Meet Your Broadcasters

BILL COURTLAND

For the 13th time in 14 years, Bill Courtland, the “Voice of the NCRHA,” will be the primary play-by-play man for the National Championship tournament.

Courtland’s previous broadcasting experience includes 3 seasons as the Director of Broadcasting for the Long Beach Ice Dogs pro hockey team, 8 seasons as the play-by-play voice of the Cal State Northridge Men’s Basketball team,  dozens of USA Hockey, USA Hockey Inline, NARCh and TORHS events as radio and television play-by-play man, and coverage of numerous collegiate events.  When he's not broadcasting hockey, you can hear his distinctive voice as the Public Address Announcer at many different CSUN sporting events.

Courtland received his bachelor’s degree in English with Honors from Cal State Northridge, where he also played on the men’s volleyball team.  He has been involved in the fields of court reporting and captioning for the hearing impaired for many years, and currently owns his own company that provides captions via the Internet to client/students in classrooms all across the country.

Bill and his wife Jean and their family reside in Southern California.

 

JEREMY ELLIS

Ellis has been broadcasting live sports since 1997.  Initially starting out with high school and Division 3 colleges in Iowa, Ellis then moved on to the Detroit area where he hosted a sports call-in show in Flint, Michigan and was a reporter for WJR AM radio, covering all for the major Detroit franchises and NCAA athletics.  Jeremy left Detroit to do a season as the voice of the Harlem Ambassadors show basketball team travelling throughout the United States.  Upon the conclusion of the season, he settled in Denver and continues to work in Radio covering the Broncos and Avalanche.  

 

Ellis  has lived in Chicago for the past 12 years.  A former Referee-in-Chief for the MCRHL, he has been involved with the NCRHA since its inception.  The past few years has seen him trade his stripes for a microphone, becoming the voice of NARCh and co-hosting the NBC Universal sports NARCh special which aired last year.  He returns to being on-air this year after an exciting inaugural year broadcasting the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Championships last year in Aston, Pennsylvania.

 

ADAM STIO

Stio played both ice and roller growing up in New Jersey.  Helped open the ISCA now in North Arlington, NJ. Played for Don Bosco Prep high school in Ramsey, NJ.  Stio has played, coached, and officiated in multiple ice and roller leagues over the last 15-20 years, from New Jersey to Las Vegas.  Stio has worked regional events for roller hockey organizations such as AIRHS, NIHA and USA Inline from 1997 thru 2000, as well as NARCh, ECHO, and other organizations including ECHO Nationals in 2004, NARCh Finals 2005-2011. Collegiate Roller Hockey experience includes officiating in the ECRHA and WCRHL, including the Regional Championships for each, most recently the WCRHL Regional Championships in March 2015, held in Corona, California.  Also Stio was the announcer the the WCRHL All-Star Skills Competition a few years back.  At the national level, Stio worked as the Media Director for the 2011 National Collegiate Roller Hockey Championships in Madison, Wisconsin.

 

CHRIS TREFT

Treft is a native of Fort Wayne Indiana but currently lives in Glens Falls, NY for his role as the Color Commentator for the Adirondack Flames, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Calgary Flames on the Flames Radio Network. Also, Treft is the play-by-play broadcaster for TORHS2Hot4Ice and State Wars roller hockey tournaments.  Previously Treft was with the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL in his hometown, where he did color commentary for TV broadcasts.  in addition to his former roles, Treft was an Assistant GM and play-by-play voice of the Fort Wayne Federals of the MNJHL, as well as the broadcaster for the 2013 and 2014 Indiana High School State Championships and the Fort Wayne High School Hockey association.  Treft is a graduate of IPFW (Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne) where he played ice hockey for the Mastodons receiving a degree in Media Communications with a minor in Public Relations and Media Production.

 

CRAIG JOLLY

Jolly, President & Executive Producer of the Middle Tennessee Sports Network, started out broadcasting collegiate roller hockey for Bethel University at the 2011 NCRHA National Championships in Madison, Wisconsin and was the primary broadcaster for their run through the 2011-2012 NCRHA Division 1 National Championship at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Utah.  In 2013, he then broadcasted the 2013 NCRHA National Championships from The Skatium in Ft Myers , FL along with the entirety of the Bethel University roller hockey season.  For the 2013-2014 & 2014-2015 seasons, Jolly’s work included the SECRHL, ECRHA, MCRHL, and the GPCIHL, most recently featuring exclusive coverage of the 2015 GPCIHL & ECRHA Regional Championships.  This fall, he is going to continue to bring you expansive coverage of roller hockey featuring the top teams and leagues from the NCRHA.

 

TRAVIS VAN NOTY

Van Noty is a Southern California native who has played roller and ice hockey since he was seven. Always wanting to get into the sports broadcasting business, Van Noty graduated from California State University Northridge with a BA in Broadcast Journalism. He just finished his 8th season as the CSUN Ice Hockey Radio Play-By-Play Broadcaster and Head of Media Relations. Van Noty's other duties include being part of the video broadcast crew for the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 3 National Tournament and the Voice of the SCAHA Finals each year at the LA Kings practice facility, Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California. Outside of hockey, Van Noty is the Radio Play-By-Play Broadcaster for California Baptist University Baseball & Softball.

 

All games will be broadcast live by MyOwnSports Live (MOSLive) at: http://moslive.com/MOSLiveCustomerChannel.aspx?action=cvsches&channel=NCRHALive