In 1995, Bartlett, then a goalie in Junior A hockey, volunteered to handle public address announcements at tournament games in Newmarket. He gained his first play-by-play experience when the announcer for
Rogers TV failed to show up for a game between the York-Simcoe Express and the Barrie Flyers. He entered the broadcast journalism program at
Centennial College in Toronto and spent his early years as a play-by-play and public address announcer for junior games in Newmarket,
Bradford, Ontario, and
Aurora, Ontario. In 2017, Bartlett moved to
TSN when the Canadiens regional broadcasts moved to that network. The following year, Bartlett returned to Sportsnet when he succeeded
Paul Romanuk as the regional TV voice of the
Toronto Maple Leafs as well as an announcer for select national games for
Hockey Night in Canada.
Garry Galley was his color commentator for those games. As of the 2020-2021 season, Bartlett is no longer the Leafs regional TV voice, but regularly works nationally televised games for Sportsnet, often involving the
Montreal Canadiens and
Ottawa Senators. ==References==