Derek Felix (seen here with 1994 New York Ranger and Stanley Cup champion Stephane Matteau) is a senior writer for SportsDay who has covered back-to-back Penn League championships on Staten Island and just finished covering the Baby Bombers for the third season. He also has contributed NHL related columns as well as other articles to the site.

The Staten Island NY native also hosts his own internet radio show Hard Hits and produces and co-hosts the NY Hockey Report along with NY Sports Scene managing editor Joe McDonald and Section 317’s own Gary Harding.

During his experience in the industry, Derek has worked behind the scenes for ESPN providing extensive research for NHL/WNBA games used by production talent. He’s also interned for The Hockey Maven Stan Fischler contributing to books as well as The Fischler Report and worked the production truck for Devils games.

In his spare time, Derek enjoys going to concerts, music videos, movies, poetry and the outdoors.