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On Saturday nights, those fans would listen and watch as the boy from Topsail narrated their favourite teams playing their favourite sport as the play-by-play voice for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada.
It wasn’t long before his knack for language and his ability to draw listeners in with those words made him a household name.Born in 1933 in Newfoundland, he began working for Hockey Night in Canada in 1973. He was the lead play-by-play man for the show from 1980 to 2008.Serving alongside the likes of Harry Neale, John Davidson, Garry Galley and others, their combined performance became the soundtrack for many of hockey’s greatest moments.
He watched as Alex Faulkner made his NHL debut as the first Newfoundlander to play in the National and was on call as Dan Cleary became the first from this province to win the Stanley Cup. Phrases like his famous “Oh Baby!” became more than hockey calls. Phrases like “That was a dandy” or “You betcha” became synonymous with plays so amazing you couldn’t believe what you had just seen.
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