SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League introduced immediately 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 demise in 1964.
LaMont serves because the pre-game, intermission and post-game host on the Firebirds’ native telecasts of each dwelling regular-season and playoff recreation. He additionally produces all elements of those “Hockey Night time 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 participating insights every night time. LaMont has been a member of the area’s media scene for almost three many years, having beforehand served as information director at KMIR-TV in Palm Springs, and his intensive 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 Night time Coachella Valley, LaMont serves as a model ambassador for the Firebirds, collaborating in quite a few occasions across the area annually on behalf of the group.
In operation since 1936, the AHL serves as the highest improvement league for the gamers, coaches, managers, executives and broadcasters of each Nationwide Hockey League group. Practically 90 % of immediately’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.
