It is a dream come true for a former Humboldt resident.
Brian Munz is now the voice of the newest addition to the NHL - the Winnipeg Jets.
Munz was living in Winnipeg when the team moved back and had the opportunity to make the jump from doing voice overs and play-by-plays to the Manitoba Moose to the Winnipeg Jets. He can be heard as the voice of the Jets on Sports Radio 1290.
"Obviously to be in the best league in the world is pretty cool and to call games that you watched on television for the last number of years, throughout junior when I was in Humboldt, being the voice of the Broncos for five years and even in Prince Albert with the Raiders, you always dream about making the NHL," said Munz. "To have it come through now and be a part of this is like a dream come true."
Being the voice of an NHL team is a dream Munz has had since he became interested in broadcasting sports as a teenager.
"When I was going to school in Humboldt, I got to be around the radio booth when CJVR was doing the Bronco games," said Munz. "It was something in high school I thought I might like to do."
After high school, Munz went to a broadcasting school in Saskatoon to help bring him closer to his dream.
He started out broadcasting with a short stint in Duncan, B.C., but soon was able to come back to his home province and voiced local teams, like the Humboldt Broncos and Melfort Mustangs for five years.
After working for CJVR, Munz moved on to CKBI for four years, voicing Prince Albert Raiders games and then to Edmonton for two years, where he voiced the Road Runners during the NHL lockout.
"When the league came back I did the pre- and the post-game shows of the Oilers broadcast," said Munz.
The move from Edmonton to Winnipeg was one of his best decisions that brought him even closer to his NHL goal.
He will do the play-by-plays for 60 of the 82 games the Jets will be playing and do colour for the other 22.
"I dreamt of voicing for the NHL," said Munz. "This is a dream come true."
Although he may now be in the big leagues, Munz is proud of his roots and grateful to everyone who helped him along his way.
"I think everybody who was there along the way (are) pretty happy I get to achieve my goal of being (broadcasting) in the NHL," said Munz.
He is also excited that the RBC Cup will be in his hometown.
"It's an exciting year for the city," said Munz.
