Dan Michaud was born and raised in Westfield, Massachusetts. He grew up around sports, with an uncle who was scouted by the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos, and a grandfather who worked in the Eastern States Coliseum for many years. He fondly remembers being in the stands at the Springfield Civic Center for the 1990 Calder Cup finals when the Jim Roberts-led Springfield Indians defeated the Rochester Americans.
A longtime Montreal Canadiens fan, Dan believes that the rivalry between the Canadiens and the Boston Bruins is the best any sport has to offer, and lists CBC's Hockey Night in Canada as one of his favorite television series. Dan is single and lives in East Greenbush, New York.