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The other side of the mic with… Sergio Momesso
- Updated: August 1, 2016
When hockey players decide to hang up their skates, their desire to stay connected to the sport they played and were so very passionate about since childhood, is still as strong as ever before. Some end up working directly with their respective teams, while some decide to work on the other side of the microphone as TV or radio analysts. Many Habs alums now cover the Canadiens in one way or another, and we caught up with a few of them to learn more about their transition to the media. This week, Sergio Momesso shares his path to working for TSN Radio 690.
Take us through the process of you ending up working in media. Was it you or the network that really got things going?
SERGIO MOMESSO: I wanted to come back into hockey. A few years ago, I went to see Bob Gainey when he was GM and I asked him if there was something I could do to help the team in any capacity. He offered me a job to help the team’s prospects on and off the ice in Hamilton a few days every month. I enjoyed that because I used to be an assistant coach in Shawinigan a few years before. I was helping out Don Lever – who coached the Bulldogs at the time – to get through to some of the younger players. When the Canadiens fired Guy Carbonneau, Lever was promoted to Montreal as an assistant to Bob and I was offered a full-time position as an assistant coach to Ron Wilson in Hamilton. At the end of the season, Wilson was let go and Guy Boucher was hired and he eventually brought Dan Lacroix and Martin Raymond with him. Once the organization told me that they didn’t need me anymore as a player development coach, Rick Moffat – who was the play-by-play guy at CJAD at the time – gave me a call and asked me if I wanted to fill in for his partner Murray Wilson when he couldn’t be there. So I started as the back-up and the following year Murray didn’t come back. I applied for his job. After doing some tests and splitting the year with Bobby Dollas, TSN ended up buying the station and offered me the full-time position.
What did you think of the media during your playing days? Has your opinion of them changed now?
SM: As a player, you understand that they’re doing their job. But …
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