He was appointed Honorary Colonel of 1 Air Movements Squadron on 20
March, 2000.
He was born in Germany but grew up in Western Canada
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
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.
Host of CBC's coverage of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in
Nagano.