Geoff Kirbyson

Biography:

GEOFF KIRBYSON is small business owner and a veteran journalist with over 20 years experience. He has spent most of his career at the Winnipeg Free Press while also contributing to Canadian Business Magazine, The Hockey News, and numerous trade publications.

Kirbyson is a hockey aficionado. He has coached minor hockey for many years, and is a stay-at-home defenceman on The Sofa Kings in a Winnipeg beer league. He remembers the roar of the Winnipeg Arena crowd as a nine year-old when The Hot Line jumped over the boards.

Kirbyson is also the author of two books on hockey: 

  1. The Hot Line: How the Legendary Trio of Hull, Hedberg and Nilsson Transformed Hockey and Led the Winnipeg Jets to Greatness (2016), and
  2. Broken Ribs & Popcorn: How The Winnipeg Jets Became The Best Team Of The NHL's Most Offensive Era To Not Win The Stanley Cup (2021).

Kirbyson has a B.A. (Economics) and an M.B.A. from the University of Manitoba, and M.A. (Journalism) from the University of Western Ontario.

Sources:
https://www.cardinal.ca/team/geoff-kirbyson-mba | 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoff-kirbyson-mba-a3b24348 

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