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Winter Classic and Hockey on NBC
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FreddyE1977
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And Emerick just seems to keep going year after year, while most of his contemporaries
have lost a step.
have lost a step.
Doc is the best since the days of the late, great Dan Kelly (KMOX, CBS-TV). And that's sayin' somethin!
Another radio/TV hockey annoucer I fondly remember was Lloyd Petit of the Blackhawks on the old WMAQ 670, Chicago ("...a shot-and a GOAL!!")
Shoot, I even remember DX' ing Marv Albert in the mid and late 1960s on WNBC 660 doing Rangers games...from both the old (50th St.) and the current (33rd St.) Madison Square Garden.
Shoot, I even remember DX' ing Marv Albert in the mid and late 1960s on WNBC 660 doing Rangers games...from both the old (50th St.) and the current (33rd St.) Madison Square Garden.
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FreddyE1977
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Mike Lange who handles the radio side for the Pittsburgh Penguins is a very good one too.
(granted he made a name for himself with gimmicky calls like "Scratch My Back With a Hacksaw"
and "Buy Sam a Drink, And Get His Dog One Too").
Lange tells a story of how as a minor-league announcer in Phoenix, he would drive up into the mountains
to a spot where he could get KMOX on his car radio. Then he'd sit there with Dan Kelly on to listen and learn.
(granted he made a name for himself with gimmicky calls like "Scratch My Back With a Hacksaw"
and "Buy Sam a Drink, And Get His Dog One Too").
Lange tells a story of how as a minor-league announcer in Phoenix, he would drive up into the mountains
to a spot where he could get KMOX on his car radio. Then he'd sit there with Dan Kelly on to listen and learn.
I enjoyed the calls of Chuck Kaiton on WTIC-AM 1080 of Hartford, back when we had the NHL Hartford Whalers. As far as I know, he still works with the Carolina Hurricanes today. That's the team which used to be us...until 1996-97. Sorry...I don't want to live in the past. Ugh!
I caught about a period of the game on NBC yesterday. That was mostly because my brother is a Rangers fan and it was held at Citizen's Bank Park. He's been in for a Phillies game a couple of times, while I've been on the grounds of it maybe three times.
My brother thinks Comerica Field in Detroit should host it next year.
I caught about a period of the game on NBC yesterday. That was mostly because my brother is a Rangers fan and it was held at Citizen's Bank Park. He's been in for a Phillies game a couple of times, while I've been on the grounds of it maybe three times.
My brother thinks Comerica Field in Detroit should host it next year.
The King Bee said:
Nice to see someone else who remembers Dan Kelly. I listened to him for years on the Blues broadcasts, plus his network television work. Superb, thoroughly enjoyable play-by-play talent. Gone too soon.
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FreddyE1977
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As a hockey fan in the 1970's you did not have all these choices in coverage.
Only something like 15 or 20 games were even shown on local TV. And absolutely
no national TV once NBC dropped their Game of the Week package. If you did
not live within TV reception distance of the Canadian Border you were truly stuck in
the dark.
I remember relying very heavily on 50,000 watt clear channel radio stations
to follow the NHL (and the Fort Wayne Komets, of course). That and your local
paper and trips into town to look for The Hockey News at a news stand were about
all you had. No internet, NHL Network, etc. Dan Kelly in St. Louis and Bruce Martyn in
Detroit were two of the more memorable ones. WLW was also airing Cincinnati Stingers
games from the WHA as I recall.
Only something like 15 or 20 games were even shown on local TV. And absolutely
no national TV once NBC dropped their Game of the Week package. If you did
not live within TV reception distance of the Canadian Border you were truly stuck in
the dark.
I remember relying very heavily on 50,000 watt clear channel radio stations
to follow the NHL (and the Fort Wayne Komets, of course). That and your local
paper and trips into town to look for The Hockey News at a news stand were about
all you had. No internet, NHL Network, etc. Dan Kelly in St. Louis and Bruce Martyn in
Detroit were two of the more memorable ones. WLW was also airing Cincinnati Stingers
games from the WHA as I recall.
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