Thanks for visiting my page. My name is Thomas "TJ" Chillot (pronounced shuh-lot), professional play-by-play broadcaster for the Austin Bruins of the North American Hockey League.
Born and raised in the Lehigh Valley Region of Eastern Pennsylvania, I began my radio career as a studio-host and producer for ESPN Radio of the Lehigh Valley (now FoxSports Radio). Through ESPN Radio I was able to find freelance work for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (top affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies) and Lehigh University Athletics. While working at ESPN Radio, I secured an internship with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (top affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers). In the AHL with the Phantoms, I learned the ins-and-outs of hockey broadcasting and how a professional media relations department operates. Once my internship came to an end, I landed my first gig as the voice of the Mississippi RiverKings of the Southern Professional Hockey League.
In addition to the play-by-play, some of my duties with the RiverKings included handling ALL aspects of the broadcast such as content creation for the pre-game, post-game, and intermission shows, curating content for our website and social media pages and writing game recaps and official news releases. I was also the manager in charge of assisting off-ice officials, home and visiting media, as well as producing game-notes and post-game recaps. In my first season as the voice of the RiverKings I was awarded 2017-18 Sin Bin SPHL Broadcaster of the Year Award. On my one year anniversary with the team, it was announced that the RiverKings would be ceasing operations and I began the search for a new team. I was lucky enough to land in Austin, Minnesota as the new voice of the Austin Bruins of the NAHL.
My duties with the Bruins are very similar to what I performed in Mississippi, however, the front office is much smaller with my current team allowing me to expand my knowledge into departments such as ticketing, customer service, game operations, graphic design, and account management. All things I've come across at other points in professional life.
Born and raised in the Lehigh Valley Region of Eastern Pennsylvania, I began my radio career as a studio-host and producer for ESPN Radio of the Lehigh Valley (now FoxSports Radio). Through ESPN Radio I was able to find freelance work for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (top affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies) and Lehigh University Athletics. While working at ESPN Radio, I secured an internship with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (top affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers). In the AHL with the Phantoms, I learned the ins-and-outs of hockey broadcasting and how a professional media relations department operates. Once my internship came to an end, I landed my first gig as the voice of the Mississippi RiverKings of the Southern Professional Hockey League.
In addition to the play-by-play, some of my duties with the RiverKings included handling ALL aspects of the broadcast such as content creation for the pre-game, post-game, and intermission shows, curating content for our website and social media pages and writing game recaps and official news releases. I was also the manager in charge of assisting off-ice officials, home and visiting media, as well as producing game-notes and post-game recaps. In my first season as the voice of the RiverKings I was awarded 2017-18 Sin Bin SPHL Broadcaster of the Year Award. On my one year anniversary with the team, it was announced that the RiverKings would be ceasing operations and I began the search for a new team. I was lucky enough to land in Austin, Minnesota as the new voice of the Austin Bruins of the NAHL.
My duties with the Bruins are very similar to what I performed in Mississippi, however, the front office is much smaller with my current team allowing me to expand my knowledge into departments such as ticketing, customer service, game operations, graphic design, and account management. All things I've come across at other points in professional life.
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Team folding leads Chillot to new hockey opportunity
https://staatalent.com/headlines/team-folding-leads-chillot-to-new-hockey-opportunity/ Chillot new voice of RiverKings Hockey staatalent.com/headlines/chillot-new-voice-riverkings-hockey/ NAHL Names Broadcasters, On-Ice Officials for 2020 Top Prospects http://nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=28834 |