An All Female, Weekly Broadcast Crew

Today, Rogers Sportsnet announced all their hockey broadcast people for next season and only three women were on the crew. What would an all female broadcast crew for hockey look like? The idea that a broadcast could feature an all female crew and do one game a week does not seem crazy once actually looking at who has worked with broadcast crews separately.

Host: This is the easiest position to fill as CBC had Andi Petrillo hosting during the day for the Sochi Olympics and World Cup 2014 to great success. She knows how to handle a conversation and can set up a game quite well. She understands hockey and deserves a hosting role (hopefully she will get this with CBC in other sports).

Panel: Again, a fairly easy position to fill. It would feature two of Tessa Bonhomme, Jennifer Botterill, and Cassie Campbell-Pascall. Bonhomme was cut from Canada's female hockey team before Sochi and filled this role with TSN. She has a deep understanding of the game and analyzed the play well. The other position would rotate between Jennifer Botterill and Cassie Campbell-Pascall. Botterill was the rink-side reporter/colour commentator for CBC in Sochi and was able to provide tactical insight and analysis. Campbell-Pascall has filled this role as well as colour commentator/rink-side reporter for CBC in the past and showed great improvement from when she started. Both would do well in either role. Both Botterill and Campbell-Pascall have family in NHL front offices, so insider information may be there for the reporting.

Rink-Side Reporter: Jessica Rusnak of TSN690/TSNHabs. She can interview players and get cliches with the best of them, but she has also shown the ability to ask tougher questions of coaches when the time comes. This would make her a fan favourite.

Colour Commentator: One of Jennifer Botterill or Cassie Campbell-Pascall. They can rotate positions every once and a while. Tessa Bonhomme could also jump in here.

Play by Play: Beth Mowins of ESPN who has no hockey experience but is a highly experienced play by play caller in multiple sports and with a little bit of studying, I am sure she could become a fine hockey play by play person. Linda Cohn of ESPN is another experienced play by play voice, who is also a New York Rangers fan.