Education
Jaffe graduated from Kent School in Kent, Connecticut in 1987.
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Jaffe graduated from Kent School in Kent, Connecticut in 1987.
Jaffe also serves as a hockey analyst for Sportsnet, and for select coverage by National Hockey League Network. He was formerly a color analyst for the New York Islanders on MSG Plus, as well as a color analyst and reporter for nationally televised hockey games on Versus. Jaffe played hockey for the University of Michigan from 1987–1989 as a right wing.
He has also served as team-captain for the silver medal winning team United States of America at the Maccabiah Games held in Israel in 1997.
Jaffe began his broadcasting career as an analyst on the pre-game, intermission and post-game radio show for the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1998-1999 season. After spending the 1999–2000 season as the Radio and Television Analyst for the Chicago Wolves of the International Hockey League, he joined the Atlanta Thrashers in September 2000.
During his tenure with the Thrashers, he served primarily as the radio analyst, but also contributed to the Thrashers television coverage. In addition to his work with the Thrashers, in October 2001, Jaffe served as color commentator for Fox Sports Net"s coverage of the Cold War game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State which took place in outdoor Spartan Stadium on the Michigan State Campus.
Jaffe took on another role acting as lead analyst for CSTV"s Friday Night Hockey game of the week.
He also served as a fill-in host on the Atlanta Braves studio show on Turner Broadcasting System Superstation. In 2006, Jaffe replaced Joe Micheletti, who moved on to the New York Rangers booth, as New York Islanders color analyst alongside Howie Rose. He works for National Hockey League on Versus as an analyst and reporter during regular season and playoff broadcasts.
He worked on Versus for 5 years, building a strong reputation around the National Hockey League and with fans, adding work with VERSUS and appearing on the popular National Hockey League On The Fly and National Hockey League Live on XM/Sirius that was simulcast on National Hockey League Network.
Jaffe joined NESN for the 2010-2011 Bruins season, working select games as an in-studio analyst on a part-time basis. Foreign the 2013-2014 season, Jaffe relocated to Boston and is slated to work at least 50 Bruins games for the network.