BRUINS RADIO NETWORK ANNOUNCERS
Ryan Johnston- Play-By-Play
Ryan Johnston returns to the broadcast booth for his second season as the radio voice of the Bruins. Ryan has been with 98.5 the Sports Hub since it’s launch in 2009, including as the Bruins radio play by play fill-in since 2010. A graduate of Syracuse University, Johnston has called Boston College hockey on the Sports Hub for two seasons, while also handling the Play-by-Play duties for the Beanpot tournament and the Hockey East semifinal and championship games that were carried on the station. He also spent nine seasons as the voice for The Lowell Lock Monsters and Lowell Devils AHL franchises. Since 2012 Johnston has done freelance college hockey play-by-play, calling games for UMass Lowell, Merrimack College and The University of New Hampshire on NESN, ESPN+ and Fox Sports. He is a past recipient of the Massachusetts /Rhode Island Associated Press Award for Best Play-By-Play.
Bob Beers – Action Analyst
Bob Beers enters his 26th season as action analyst on Bruins radio. He came to the broadcast booth following an eight-year professional career as a defenseman in the NHL and with minor league affiliates. Drafted by Boston as their tenth pick, 210th overall, in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, he played three-plus seasons with the Bruins organization before moving to NHL stops in Tampa Bay, Edmonton and the NY Islanders for four seasons. He returned to the Bruins for the 1996-97 season before retiring as a full-time player in August, 1997. He also played parts of two seasons with the Bruins’ AHL affiliate in Providence as his radio schedule allowed in both 1998-99 and 1999-2000. Beers is a regular contributor on NBC Sports Boston and WBZ-TV, and has also worked with NHL Radio and national television broadcasts during the playoffs.
