like to share,and will do so on Monday!(unfortunately due to some legalese...I have to wait until after the weekend) It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to talk hockey,looking forward to it🏒🥅
Keep your head up!DT
More than ecstatic to announce I'll be doing Colour Commentary for
@TSN_Sports
@TSNHockey
covering all 2021
@IIHFHockey
#IIHFWorlds
from Latvia. Together w/the incomparable Dennis Beyak, we'll have every Group A game, live from Olympic Sports Centre in Riga🇱🇻
@IIHFWorlds2021
Dear
#Kraken
Nation🦑
I am so thankful🙏for all your support and kind words throughout the🏒season regarding our radio call of
@SeattleKraken
games on
@933KJR
&
@KrakenAudioNet
We have the best☝️/most passionate❤️🔥 fans & listeners and…
BREAKING NEWS: Tomlinson and
@hockeyabbs
will (once again) be your broadcast crew for TSN Radio during the 2020 World Junior Championship, live from the Czech Republic.
Also...
DT will also pop up on various TSN1040 shows as well, and be a part of
@Canucks
pre (& intermission) & post game shows throughout the
@NHL
hockey season.
(so, basically...I’m back...Keep you head up!)
Thanks for following🙂
Merry Christmas🎄and/or Happy Holidays🎁to all who will be celebrating🎉
If you’re a
#Canucks
fan…I hope you’ve been enjoying watching this team as much as I have, and where they have gotten to so far🏒📈
All the best to those who follow me on this app…spread joy, be kind❤️
Normally at this time I’d be gearing up for a long broadcast season of
#Canucks
& NHL coverage,opinion and analysis,but I’m still a UFA.
With all the recent player+media signings/relocations lately, I hope to be able to announce something before the pucks drops in October🤷🏼♂️🏒🥅
So today, after careful and repeated measurement…it’s official that my recently turned 14yr. old son, is in fact…taller than me📏
Please respect my privacy, as I won’t be taking questions at this time😆🤷🏼♂️
Would like to take a moment, and thank the anonymous person that covered breakfast for everyone in the drive-thru this morning, at the Lynn Valley
#McDonalds
I was short on time this a.m. so decided to zip thru, and apparently the person 5 cars ahead took care of all in line👏✌️
Dear
@SeattleKraken
fans & people of Seattle!
Have a wonderful New Years Eve celebration, and I wish you all the best in 2022🎉
I’m deeply grateful to be the voice/color commentator of NHL hockey here in this wonderful city!
Be safe, be good to one another, and…Go
#Kraken
🏒*ANNOUNCEMENT*🥅
Happy to report that I'll be part of the📺Broadcast for the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship in Finland, alongside the incomparable Dennis Beyak on🎙️PxP, doing Color Commentary for all Group B games, in Tampere🇫🇮
Follow along
@TSNHockey
🇨🇦for all the action
Not gonna lie.2017 sucked.
Too many life changes to list...but,2 healthy,happy kids,a job I love,and the prospect of sooner or later getting back into an NHL Colour Commentary chair give me reason to believe 2018 will be memorable for all the right reasons!Wishing the best to all
Off to
#Victoria
today on
@HarbourAirLtd
& looking forward to watching
#Canucks
Training Camp….and meeting/interacting/getting to know the Coaching Staff, Management and players more personally.
Season is about to get underway…and I am stoked.
#GoCanucks
🏒
Who’s got the best PR group in the
#NHL
…?!
Hands down the
@SeattleKraken
does!
Every media member attending tonight’s historic Playoff game at
@ClimateArena
gets one of these goodie bags, with all the essentials!
(and me &
@TheVoiceFitz
too🎉)
You know when you lose your job, and people get in touch and say "if there's anything I can do, please let me know...". Well, there is something you can do...
Please stop by
@BomberBrewing
sometime in the next little while, and purchase some of their product. Tell them...
@SeattleKraken
Thank you for the unwavering support and the unbelievable & irreplaceable memories over the last two years!
🎉
I loved every minute in the booth📻…and have lasting memories of my time in Seattle!
#GoKraken
🦑
Oct.12 2019
Gino at Rogers Arena.
He was as sincere & genuine as he was tough…
The last few years, when he’d attend a
@canucksalumni
gathering, the room would glow to see & interact w/him.
My condolences to the Odjick family and all his friends💔
I'm not sure when it happened, must have been within the last few weeks or so (because I've glanced here & there), with my "Followers" # teetering near 9,900...& low & behold, the 10K Follower mark has been eclipsed.
I'm humbled.
Thanks to all of you,for including me in your feed
Oh, hey!
I’m back on-air, (officially)...for the first time since March...talking
@Canucks
& anything else hockey and NHL related
🏒🥅
It’s been a while...join in and listen along👍🏼
Gave up my seat for the Pre-Game show to Sam & Jacob…
They’ll provide the “Keys to the Game” and other analysis to set up the
@SeattleKraken
vs the Dallas
#Stars
All heard on
@KrakenAudioNet
📻
Good on the
@SeattleKraken
players, to a man, for stopping and signing a myriad of objects/articles for the adoring crowd of kids here in Canmore, Alberta!
This pic is just a snippet…as each player has done the lines post-practice.
So nice to see☺️
🖊📝🏒
My heart goes out to those injured today, in the senseless incident in Lynn Valley.
My condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
Thoughts and prayers to you all🙏❤️
Well, my time is done at the
#2022IIHF
Worlds🇫🇮!
After doing Color for 30 games in 14 days, it’s time for R&R.
A few days in Mannheim🇩🇪…then a summer split btw SEA & VAN.
Thanks to all those who have been along since the start of
@SeattleKraken
inaugural season til now🎉🏒☮️
Emilio was the most humble, professional and caring actor from start to finish!
He is the epitome of Pro...
And, his skating came back like a true natural...🏒
Honoured to have worked with him❤️
They’ll also be forming their own weekly show on TSN1040, covering the world of hockey, in an entertaining, informative and enlightening way...(with Podcast to follow)
The (as of yet unnamed...) show will premiere in the coming weeks on
@TSN1040
Aaaaand...
Hey Vancouverites, and those in the Lower Mainland…
If you’d like to get adventurous, and try listening to
@SeattleKraken
games on your FM dial, you might just pick up our signal, as our sports station has gone FM.
That’s right,
@933KJR
can be heard far and wide..give us a try📻
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you all🎄🎁
Thank you for following along & for all the interactions and kind words along the way.
Wishing everyone good health and spirits…
Be good to one another, and live your life to the fullest✌️
#GoKraken
🦑
I want to personally thank you for your precious time & for tuning into our broadcasts📻
My life has always revolved around hockey🥅, and I love❤️to share that experience w/others!
Here’s to a successful Year 2🥂…and an ever brighter future ahead !
#GoKraken
🦑
Congrats to all those in the Vancouver sports media world, that have found new outlets & endeavors to do what they love!
(as well, my thoughts go out to those who have recently just lost their employment in the same landscape...I know how it feels, x3 actually...🎙️📻📺)
Brandon Tanev bobble head night at
@ClimateArena
…and we are super stoked, (and spooked)…to bring you all that hockey🏒🥅🚨
Join
@TheVoiceFitz
& I for the action, in spell-binding FM-stereo on
@933KJR
📻//
@KrakenAudioNet
🛰
Tune in, sit back…and enjoy👂🎉📈🔥
That’s right!
@HockeyAbbs
& I are teaming up for
#TSN
Radio & TV games, LIVE, from Slovakia,starting May 10th
🏒🥅
So thrilled to be able to call Colour for all
@HockeyCanada
games, and other
@IIHFHockey
nations as well throughout this outstanding tournament. Be sure to tune-in
Beautifully sunny day in Seattle☀️, and ready for
@SeattleKraken
Development Camp🏒
@KrakenIceplex
These 4 days will be an opportunity for the younger players to get to know the Organization, and just as importantly…for the Organization to get to know the younger players!🥅
When in New York…
find tickets to a sold-out
@JerrySeinfeld
show at
@BeaconTheatre
to add to the Dad/daughter vacation experience…
And yes…it was so worth it🎉
Working my first day on set tomorrow...(since Mar.2nd).
😳🙂 5am wake-up, 7am start
Have my mask(s), wardrobe, personal food container, water-bottle, reading materials, and electronics are all charged up.
Here's to slowly and safely getting back to a re-adjusted new normal🎬📽️📺
Want a fulfilling feeling as a Coach!
Just ran an Atom A4 practice...hour-long, no whistle, no whiteboard, 14 players (one goalie), 14 pucks.
Impressed upon the kids the importance of listening, replicating, positional play & passing.
They were dialed in...
Highlight of my day!
Probably should send this update:
I am very excited and fortunate to once again do Colour Commentary on
#TSN
Radio for this year's World Junior Championship. Together w/
@BlakePriceTSN
doing PxP, we'll have all of 🇨🇦's games...and all elimination games too! Listen in...🏒🥅🚨📻
...was gonna wear this in-studio tonight for what was supposed to be my
#Canucks
studio work (to be seen during Facebook Live airing), in show of support for
@BomberBrewing
since they've done so much to support me, & the now-defunct
#TSN1040
@justBlakePrice
@mattsekeres
Not sure if this fully answers the question as to whether the Danes are fully enjoying hosting the
#2018IIHFWorlds
or not....but they’re certainly trying!
So, what does one do the night before the
@disneyplus
Premiere of Mighty Ducks:
Game Changers
Season One!?
Well...go for a skate (with my son) of course🤷🏼♂️😏🤙🏒🥅🚨🎬
@myNSWC
...when you arrive
@BomberBrewing
"I'm here to support Hockey Dave T. b/c he lost his job at
#TSN1040
, & also to support you guys for supporting him & the station through thick and thin"
You'd be buying/supporting local, & also enjoying their fantastic products...🍻👍 = win/win
Guess which two, out of us three...got upgraded to Business Class, for the loooong flight to Frankfurt?!
Let the World Juniors experience begin!
Enjoy the leg-room
@BlakePriceTSN
@TSN1040
(sorry Whitty😐)
Love being at
@SeattleKraken
Morning Skate with the natural bright light outside🌤
It’s a pleasure to have this rink,
@ClimateArena
be my home work space😊
Make sure to check out a Home Game before this season comes to a close…
5️⃣Home Games left🏒
For those following my every step closely...I’ve just changed my Twitter handle from “DTSN1040” to “DaveTSN”
Please update accordingly...(and spread the word!)
Also...I’m back on-air doing the Morning Show, starting Sept.10th, M-F, 7am...plus
#Canuck
coverage all season long!
Last game working w/ this legend!
It’s 1/4 Final day at 2022 Men’s World🏒Championship in 🇫🇮& Dennis Beyak and I have 2 games;
CZE🇨🇿vs🇩🇪GER,
USA🇺🇸vs🇨🇭SUI….then our work here is done!
So grateful for working these International tournaments w/the best in the biz.
Catch it=TSN📺
I asked my daughter,who turned 14 today...to take all that she’s learned in her lifetime,and combine that with all the guidance she’s gotten from me and others,to sum it up in one sentence to anyone who needed advice...and she said,
“Dad, never give up”.
So that’s today’s tip 🙂
Enjoy the video people!
(...so proud of all the hard work everyone put in to make this come to life.
A pleasure & honour to be involved as Hockey Coordinator for this project)
#epic
How can I tell if my kid has a muffin for a shot, if I don’t stand in there myself and see...!
Pulled the old gear from storage, & could still walk to the car afterwards.Probably because I don’t go butterfly, stand-up old school all the way🤷🏼♂️👍🏼
Hey
@adlermannheim
, need a tender