Jamie Dodd is heading into the Canucks post-game lane this season, joining Rink Wide Vancouver as a co-host for the majority of Vancouver’s games.
The Nation Network announced the move on Tuesday, with Dodd set to make his first appearance on a preseason broadcast from Calgary on Tuesday, September 22nd. He’ll also be on for the Canucks’ September 29th regular-season opener in Edmonton.
Dodd spent the past five years hosting Canucks Talk on 650 alongside The Athletic’s Thomas Drance. The North Vancouver native came to 650 in 2018 and also stepped in on Canucks pre- and post-game programming from time to time, along with other shows on the all-sports station before it shut down in early July.
After the station’s closure, Dodd took the summer to weigh his options before settling on Rink Wide as his next stop. The idea is for him to bring his Canucks voice to the market in a post-game setting, night after night.
The workload will be spread across the season. Dodd is expected to handle about 50 of the Canucks’ 84 games.
Daily Faceoff Vancouver’s Tyson Cole will cover roughly 20 to 24 games, with Postmedia’s Patrick Johnston and TSN’s Farhan Lalji filling out the rest. The exact schedule will be finalized on a month-to-month basis.
Rink Wide Vancouver will continue to air immediately after every Canucks game and will also be available as a podcast after each show. The program’s YouTube channel will feature additional content throughout the season, beginning with training camp coverage in Penticton later this week.
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