Rob Simpson is an American-born (May 1964) sportscaster and author working in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is presently the co-host of "Stellick and Simmer" in the morning with Gord Stellick on Sirius-XM NHL Network radio. Simpson previously hosted "NHL Live" and the "Cisco All-Access Pregame Show" on the same network, a simulcast program produced at the NHL headquarters in New York, that also aired on NHL Network television. He previously worked as the rinkside reporter for Boston Bruins games on NESN for three seasons beginning in 2005, followed by the Madison Square Garden Network as a host, web columnist, and live rink reporter in 2010. He created and hosted the program "Maple Leaf America" on Leafs TV in Toronto for four seasons beginning in 2001.
Simpson has authored three books about the National Hockey League. "Between The Lines - Not So Tall Tales From Ray 'Scampy' Scapinello's Four Decades in the NHL" in 2006, "Black and Gold: Four Decades of the Boston Bruins in Photographs" in 2008 and 2010, and "The Winged Wheel: A Half-Century of The Detroit Red Wings in Photographs" in 2012. All were published by John Wiley and Sons.
Simpson has taken part in and written about the NHL's humanitarian efforts in Africa with the non-government organization Right To Play. In 2007, he documented the visit of players Andrew Ference of the Boston Bruins and Steve Montador of the Florida Panthers to orphanages in Tanzania, and in 2008, joined Bruins Captain Zdeno Chara's fundraising effort while climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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