Tripp Tracy

Emmet E. "Tripp" Tracy III (born December 20, 1973) is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender and the current television and radio color commentator for the Carolina Hurricanes.

Tripp Tracy
Tripp Tracy in February 2012
Born (1973-12-30) December 30, 1973
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Right
Played for AHL
Springfield Falcons
Beast of New Haven
ECHL
Richmond Renegades
NHL Draft 218th overall, 1993
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 1996–1998

Playing career

Tracy was a goalie for Harvard University for four years. In his first two seasons, he shared goaltending minutes with classmate Aaron Israel; he became the lone starter in 1994, his junior year, when Israel left to join the Philadelphia Flyers' farm system.[1]

Tracy was drafted in the 9th round (218th overall) by the Flyers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. After he graduated from Harvard in 1996, he signed a free agent contract with the Hartford Whalers; he played two seasons in the franchise’s farm system, in the ECHL and AHL.[2]

Broadcast career

After retiring from playing hockey in 1998, Tracy worked briefly for CNN before rejoining the Hurricanes organization as an announcer for the 1998-1999 season.[2] He has been with the Hurricanes broadcast team ever since.

On April 26, 2022, Tracy made several strange posts on Twitter referencing a personal struggle with alcohol while misspelling several words in the tweets. On April 27, 2022, Carolina Hurricanes President and General Manager Don Waddell said Tracy would miss the remainder of the season and playoffs to address a "personal matter"; Shane Willis, the Hurricanes Director of Youth Hockey and Community Outreach, stepped into Tracy's role alongside play-by-play announcer Mike Maniscalco.[3] Tracy would later come out as a recovering alcoholic and discuss his struggles with sobriety.[4] Tracy returned to the broadcast booth for start of the 2022–23 NHL season.

Awards and honors
Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team 1992–93

References
  1. Kilfara, Darren (5 November 1994). "Junior Goalie Tripp Tracy: It's His Time to Shine". Harvard University. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. "Hurricanes Agree to Terms with Television Broadcasters John Forslund and Tripp Tracy". NHL.com. 30 June 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  3. Rigdon, Jay (April 27, 2022). "Hurricanes analyst Tripp Tracy taking leave of absence after tweets referencing addiction". AwfulAnnouncing.
  4. "Diggin' in with Tripp Podcast: Episode #60". Sep 2, 2022.


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