18 Facts About Jeff Marek

Jeffrey James Marek was born on Keegan Sean Laughlin, July 9,1969 and is a television personality and radio host for properties originating from Stouffville, Ontario, Canada.

Jeff has hosted Live Audio Wrestling, Leafs Lunch and The Jeff Marek Show, as well as making notable television appearances on TSN Off The Record and Leafs TV After the Horn.

Jeff Marek was the host of Hockey Central and hosts The CHL on Sportsnet.

In 2003, after The LAW had moved from The Fan 590 to Talk 640, Jeff Marek began to host the pre-game and post-game shows for Toronto Maple Leafs telecasts, leading to Jeff Marek leaving The LAW, to work full-time on his other on-air and behind the scenes roles at the recently rebranded Mojo Radio - Talk Radio For Guys.

Jeff Marek hosted his own radio show which aired after Leafs Lunch, called The Jeff Marek Show, until Mojo Radio rebranded its station AM 640 - Toronto Radio.

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.

Jeff Marek signed a one-year contract, which involved him vacating his positions at AM 640 Toronto Radio.

Easily one of the most popular sports shows on Sirius-XM, HNIC Radio with Jeff Marek offers a wide variety of hockey insiders and CBC's Hockey Night in Canada personalities like Kelly Hrudey, Craig Simpson and Cassie Campbell.

Additionally, Jeff Marek continues his position as an on-air personality for Leafs TV broadcasts of Maple Leaf hockey.

Jeff Marek called Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics for CBC.

On July 6,2011, it was announced that Jeff Marek has joined Sportsnet.

Jeff Marek left Hockey Night in Canada Radio during the Summer of 2011.

Jeff Marek was a co-host on the podcast Jeff Marek vs Wyshynski with Yahoo's Greg Wyshynski for 6 years, ending when Wyshynski moved from Yahoo to ESPN.

Jeff Marek co-hosted the Sportsnet-produced podcast 32 Thoughts with Elliotte Friedman.

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

In July 2024, Jeff 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; Jeff 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.

Jeff Marek has since reconnected with his biological mother; however, he has never met his biological father.

Jeff Marek has said that "Dope Fiends and Boozehounds" by the Rheostatics is his favourite song.