TEAM GUIDE

TELEVISION INFORMATION
TELEVISION ANNOUNCERS
FOX Sports North—the area’s leading supplier of regional sports programming—and the Minnesota Wild’s exclusive cable
television partner since its inaugural season. The regional sports network enters its 17th consecutive year as the team’s local
television home and will telecast the majority of regular season Wild games during the 2016-2017 campaign. All games
televised on FOX Sports North will also be streamed live on FOX Sports GO, available to customers of participating pay-TV
providers.
The FOX Sports North telecasts feature play-by-play by Anthony LaPanta (@AnthonyLapanta) with color analyst Mike Greenlay
(@pulledgoalie). In addition to live game coverage, FOX Sports North airs a half-hour show titled “Wild Live” before and after
the games featuring hosts Tom Hanneman and Audra Martin with analysis from Wes Walz, Tom Chorske, Ben Clymer and Kevin
Gorg.
FOX Sports North reaches more than 2.5 million homes throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota
and telecasts nearly 2,600 hours of locally produced, Emmy award winning programming per year. The regional sports network
is also the exclusive local television partner of the Minnesota Twins, Timberwolves and partner to a number of local collegiate
hockey associations. In the case of a conflict, the Wild may have their game telecast moved to FOX Sports PLUS, an auxiliary
channel made available by most cable and satellite providers.
KEVIN GORG
ANALYST/SIDELINE REPORTER
Kevin Gorg is an analyst and sideline reporter for FOX Sports North.
Gorg attended the University of St. Thomas where he studied teaching/coaching and minored in
sports broadcasting. He served as the head hockey coach at Burnsville High School from 1993-
95, head coach for Mounds View High School from 1995-98 and was the head coach for the University
of St. Thomas Women’s hockey team from 1998-2007 before he started reporting for FOX
Sports North in 2006. He is currently the goaltending coach for St. Olaf College Women’s Hockey.
Gorg is a Burnsville, Minn., native and played goalie for 1985 State Champion Burnsville High
School hockey team. He went on to play collegiately at the University of St. Thomas and for a
USHL team in Des Moines, Iowa. He is the father of three girls, Katarina, Madelynn and Annika, and in his spare time he loves
to go to the movies, listen to Journey and follows horse racing.
ANTHONY LAPANTA
TELEVISION PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER
Anthony LaPanta is in his fifth season as play-by-play announcer for the Wild and partners with
Wild television play-by-play analyst Mike Greenlay on the club’s exclusive broadcast partner FOX
Sports North.
A graduate of Totino-Grace High School and St. John’s University (Collegeville, Minn.), LaPanta
has covered the Twin Cities sports scene since 1991. The native of New Brighton, Minn., has
hosted the pregame and postgame shows on FOX Sports North for the Twins, Wild and Timberwolves
nightly since 2004 and called the television play-by-play for the University of Minnesota
men’s hockey team for two seasons before joining the Wild's broadcast team. He has also served
as a play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Timberwolves on a fill-in
basis, and handled the play-by-play duties for High School Hockey Night on FOX Sports North.
Before joining FOX Sports North, he was the television voice of the St. Paul Saints for 10 seasons and was the radio play-by-play
announcer for the Twins in 1999.
LaPanta has won five regional Emmy Awards (three for play-by-play and two for sports anchor/host) and was involved in the
development of the Hockey Day Minnesota concept.
LaPanta and his wife, Margo, have four children, and reside in Shoreview, Minn., where he has been very active in the hockey
community. He spent many years coaching youth athletics in the Mounds View programs, and is entering his 10th season as an
assistant high school football coach at Totino-Grace.
MIKE GREENLAY
TELEVISION ANALYST
Mike Greenlay is in his 14th year as the Minnesota Wild’s Television Analyst. The former goalie,
who was named to the television analyst position on Aug. 13, 2002, brings a unique perspective
to the broadcast booth and provides in-depth analysis of the game both on and off the ice.
Greenlay partners with Wild television play-by-play announcer Anthony LaPanta on the club’s
exclusive broadcast partner FOX Sports North.
Prior to joining the Wild, Greenlay served as radio analyst for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
for two seasons (1999-2001). He began his broadcast career with the Houston Aeros in 1995
serving as the team’s radio and television color analyst for FOX Sports Southwest. Greenlay was
the radio analyst for the Nashville Predators during its inaugural 1998-99 season, while also
working as a television analyst for several networks. He spent three years as the television analyst for the Orlando Solar Bears
on the Sunshine Network and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association on FOX Sports Detroit (1996-99). Greenlay also served
as television analyst for the International Hockey League’s Game of the Week (1995-99) and Turner Cup Finals (1995-99, 2001).
He played professional hockey for six seasons (1989-95) as a goaltender for several NHL organizations including the Edmonton
Oilers, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Greenlay was a member of the 1988 Lake Superior State hockey
team that won the NCAA Championship. He also was a part of the Atlanta Knights 1994 IHL Turner Cup Championship team.
Born in Brazil to Canadian parents, Greenlay was raised in Calgary, Alta., and holds an undergraduate degree in E-Commerce
from the University of Phoenix and a Masters degree in Project Management. Greenlay and his wife, Amy, have a daughter,
Halston, and a son, Landon. The family resides in Woodbury.
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