Broadcaster Profile- Rob Rudnick, Northeastern Huskies

I'm proud to introduce the third installment of our broadcaster profiles here at the Hockey on the Radio blog. It is my distinct pleasure to introduce and spotlight the longtime radio voice of the Northeastern Huskies, Rob Rudnick.

Rob Rudnick has been handling the play by play duties at Northeastern hockey since 1977. He is the longest tenured play by play voice at any school in the league. He is as synonymous with college hockey at Northeastern as any other voice at any other program, anywhere. Rob goes above and beyond the call of duty at Northeastern, as not only does he provide the play-by-play of NU men's hockey but he also owns and operates Colt Communications, which produces Huskies hockey on the radio. Rob does it all- he negotiates with radio stations and installs talent to work alongside him for the broadcasts. He won the prestigious Joe Concannon Media Award in 2004 for his work with NU hockey and he founded the Huskies Radio Award, given annually to a Northeastern hockey player who goes above and beyond the call on the ice. Rob coordinates every aspect of the production of NU hockey, including helping to allocating financial resources to defray the financial cost of getting the games on the air.

Rob's passion and knowledge base is obvious when you meet him and talk with him. Being around the program as long as he has, he has wonderful stories to tell. Being a part of the Beanpot on a yearly basis has also been an important part of Rob's work. Every time I've had the pleasure of talking to him he never fails to inspire me with his passion and his incredible work ethic. He has worked with many fine color commentators over the years, most notably Bill Doherty, who served as a sports information director at NU and who himself won the Joe Concannon Award in 2000.

Rob covers Northeastern's road games on WRCA AM 1330 on the dial, and the link for that station is located at http://1330wrca.com/. For home games at Matthews Arena, the broadcasts are located at www.gonu.com.

Here is a sample of Rob's work, taken from a 3-1 Northeastern win over Merrimack on 11/22/14 at Matthews Arena. You can view the clip at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz-1my1b9jY.

When you're talking about college hockey on the radio, it doen't get much better or much classier than Northeastern's Rob Rudnick.