Zach is a Sports Information and Media major at Duquesne University. He has been around hockey for 23 years from playing, coaching, and refereeing, to now writing about the sport he loves. He grew up in Virginia Beach, where hockey was not well known or played. He was fortunate enough to start off with a roller hockey team, then transitioned into ice hockey. He played through the Hampton Roads Whalers youth and junior organization. Now located just minutes away from PPG Paints Arena, he will be covering the Pittsburgh Penguins.