# Greg Wyshynski > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Greg_Wyshynski > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Greg_Wyshynski.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Wyshynski > Source revision: 1352118683 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American sportswriter and reporter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}} '''Greg Wyshynski''' (born March 20, 1977) is an American sportswriter and radio personality, best known for creating [Yahoo! Sports](/source/Yahoo!_Sports)’ ice hockey blog ''Puck Daddy''. He has written two books, ''Glow Pucks and 10-Cent Beer'' and ''Take Your Eye Off the Puck''. ==Career== ===Early career=== Wyshynski is a 1999 graduate of [University of Maryland's](/source/University_of_Maryland) College of Journalism. In 2000, he started working for ''The Connection Newspapers'' of Northern Virginia and spent nearly ten years as a writer and editor there, rising through the ranks to executive sports editor.{{cite web|url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/author/greg-wyshynski-20111015/ |title= Greg Wyshynski |website=Yahoo! Sports|accessdate=October 23, 2015}} While at ''The Connection'', Wyshynski received over 50 Virginia Press Association awards, including four first-place citations for sports column writing.{{cite web|title=Greg Wyshynski bio|url=http://blogswithballs.com/speakers/greg-wyshynski-bio/|website=Blogs with Balls|accessdate=October 23, 2015}} During this time, Wyshynski branched out into other sports writing, serving as an editor for ''SportsFan'' magazine and writing a weekly syndicated sports column, "The Jester’s Quart". In 2006, Wyshynski signed on with AOL Sports’ ''[FanHouse](/source/FanHouse)'' as an [NHL](/source/NHL) writer. He also wrote the weekly "NHL Closer" for ''[Deadspin](/source/Deadspin)'' under the editor [Will Leitch](/source/Will_Leitch).{{cn|date=October 2017}} ===Yahoo! Sports=== In 2008, Wyshynski left ''The Connection'' and joined [Yahoo! Sports](/source/Yahoo!_Sports) full-time. As the editor-in-chief of ''Puck Daddy'', he became the first blogger ever named to ''The Hockey News'' "100 People of Power and Influence" list.{{cite web|title=Hockey News finds Puck Daddy less influential than 99 others|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Hockey-News-finds-Puck-Daddy-less-influential-th?urn=nhl,131033|website=Yahoo! Sports|accessdate=October 23, 2015}} He covered the Vancouver, London, Sochi and Rio de Janeiro Olympics for Yahoo! Sports, as a general columnist for the 2012 and 2016 Games. Wyshynski is a member of the [Professional Hockey Writers Association](/source/Professional_Hockey_Writers_Association). Wyshynski covered the [World Hockey Summit](/source/World_Hockey_Summit) in 2010. He felt that too much discussion was about how money is involved in the game, and that panelists were not compelling and did not engage in constructive dialogue. He felt an opportunity was missed to discuss promoting the game via electronic media, including television and video games, and to appeal to new audiences by breaking down cultural barriers.{{cite web|url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/top-10-moments-trends-complaints-world-hockey-summit--nhl.html|title=Top 10 moments, trends, complaints about World Hockey Summit|last=Wyshynski|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Wyshynski|date=August 24, 2010|website=[Yahoo Sports](/source/Yahoo_Sports) Canada|access-date=April 11, 2020}} In 2011, Wyshynski partnered [Jeff Marek](/source/Jeff_Marek) of Sportsnet to create ''Marek Vs. Wyshynski'', a daily live hockey podcast. He has also appeared as a guest on many podcasts, including Slate's ''Hang Up and Listen'', ''The B.S. Report'', ''Doug Loves Movies'', ''The Stars Wars Minute'' and NPR’s ''The Weigh In''.{{cn|date=October 2017}} === ESPN === On September 29, 2017, Wyshynski announced his resignation from Yahoo! Sports, and that he was leaving ''Puck Daddy'' to the site's other writers.{{cite news |last=Wyshynski |first=Greg |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/farewell-puck-daddy-readers-162937680.html |title=Farewell, Puck Daddy readers |work=Yahoo! Sports |date=September 29, 2017 |accessdate=September 29, 2017}} It was subsequently announced that he would join ESPN as an NHL analyst and reporter for [ESPN.com](/source/ESPN.com).{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/espn-hires-former-yahoo-writereditor-greg-wyshynski-lead-hockey-coverage.html|title=ESPN hires former Yahoo writer/editor Greg Wyshynski to lead hockey coverage|date=October 10, 2017|work=Awful Announcing|accessdate=October 10, 2017}} Prior to ESPN regaining [NHL media rights](/source/NHL_on_ESPN), he had hosted one podcast, "ESPN On Ice" with fellow ESPN hockey reporter Emily Kaplan. Due to ESPN contract restrictions he no longer co-hosts the top ranking hockey podcast "Puck Soup", with hockey writer Sean McIndoe (commonly known by the pseudonym "Down Goes Brown") of The Athletic and Ryan Lambert (formerly of Yahoo! Sports).{{cn|date=April 2026}} ==Personal life== Wyshynski is a native of [Matawan, New Jersey](/source/Matawan%2C_New_Jersey), and resides in the [San Francisco Bay Area](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Area).{{Cite web|title = About Greg Wyshynski|url = http://gregwyshynski.com/bio/|website = Greg Wyshynski dot com| date=October 19, 2015 |accessdate =January 8, 2016}}{{Cite web|title = Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski)|url = https://twitter.com/wyshynski|website = twitter.com|accessdate = January 8, 2016}} Since childhood, he has been a fan of the [New Jersey Devils](/source/New_Jersey_Devils).{{Cite news|last=Masisak|first=Corey|date=2020-01-31|title="Who would make the New Jersey Devils' all-time lineup? We asked four experts"|work=The Athletic|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1574408/2020/01/31/who-would-make-the-new-jersey-devils-all-time-lineup-we-asked-four-experts/|access-date=2020-08-28}} He is married and has one daughter from a previous relationship.{{cn|date=April 2026}} ==Books== *''Glow Pucks & 10-Cent Beer: The 101 Worst Ideas in Sports History'', published in April 2006 by Taylor Trade. *''Take Your Eye Off the Puck'', published in November 2015 by Triumph Books. *''The 100 Greatest Players In NHL History (And Other Stuff): An Arbitrary Collection of Arbitrary Lists'', published in January 2017 by Amazon Kindle eBooks. ==References== {{NHL on ESPN}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyshynski, Greg}} Category:University System of Maryland alumni Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:People from Matawan, New Jersey Category:American people of Polish descent Category:Sportswriters from New Jersey Category:American ice hockey podcasters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Greg Wyshynski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Wyshynski) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Wyshynski?action=history)). 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