Looking forward to another London Knights season
By Mark Schadenberg
LONDON – The practicing and learning has taken place, so now it soon becomes
time for the real tryouts as The Budweiser Gardens welcomes three teams to the
rink on Friday, Aug. 30.
It truly is a group of people doing what they want to do and learning their positions.
The Sarnia Sting and London Knights begin their tuneup for another OHL
season, but the third team in the building will equally be using this time to
fine tune the teamwork for opening night on Sept. 20 versus Plymouth.
I’m not referring to the referees.
The Rogers TV crew must learn its positions. The person starting out
as lead 'follow-the-play' camera person may soon be sitting on the seat reserved for
the replay camera or the person following certain players for isolation shots.
In the truck, who is in charge of graphics, who is searching back the replays,
switching camera shots, and monitoring the audio. The broadcast truck parked
behind the arena can be a bee hive of activity and all must behave and stay in
the moment for 2.5 hours from sign on to sign off.
As show host, I’m hoping and expecting and looking for a competent
camera person to shoot the interviews and my pre-game prep. My little world at ice level can also be riveting, especially during intermissions.
Volunteer Spirit
At this point, I don’t know if Jennifer, Sonia, Kai, Forbes, Chalmers,
Taylor, Trevor, Jamie and others will all return from last year. Last year, it was a very
strong group of volunteers. I would be willing to faceoff against any of them
in knowing that they most certainly know their roles. It was a strong group – a very competent
crew.
The Rogers TV in-charge trio is always led by Kris Bergholz –
director, producer, the boss. . . . Corny
it is, but Bergholz’s favourite ball team is the Giants and while his stature
is less-than-giant, don’t for one second think that Kris is not the main reason
the broadcasts always look professional as he is ready and prepared
(pre-produced graphics, head shots stored on a computer, replays of previous OHL
hockey happenings cued, etc).
When you add in Neill Johnson and Morgan Baker – the Rogers brass has
supplied a strong team.
Now, since we know Dale and Mark will supply a strong team, I would
say we’re just about ready for another Knights season.
NHL Hockey
By the way, the Rogers team will also be producing the NHL prospects tournament featuring Toronto, Ottawa, Chicago and Pittsburgh. The dates for that tryouts schedule (players hoping to be invited to NHL main camps) will be Sept 5 - 8.
Mark
Schadenberg
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