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Ken Daniels a Canadian sportscaster working as a play-by-play announcer for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL on Fox Sports Detroit, entering his 19th season as the voice of the Red Wings. He is well known as a sportscaster with CBC Sports, having worked for the network from the year 1985 until 1997, the year he joined the Red Wings. Ken now lives in Birmingham, Michigan.
Ken Daniels Age
Ken’s age and date of birth are publicly known. We are keeping tabs and will update these section as soon as this information is available.
Ken Daniels Red Wings
For the 1997–98 NHL season, Ken was lured away from CBC to take over play-by-play for the Detroit Red Wings and teamed up with color commentator Mickey Redmond. On December 12, 2006, Ken broadcast a game between the Red Wings and the Ottawa Senators from ice-level between the benches, while color commentator Redmond remained in the booth, this was the first time a United States local station had attempted this type of broadcast.
Ken received a Michigan EMMY Award for this broadcast at the 29th Annual Michigan EMMY Awards on June 16, 2007, in Detroit. On June 4, 2008, Ken filled-in for regular Detroit radio broadcast announcer Ken Kal for Game 6 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals between the Red Wings as well as the Pittsburgh Penguins. Kal was suffering from laryngitis as well as was unable to call the game.
The Red Wings had a 3–2 lead in the series as well won the game and the cup. With 45 seconds left in the game, Ken took off the headset and handed the game over to Kal, saying, “I don’t care if you can’t talk, you have to bring it home”. Kal called the final 10 seconds, as well as was able to make the call “…The Detroit Red Wings are the year 2008 Stanley Cup Champions!”
Ken also became a regular announcer for Versus during the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Ken is an occasional play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports on NHL games and Big Ten Hockey as broadcast by Fox Sports Detroit.
Ken is a longtime active member of Detroit Sports Media (formerly Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association), founded in the year 1948 by pioneer Tigers announcer Ty Tyson.
Ken won the Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from DSM in an on-ice ceremony on Sept. 30, the year 2011 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, prior to a Red Wings game. Ken’s book “If These Walls Could Talk: Detroit Red Wings” (Triumph Books) was released in October 2017.
Ken Daniels Net Worth
Ken has an estimated net worth of over $1 million
Ken Daniels Height and Weight
Ken’s stands tall at an average height and has an average body weight.
Ken Daniels Early Education
Ken enrolled and later graduated from York University in Toronto. Ken grew up and got influence the game of hockey, not just calling it. Ken was a hockey official on the ice from the age of 11 until the end of his college career.
He featured in the Greater Toronto Hockey League as well as put himself through college doing up to four games a night. After his graduation from York University in Toronto, he began his radio career in Oshawa and moved to CJCL out of Toronto in 1980, covering both the political beat as well as general news.
Ken dabbled in sports and kicked off his play-by-play career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1988. Ken would remain with that radio station, which later became Canada’s first all-sports radio station, THE FAN, for another nine seasons.
Ken Daniels Family
Ken information about his family is publicly unavailable. We are keeping tabs and will update these section as soon as this information is available.
Ken Daniels Wife
Ken was previously married to Lisa but they later divorced when his son was seven years. The duo were blessed with two children namely, Jamie Daniels and Arlyn Daniels.