from Max Miceli of SportsBusiness Daily,

"A Day in the Life" is a feature in SBD examining the daily habits of interesting personalities in sports business. This week, NBC NHL analyst PIERRE MCGUIRE walks us through his preparation process for calling games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and how he winds down afterward.

5:30am: If I don’t need to fly somewhere, I’ll get up at 5:30 no matter what. I’ll sit down and I’ll break down what happened the night before just watching tapes or replays.

7:05am: I’ll do radio usually in the morning back in Toronto and then at 8:08 in Ottawa. We never rehearse any of them. I try to prepare as much as possible, and I’ll look over things I may have made notes on. In Toronto it’s a 10-12 minute show and in Ottawa it’s about a 25 minute show. They’re a little different, but usually during the regular season they focus on the entire league and in particular the teams in the towns I’m doing the radio show in. It’s fun to do. After that I’ll take a shower, and I’ll grab a cup of tea and go right to the rink.

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