After graduating from the Western Academy Broadcasting College, Dreger was immediately offered a job from a radio station in Winkler, Manitoba.
[1] Beginning in 1992, Dreger lent his voice as a play-by-play announcer for the Brandon Wheat Kings.
[citation needed] Dreger won a Gemini Award in 2010 in the Best Sports Reporting category for his coverage of the firing of NHLPA Executive Director Paul Kelly.
[5] In October 2014, Bob McKenzie and Dreger began appearing as a full-time contributors on NBCSN, until NBC Sports lost the NHL hockey rights to both ESPN and Turner Sports in 2021.
[6][7] Dreger was born in Red Deer, Alberta, and grew up in Saskatchewan.