Dave Molinari

{{Short description|American sports journalist (born 1955)}} {{Infobox person | name = Dave Molinari | birth_name = | birth_date = October 2, 1955 | birth_place = Glassport, Pennsylvania, US | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Journalist | education = Penn State University <small>(BA)</small> | years_active = | spouse = Debbie (married) | children = 3 | known_for = | awards = Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award | notable_works = }}

'''Dave Molinari''' (born October 2, 1955, in Glassport, Pennsylvania) is an American sports journalist for the ''Pittsburgh Hockey Now'' in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he writes about the Pittsburgh Penguins team of the National Hockey League on a semi-regular basis.

==Early life== Molinari attended Elizabeth Forward High School and Penn State.<ref name = "HHOF">{{cite news|last=Kovacevic|first=Dejan|date=10 November 2009|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins/2009/11/10/Post-Gazette-s-Molinari-enters-Hockey-Hall/stories/200911100169|title=Post-Gazette's Molinari enters Hockey Hall|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|accessdate=10 November 2009}}</ref>

==Career== He began his career with the McKeesport ''Daily News'' before being hired by ''The Pittsburgh Press'' in 1980, and the ''Post-Gazette'' in 1993.<ref name = "HHOF"/>

In 2009, Molinari was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for his 27-year coverage of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The award is given by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association for newspaper professionals and coincides with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.<ref name = "HHOF"/>

In June 2019, Molinari moved to DK Pittsburgh Sports, a subscription website dedicated to covering Pittsburgh sports teams, as the Penguins beat reporter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://legacy.dkpittsburghsports.com/2019/06/17/dave-molinari-dk-pittsburgh-sports-dwm/ | title=Dave Molinari: Why I joined DK Pittsburgh Sports | date=17 June 2019 }}</ref>

On May 2, 2022, it was announced that Molinari had moved to a new Pittsburgh Hockey Now subscription website.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molinari |first=Dave |date=2 May 2022 |title=Dave Molinari Joins Pittsburgh Hockey Now! Hall of Famer is Latest Big Addition |url=https://pittsburghhockeynow.com/dave-molinari-joins-pittsburgh-hockey-now-hall-of-famer-latest-addition/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Pittsburgh Hockey Now}}</ref>

==Personal life== He is married and has three children.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Shelly |title=In Focus: Dave Molinari |url=https://lebomag.com/in-focus-dave-molinari/ |website=lebomag.com |accessdate=April 5, 2019 |date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>

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