SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League introduced at the moment that Coachella Valley Firebirds broadcast producer and host Gino LaMont has been chosen because the recipient of the James H. Ellery Memorial Award for the 2024-25 season.
The James H. Ellery Memorial Award is introduced yearly in recognition of excellent media protection of the American Hockey League. It was first introduced in 1964-65 and honors the late Jim Ellery, who served the AHL for 17 years as league secretary and publicity director till his loss of life in 1964.
LaMont serves because the pre-game, intermission and post-game host on the Firebirds’ native telecasts of each residence regular-season and playoff sport. He additionally produces all points of those “Hockey Evening Coachella Valley” broadcasts, together with creating rundowns, reserving interview company and researching the Firebirds, their opponents and the remainder of the American Hockey League to supply partaking insights every night time. LaMont has been a member of the area’s media scene for almost three a long time, having beforehand served as information director at KMIR-TV in Palm Springs, and his in depth broadcast background and his ardour for the Firebirds have helped educate the group’s fan base about hockey and the AHL.
Along with his work on Hockey Evening Coachella Valley, LaMont serves as a model ambassador for the Firebirds, collaborating in quite a few occasions across the area every year on behalf of the group.
In operation since 1936, the AHL serves as the highest growth league for the gamers, coaches, managers, executives and broadcasters of each Nationwide Hockey League group. Almost 90 % of at the moment’s NHL gamers are American Hockey League graduates, and greater than 130 honored members of the Hockey Corridor of Fame hung out within the AHL of their careers.
