Deb Placey
Deborah Kaufman Placey (born March 17, 1966) is an American sportscaster who currently co-hosts the television program, NHL Live, with EJ Hradek on the NHL Network, as well as The BlackBerry All-Access Pregame show on NHL.com. On September 6, 2018, MSG Network announced Placey was leaving the regional sports network to take a new on-air position with the NHL Network.[1]
Placey had previously served as a news anchor/reporter for the New Jersey Devils' televised games on MSG Plus and the MSG Network. Placey joined the New Jersey Devils in 2011 after 10 seasons as pre-game and intermission host for New York Islanders telecasts. Placey's earlier TV anchor work includes stops at WSIL-TV in Carterville, Illinois, KWWL-TV in Waterloo, Iowa, WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island and WSVN-TV in Miami, Florida.
Prior to joining MSG in the mid-1990s, Placey regularly appeared on ESPN2 at the time of ESPN2's infancy (October 1993) through mid-1995. She appeared on the debut ESPN2 SportsNight broadcast with Keith Olberman, providing news from the "SportSmash update desk."[2] From 2004 through 2005, Placey worked as a fill-in weekend sports anchor and reporter for WNBC-TV, the flagship NBC affiliate.
In 1997, during her time at MSG, Howard Z. Unger, writing in The Village Voice, described her as "soothingly pragmatic" compared to co-host Bob Page, who "takes a little getting used to."[3]
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Deb Placey is married to Edward Placey, a senior coordinating producer at ESPN.[4] The Placeys have two daughters, Madeline and Caroline, and a beagle named Lucky.
References
[edit]- ↑ MSG Networks. "MSG Networks on Twitter: "Deb Placey is leaving MSG Networks after 23 years. We would like to thank Deb for her dedication and hard work; she will always be a part of the MSG Networks family. We wish her all the best moving forward with her new opportunity at the National Hockey League."". Twitter.com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ↑ Sandomir, Richard (October 3, 1993). "TV SPORTS; Is ESPN2 Reaching for the Young or Just Reaching Too Far?". New York Times. p. A11. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 429336440.
- ↑ Unger, Howard Z. (February 25, 1997). "Spanning the dial". The Village Voice. p. 118. ISSN 0042-6180. ProQuest 03185249.
- ↑ Berger, Jerry (June 5, 1994). "A Fairy Tale Ending to Couple's Courtship". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.