Darren Eliot
TV Analyst / Hockey Development Liaison
SI.com View From The Ice
Darren Eliot
In addition to his work as a broadcaster, Eliot serves as the Thrashers hockey development liaison where he helps oversee the organization’s community hockey programming.
Beyond broadcasting for SportSouth, Eliot covers the NHL nationally, entering his fifth season as an analyst on Versus and contributing a weekly column, "The Week That Was" on Versus.com. His "View from the Ice," column has run weekly on SI.com since 2001. Eliot has also written extensively for NHL.com and atlantathrashers.com and contributed to The Hockey News.
Prior to joining the Thrashers, Eliot spent two seasons as an analyst for the Anaheim Ducks.
Prior to his career in broadcasting, Eliot worked for Computer Methods Corporation, a software-consulting firm headquartered in Livonia, Mich. There he served as president of CMC's engineering services subsidiary, EnGenius, Inc., from 1997-99.
A 1983 graduate of Cornell University with a degree in agricultural economics, Eliot earned membership into the Red Key Society for students exemplifying excellence in academics and athletics. With the Big Red, Eliot was a two-time All-Ivy selection and earned All-America honors as a senior. He entered the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.
Following his collegiate career, Eliot committed to the Canadian National program, culminating in competing for Team Canada in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo. From that experience, he went on to play five seasons in the NHL for the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres.
Eliot and his wife, Meredith, have two daughters, Avery and Gillian, and a son, Mitchell. They reside in Duluth.
