Pierre LeBrun

Pierre LeBrun is a Canadian sportscaster and writer. Working for The Sports Network, he appears as a "Hockey Insider", and regularly appears on hockey-related broadcasts.^[1] He is also a senior National Hockey League columnist for The Athletic, and has appeared as a regular panelist on Hockey Night in Canada.^[2][3]

Career

After becoming a mainstay on TSN's weekly "Insider Trading" segment in 2011, LeBrun has appeared on various TSN programming, including SportsCentre, That's Hockey and TSN Radio stations across the country. As a TSN "Hockey Insider", he delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis and commentary across the TSN's hockey programming,^[1] and on Réseau des sports in Montreal.^[3]

LeBrun previously worked nine years for ESPN as a hockey columnist for ESPN.com.^[1] Prior to joining ESPN in 2008, LeBrun spent 13 years as a national hockey reporter for the Canadian Press.^[1]

Since 2017, LeBrun has also served as a senior NHL columnist with The Athletic.^[4] He also collaborated on a recurring ice hockey podcast with Scott Burnside, titled "Two-Man Advantage", discussing the NHL.^[5]

LeBrun graduated from the Carleton University school of journalism in 1995.^[6]

Awards

In 2005, LeBrun's coverage of the 2004-05 NHL lockout earned him the Outstanding Sports Writing Award from Sport Canada.^[7]