Rick Moffat

Rick Moffat is a Canadian radio announcer. He currently provides play-by-play for CJAD radio for Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Alouettes games.

Born October 8, 1960 in Lachine, Quebec; one of 5 children born to James Moffat a decorated World War 2 hero with the RCAF and the Belgian and French Resistance whose wartime memoir was published in "Behind Enemy Lines", and to Anne Dosman Moffat, a Prairie survivor of the Depression and the Dustbowl of Saskatchewan in the 1930's.

Moffat holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University and has been working fulltime in radio since 1982.

Moffat began his play-by-play career with the Montreal Machine of the NFL-run World League of American Football. When the Alouettes returned CFL play to Montreal, Moffat worked with CJAD 800 broadcast legend Ted Blackman, former Seattle Seahawk and Toronto Argonaut Tommy Kane, as well as longtime Alouette allstar Tony Proudfoot, who would become Moffat's co-host in the booth until the current 2008 season. Another former Alouette allstar Ed Philion has now joined the CJAD 800 Broadcast team, with Proudfoot leading CJAD's football blog squad, due to his ongoing battle against Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Moffat joined the CJAD 800 Hockey Broadcast team for the spring playoff run of 2004, joining former Canadiens' #17 Murray Wilson, a fourtime Stanley Cup champion with the Habs in the 70's.

Moffat is a longtime supporter of Amnesty International, Inter Pares, Montreal's Social Justice Committee, the MAB-Mackay Foundation, the Miriam Foundation, and the Montreal Children's Hospital.

External link

* [http://www.cjad.com/node/590185 CJAD interview with Rick Moffat]