Regular visitor Carla M. is bothered that there hasn't been much hockey bloggin' going on around here of late.
Guilty as charged. Truth is, there's been prepping for the World Cup to do, and the NBA's playoffs and draft lottery pulled me away for a bit. Now the Suns, who continue to astound after Raja Bell did a Willis Reed last night (he even wears the same number, for pete's sake), are going head to head with the Sabres. But we have a game 7 in Carolina tomorrow night, so snap back to reality.
Meantime, in case you missed it, here's something from last night: Rick Jeanneret's call of Buffalo's OT goal overlaid on the video. A classic.
From my short time at the (RIP) Hockey Page blog, I know there's a lot of debate among the pucks crowd about announcers. I quite like Jeanneret's act, especially on these big moments. I can't imagine what he'd do if the Sabres were to win the Stanley Cup -- he'd probably go so crazy they'd be fishing parts of his vocal chords out of Lake Erie.
Almost as bad as Bowen's "God Bless You Boys" homer call when the Leafs beat the Sens in Game 7 of the '02 series
Posted by: David | May 31, 2006 at 06:24 PM
"The Sabres Screeeeamer" is what I call that doofus. And I'm pretty sure he left a stain on his chair with that one. I can't decide if I despise him more than Motormouth McGuire or not.
Thanks for humouring me with some hockey, though, Chris. You are a true gentleman. :-)
Posted by: Carla | May 31, 2006 at 10:33 PM
That's awesome. I love that guy.
Hockey news: Leafs re-signed McCabe. Why aren't you blogging that?
Posted by: Jlo | May 31, 2006 at 10:35 PM
I grew up in St. Catharines listening to Rick Jeanneret on WGR-55. Yeah he's over-the-top, but those special moments are ingrained forever. I happened to tune in to radio during overtime and caught his call of Briere's winner. Something else I tell ya, and it brought back so many memories (unforunately included in there was Brett Hull's goal in '99). If I had the time tonight I'd drive over to Buffalo to watch the game in a bar!
Posted by: Guelphdad | June 01, 2006 at 08:09 AM
Unabashed homerism at its finest.
And nothing, ever, will match Jeanneret's May Day call. Ever.
And I'll second the comments about Maguire. The Tim McCarver of hockey.
Posted by: John Richardson | June 01, 2006 at 01:09 PM