Natasha Staniszewski (born May 25, 1978) is a Canadian sports reporter and media host for the
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...
and
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium and are the third-o ...
. She is a former anchor on
SportsCentre,
TSN's flagship news and information show.
Broadcasting career
Staniszewski began her career in 2006 as a news reporter at
CTV Yorkton in Saskatchewan, before moving to sports reporting at
CTV Prince Albert.
In 2007, she relocated to
CTV Saskatoon as the station's sports anchor and reporter covering the WHL and university athletics.
Two years later, Staniszewski returned home to
CTV Edmonton
CFRN-DT (channel 3) is a television station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, part of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside cable-exclusive CTV 2 Alberta. The two outlets share studios with sist ...
in 2009, where she covered the
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...
, the
Edmonton Eskimos and the
2010 Grey Cup, and anchored the station's top-rated nightly and weekend sportscasts.
After covering the 2010 Grey Cup, TSN vice-president Mark Melliere was looking for someone to cover
Jennifer Hedger's anchor position while she left for maternity leave. Staniszewski eventually co-hosted the weekend ''SportsCentre'' alongside
Bryan Mudryk following Holly Horton's departure in 2011. Soon after, she moved over to the morning ''SportsCentre'' co-hosting with
Kate Beirness, becoming the first regular female duo to anchor the show.
She then anchored ''SportsCentre'' regularly with another female, Lindsay Hamilton, and the female duo acted as the alternative morning show to
SC with Jay and Dan.
On February 4, 2021 after 10 years at TSN, Staniszewski was let go as part of a series of layoffs at Bell Media. On March 8, 2022, it was announced that she had been hired by
Calgary Sports and Entertainment
The Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC) is a privately owned professional sports and entertainment company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada formed in 2012 and owned by N. Murray Edwards, Alvin Libin, Allan Markin, Jeffrey McCaig, ...
as a media host for the
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...
and
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a professional Canadian football team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The club plays its home games at McMahon Stadium and are the third-o ...
.
Personal life
Staniszewski was born and raised in
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
,
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
,
and is of Polish descent.
She was an athlete growing up, excelling in
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
and
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
, winning a provincial title in the latter in high school. She then earned a business degree from the
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a Public university, public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexande ...
but decided at the age of 26 that she did not want to pursue a career in business, but rather a career as a sports broadcaster.
She went on to complete her broadcasting degree at
NAIT in Edmonton.
References
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1978 births
Living people
Canadian women television journalists
Canadian people of Polish descent
Canadian television sportscasters
Journalists from Alberta
People from Edmonton
University of Alberta alumni