MARK BINETTI NAMED “VOICE OF THE SWAMP RABBITS”
Two-time ECHL Broadcaster of the Year Finalist Makes Swamp Rabbits Debut Tonight
By: Mark Binetti, Greenville Swamp Rabbits
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, are excited to welcome Mark Binetti as the new Senior Director of Communications and team Services and Broadcaster. He assumes the role of the “Voice of the Swamp Rabbits” and will debut tonight against the South Carolina Stingrays on the Swamp Rabbits Radio Network, presented by Bon Secours.
Binetti comes to the Upstate from the headquarters of the Swamp Rabbits ownership group, Spire Sports + Entertainment, in Mooresville, NC. While working several full-time obligations for SS+E in finance and NASCAR, he performed play-by-play in NCAA Division 1 with Gardner-Webb University over the last year and a half. With GWU, he covered Olympic sports, most notably men’s and women’s soccer and basketball, on ESPN+ and the Runnin’ Bulldogs Sports Network on radio.
Before returning to North Carolina, the 36-year-old worked nine seasons in professional hockey, most recently as the Director of Communications/Community Relations & Broadcaster with the Stockton Heat, formerly of the American Hockey League. Before transitioning to the AHL, he spent eight seasons as the Senior Director of Communications/Broadcaster for the Swamp Rabbits’ sister team, the Rapid City Rush. While in South Dakota, Binetti was named a finalist for ECHL Broadcaster of the Year in back-to-back seasons in 2020 and 2021 and earned the Central Hockey League’s “Rookie of the Year/Rising Star” accolade in 2014.
Originally from Tappan, N.Y., Binetti has called Charlotte, NC home since 2002. Preceding his professional experience, he interned with the Charlotte Checkers in their infancy in the AHL for two seasons. He worked in various statistics, research, and production roles for ESPNU in Charlotte. Binetti graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2010 with a BS in Biological Sciences and was a four-year member of the USC Marching Band: “The Mighty Sound of the Southeast”.”
About the Greenville Swamp Rabbits …
Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team has provided family-friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. Formerly the Greenville Road Warriors, the Swamp Rabbits are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina. The Swamp Rabbits are the proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s LA Kings and the AHL’s Ontario Reign. Greenville is an ECHL Premier’AA Hockey League member.
