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LISTEN: Hartley’s Cat Scan with Dan O’Connor – December 17th, 2024

Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan!

This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars.

The former voice of the PG Cougars Dan O’Connor sits down with Hartley Miller during an episode of the Cat Scan podcast. Photo supplied by Brendan Pawliw, MyPGNow.com staff.

Hartley’s guest this week is Dan O’Connor, the Sports Information and Marketing Director with the UNBC Timberwolves and former voice of PG Cougars and Vancouver Giants.

During the episode, he discussed a number of topics including:

  • The PG Cougars not running away with BC Division, early success of Tri-City and Victoria
  • Where does a full CN Centre rank in terms of toughest places to play in the WHL
  • On moving to Vancouver and then back to PG 17 months ago. Diving into university sports with UBC
  • What makes a good broadcaster; not being able to share certain information during the season
  • Toughest part of the job at UNBC; differences or similarities between a university athlete and junior hockey player

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Brendan Pawliw
Brendan Pawliw
Since moving to Prince George in 2015, Brendan has covered local sports including the WHL’s Prince George Cougars, Prince George Spruce Kings, UNBC Timberwolves, Cariboo Cougars AAA, and Northern Capitals U18 female hockey teams. Career highlights include play-by-play during the Spruce Kings' BCHL championship runs in 2018 and 2019, including the Doyle Cup win. He also covered the 2019 National Junior A Championship, the 2017 Telus Cup, the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship, and the 2022 BC Summer Games. Brendan is the news voice on 94.3 The Goat and Country 97 FM, reporting on crime, real estate, labour, and environmental issues. Outside of work, he officiates box lacrosse and fastball, sits on the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame board, and co-hosts the Hockey North podcast.

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