Adam proteau biography

A lot goes into becoming a professional sports writer;  knowledge, determination and commitment are just three of the attributes that many writers have. However, just like any other profession, sometimes writers don’t start out looking to get into journalism.

For Adam Proteau, a columnist at The Hockey News (THN), that is exactly what happened.

“I took the long road getting into sports journalism,” Proteau said.

“I attended the University of Toronto and drama school in New York City before realizing that I got more compliments for my writing than anything else I did. So I went back to Ryerson journalism school in Toronto at age 26 for four years.”

Then, what some people might call luck entered Proteau’s life.

“At the end of my first year, my main professor told me she was neighbors with the Editor-in-Chief of THN at the time (Steve Dryden, now a TSN bigwig) and the magazine was looking for a summer student to handle their fantasy poolb