Dennis Beyak is a former Canadian hockey play-by-play broadcaster from

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, Manitoba. He was TSN's play-by-play announcer for

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games through to the end of the

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Broadcasting career

Beyak began his broadcasting career in 1970 at CFAR as a play-by-play announcer for the Flin Flon Bombers of the Western Canada Hockey League. Beyak has also provided commentary for the WHL's Saskatoon Blades, Victoria Cougars, and Seattle Thunderbirds. Beyak's first

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broadcasting job was at CFRN-TV, as the television play-by-play announcer of the

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. from 1995 until 1997, when CFRN lost the local TV contract to the newly formed

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. In

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, he became a

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play-by-play announcer for AM640 Toronto Radio (with Jim Ralph). In 2005, he also became the television play-by-play announcer for the

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. Starting with the 2011–12 season, Beyak returned to TSN and became the new voice of the

, also on TSN 1290 in Winnipeg.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian radio sportscasters Edmonton Oilers announcers National Hockey League broadcasters People from Parkland Region, Manitoba Toronto Maple Leafs announcers Winnipeg Jets announcers Canadian people of Ukrainian descent {{Canada-radio-bio-stub