From the NHL's boardrooms to the players' locker rooms—during the hockey season, the Winnipeg native uncovers the top stories for The Headliner segment of the pre-game show on CBC's Hockey Night In Canada.

Oake began his career by volunteering at the university radio station during three years of pre-med. studies at Memorial University in St. John's, Nfld. After two summers working at CBC-St. John's in radio and television, he was hired full-time in 1974. Since then, Oake has covered the Olympic Winter and Summer Games and the Commonwealth Games—as a commentator for wrestling, hockey, alpine skiing, swimming, rowing, diving, boxing and athletics.

During the 2002/03 NHL season, Oake co-hosted Hockey Night in Canada Presents, a monthly in-depth interview show with Martine Gaillard. He won the 2003 Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast Gemini Award for his interview with Brett Hull. In 2004, he hosted the hockey docudrama Making The Cut.

Oake lives in Winnipeg with his wife Anne and their two sons, Bruce and Darcy.