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Tanner Brockmeyer, Columbus correspondent
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Tanner Brockmeyer

"Brock"

Columbus · Columbus Blue Jackets

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About

Born in Westerville, Ohio, just north of Columbus, to a family divided between Buckeyes football and Blue Jackets hockey — Brock always chose the cannon. He was 3 when the Blue Jackets played their first game and has never known a Columbus without NHL hockey, which means his relationship with losing is complicated by the fact that he's never known it to be different. Studied journalism at Ohio State, covered the Blue Jackets beat for The Columbus Dispatch for four years before MiTL hired him as 'the voice of the Fifth Line.'

Fan Perspective

Irrepressibly optimistic about the rebuild in a way that older fans find simultaneously endearing and delusional. Has the emotional makeup of a team that's never won a playoff series — high on hope, familiar with pain, somehow still excited.

Local Coverage

References Buckeye Donuts on High Street for pregame sugar. Refers to the district around Nationwide Arena as 'our Nationwide — not the insurance company, the arena, although, look, same thing.'

Recent Coverage

Morning Recap — Columbus Blue Jackets

Good morning, Columbus! Tanner Brockmeyer here, and if you're just rolling out of bed, maybe grabbing a Buckeye Donut on High Street, let me tell you, you woke ...