Eddie Garrison

Eddie Garrison was born on April 7, 1977 in Pensacola, Florida. He has been a professional inline hockey player, radio controlled car racer, and touring car racer and sports journalist.
Hockey career
Eddie began his hockey career as a goaltender, playing for an amateur travel team called the Pensacola Stallions in 1993.
Eddie continued his hockey career by moving to Wasila, Alaska to play for the Sinbad Sailors in the Western States Hockey League (Jr. B). After his brief stint in Alaska with the Sailors, Eddie then moved to Coco Beach, Florida where he would become a third string goalie for the Space Coast Blast of the newly formed (1998) Southern Elite Hockey League. Here, Eddie and the Blast won the inaugural season of the Southern Elite Hockey League.
When the junior years were behind him Eddie then turned his focus to professional hockey in the 1998-1999 season. He traveled to Nashville Tennessee and a shot at making the roster of the Nashville Knighthawks. He played only in 5 games for the Knighthawks and was released as a free agent from the team.
Once the ice hockey offers began to fade away, Eddie then went after the arena of professional in-line hockey where he was met with almost immediate success. He traveled out west to join the High Desert Rattlers in the newly formed Continental Inline Hockey League and was signed during training camp as their reserve goaltender.
However, due to economic reasons the league was unable to finish out their season and all players were given their outright free agent release.
The team however was not finished as it moved from Victorville California to Phoenix Arizona and was now called the Phoenix Desert Rats. Coached by Todd Wright, the Desert Rats wanted to retain Eddie as their reserve goaltender for the season and they did just that.
From the desert Eddie headed to New York for a shot at the NHL of in-line hockey and Roller Hockey International. His agent Dan Dellany of Premiere Hockey Services was running the team in a general manager capacity and gave Eddie a shot at making the squad. The tryout went well for Eddie but due to bigger name goaltenders being brought in, Eddie was asked to play a different position on the team at left wing.
He from there continued to play left wing while playing in-line hockey instead of being in goal.
Hockey teams Eddie Garrison was a member of:
*Sin Bad Sailors Western States Hockey League
*Space Coast Blast Southern Elite Hockey League
*High Desert Rattlers Continental Inline Hockey League
*Phoenix Desert Rats Major League Roller Hockey
*Empire State Cobras Roller Hockey International
*Nashville Knighthawks Central Hockey League
*Pensacola Stallions North Florida Hockey League
Professional RC Car Racing
Eddie also raced radio controlled cars professionally. Racing for some of the top companies in the nation including, Tekin Electronics, Pro-Match Racing, Banzai Motors and MRC Academy.
In his RC car racing career, Eddie raced and finished in the top ten at almost every national and regional event held. Including A-main appearances at the Hot Rod Hobbies Hot Rod Shootout, the Team Losi off-road championships and the ROAR stock national off-road championships. He has also won the RedStick Hobbies Mardi Gras Race, B&T RC Central Battle at the Beach and the ROAR Region 4 Regional Championships. In 2004 through 2006 Eddie was regarded as one of the top stock off-road racers in the nation.
Recent Results:
*2005 3rd Annual Mardi Gras Race at Redstick Raceway………………Top Qualifier and 1st Place A Main - Expert Stock 2wd
*2005 3rd Annual Battle at the Beach at B&T RC Central…………Top Qualifier and 1st Place A Main - Expert Stock 2wd
*2005 3rd Annual Battle at the Beach at B&T RC Central…..................………4th Place A Main - Modified Truck
*2005 4th Annual Team Losi Off-Road Championships at Hurricane Raceway…………2nd Place A Main - Expert Stock Truck
*2005 4th Annual Team Losi Off-Road Championships at Hurricane Raceway…………6th Place A Main - Expert Stock 2wd
*2006 4th Annual Battle at the Beach at B&T RC Central…………Top Qualifier and 1st Place A Main - Modified Truck
*2006 4th Annual Battle at the Beach at B&T RC Central…………Top Qualifier and 1st Place A Main - Modified 2wd Buggy
*2006 5th Annual Team Losi Off-Road Championships at Hurricane Raceway…………3rd Place A Main - Expert Stock Truck
*2005 5th Annual Team Losi Off-Road Championships at Hurrincae Raceway…………6th Place A Main - Expert Stock 2wd
Professional Touring car racing
Starting in October 2007 Eddie has shifted gears into the realm of touring car racing. He now races in the Grand Bayou Race Series hosted by No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, Louisiana with his 1997 Eagle Talon TSi. Sponsored by Red Line Oil, K&N Engineering, Real Power Motorsports and DSMtuners.com
Eddie has also acquired his NASA professional racing license to be able to compete professionally all over the country in road racing series. During the 2007-2008 season, Eddie finished 2nd overall in his class while obtaining 5 podium finishes including 4 second place finishes and won feature race win. Starting in October 2008, Eddie will once again be campaigning his Eagle Talon in the Grand Bayou Race Series.
During the 2008 - 2009 Touring Car Season Eddie once again started off in the winner's circle by winning the first two events of the season in the Grand Bayou Race Series. However, continuing transmission issues forced him to miss the next four events. Eddie returned to the GBRS for the final race of the year in which he once again proved he was the best driver in his division and won the final event of the year.
Sports Journalism
Eddie has written and covererd sports since Ocotber 2000. He began covering minor league hockey games for the East Coast Hockey League. Later Eddie was offered to be the beat writer for the Indianapolis Colts on the website www.nflspot.com. Later he was promoted to the senior editor & writer of www.coltsspot.com.
He has had articles featured on ESPN, CBS Sports, USA Today, NFL, Yahoo Sports and Fox Sports. Eddie has also covered games live from the press box for NCAA Football and Basketball, NFL, UFL, ECHL and the SPHL. Not only has Eddie been involved in the print meida, he has also appeared on many nation wide and local sports radio and television broadcasts.

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