Jeff Marek

Jeffrey James Marek[1] (born Keegan Sean Laughlin, July 9, 1969) is a television personality and radio host for properties originating from Stouffville, Ontario, Canada.

From 2011-2024, Marek worked with Sportsnet, before being dismissed due to leaking NHL draft selections to a friend while part of the broadcasting panel.

On September 7, 2007, Jeff Marek announced that he had accepted a position at Hockey Night in Canada, hosting broadcasts on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 122.

In the 2021–22 season, Marek was replaced by Caroline Cameron as studio host of Sportsnet's Wednesday Night Hockey, but continued to serve as an inside reporter for the network.

Marek is also an annual NHL Draft Hockey Career Conference speaker for the online sports-career training school Sports Management Worldwide.

[4] In July 2024, Marek was quietly dismissed from Sportsnet, with two years remaining on his contract, because he leaked selections from the first round of the 2024 NHL entry draft one or two minutes before they were announced to his friend Mark Seidel; Marek had been presenting on the television broadcast of the draft and was privy to the selections ahead of their official announcement as a member of the crew.

[5] Marek had been silent for several weeks after the June 28 first round of the draft, missing several scheduled radio and podcasts appearances and not posting online, before the separation was officially announced on July 26, though revealed by insiders a day earlier.