Name Steve Kouleas Role Television host | TV shows Hardcore Hockey Talk | |
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Nominations Gemini Award for Best Sportscaster/Anchor Profiles | ||
Scarborough Cable 10 - Sports Talk - September 1990 - Steve Kouleas
Steve Kouleas (born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian television anchor, radio host and hockey broadcaster who last worked for TSN. He hosted both the weeknight hockey program That's Hockey 2Nite on TSN2, as well as the weekday hockey program That's Hockey 2Day on TSN Radio 1050.
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- Scarborough Cable 10 Sports Talk September 1990 Steve Kouleas
- Best of Steve Kouleas
- Background
- Broadcasting career
- Television
- Radio
- Honours
- Other appearances
- References
Kouleas has been working in television and radio throughout North America for more than 20 years. In 2009, he was nominated for a Gemini Award as Best Sportscaster/Anchor in Canada.
Best of Steve Kouleas
Background
Kouleas was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; a graduate of Ryerson University's Radio and Television Arts program. Kouleas is of Macedonian descent. He's a relative of Dan Iliakis, a Canadian hockey player currently playing defense in Sweden for Orebro HK and stated he is a distant cousin of Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos.[n1][n2]
Broadcasting career
Kouleas has worked in the television and radio industry in Canada and the United States for more than 20 years. He formerly worked for The Score from 1997 to 2010, covering the National Hockey League (NHL). He last worked for The Sports Network (TSN), and hosted both the weeknight hockey program That's Hockey 2Nite on TSN2, as well as the weekday hockey program That's Hockey 2Day on TSN Radio 1050. Kouleas has also worked for CBC, CBS, ESPN, and NBC. Additionally, he covered Team Canada during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Television
Kouleas began his career at The Sports Network (TSN) as an associate producer of SportsDesk in 1990, and worked at the network for seven years. He decided to step away from producing, and instead joined The Score as its lead anchor. Following his departure from TSN, Kouleas worked at The Score as its lead anchor for thirteen years. While at The Score, Kouleas covered numerous sports and sporting events, including the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Stanley Cup Final, trade deadline, and Entry Draft. He also covered several topics for the National Basketball Association (NBA). After thirteen years with The Score, Kouleas parted ways with the network.
TSN announced on December 8, 2010 that Steve Kouleas would re-join the network, as a part of their National Hockey League (NHL) broadcast team. Kouleas hosts the weeknight hockey program That's Hockey 2Nite, which premiered on February 1, 2011 on TSN2.
As of the start of the 2014-2015 NHL season, Kouleas was no longer listed as a member of TSN's talent.
Radio
Kouleas hosts a weekday hockey show on TSN Radio 1050 which debuted on April 13, 2011 called That's Hockey 2Day. The show airs from 12:00 PM (ET) to 1:00 PM (ET). He previously hosted the interactive radio show, Live from Wayne Gretzky's, which is taped at Wayne Gretzky’s Restaurant in Toronto, Ontario. Kouleas has also done radio and television play-by-play for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as the American Hockey League (AHL). He has made radio appearances on both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. He has also called play-by-play for other minor and junior hockey leagues.
Honours
On August 25, 2009, Kouleas was nominated for a Gemini Award as Best Sportscaster/Anchor in Canada, alongside future TSN co-workers James Duthie (as anchor on the NHL on TSN's TradeCentre '09 panel), and Darren Dutchyshen (as co-host of SportsCentre). Duthie would go on to win the award.
Other appearances
Kouleas plays himself in the 2010 Canadian film Score: A Hockey Musical.