Broadcaster of the Year: Scottie McKee – Fernie Ghostriders

This week the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is recognizing its Off-Ice Award winners in the categories of Scholastic Player of the Year, Community Player of the Year, Broadcaster of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.

Scotty has been the backbone of our Broadcast for the past several years. His innovations in video quality, the number of cameras, and their effective use with replays have made him number one in the KIJHL. In his spare time Scotty has collaborated with a few other teams to enhance their video quality as well.

McKee also designs the Fernie Ghostrider Jerseys and puts the numbers and name plates on the said Jerseys. If a player shows up in the afternoon midseason his name and number will be on his back for the game that night.

The Ghostrider organization thanks Scotty for his dedication to the team.

Today the KIJHL is proud to announce Scottie McKee of the Fernie Ghostriders as its Broadcaster of the Year.

Scottie McKee, left, with billet sons Garrett Buchanan, Lucas Desjarlais, his wife Kristy McKee and daughter Lola McKee, front.

“In a league with several top-quality broadcasts, the Fernie Ghostriders have set a high water mark in quality for their fair commentary and video quality,” said Mark Berry, the KIJHL’s director of broadcast and multimedia. “Dan McSkimming and Ted Cardwell are the warm voices and call a fun and professional game, but Scottie McKee is the engine. His technical ability to get the most out of the equipment makes him one of the KIJHL’s go-to people for technical advice. Not only is Scottie a technical whiz, his commentary, particularly when analyzing a play, adds great value to the broadcast.”

McKee is professional and takes great pride in his role. The hours he puts in during the off-season is incredible and greatly appreciated by the Ghostriders. McKee has been the backbone of the Ghostriders broadcast team and has worked above and beyond to enhance the broadcast by adding cameras for every angle that can be taken. Cameras are behind the nets on either side and the Ghostriders are able to do replays seamlessly. The broadcast has also been enhanced with graphics and information provided to the viewers.

“It’s so well deserved. He puts in everything he has got into our broadcast,” said Ghostriders president Barb Anderson. “He is always trying to make it better. He shares his talents with others, which is so commendable and unselfish. He’s done such a wonderful job and we’re super proud of Scottie.”