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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."In a way, Cole was the narrator of their childhood. His voice carried them through the triumphs and the defeats, and the small moments that came between them.
“ transcended hockey and he brought Canadians together," said former NHLer Terry Ryan. “Wherever I go in Canada, people know I'm from Newfoundland and usually the first hockey person they bring up is Bob Cole. Not Teddy Purcell or Danny Cleary, not Michael Ryder. Not my dad. They usually go, ‘Hey, home of Bob Cole’.
That series stands out to Cleary, now the assistant director of player development with the Detroit Red Wings. Before it started, Cole found Cleary deep inside the old Mellon Arena and told him it was his last time calling a Stanley Cup finals. “I had never met him,” said Ryan. “I felt like I was meeting a god and he lived up to expectations and over the years, after that day, my NHL journey probably didn't go as either of us would have expected, but he remained a friend.”For 50 years, Cole’s voice moved in time with the movements of the game’s greatest. The likes of Howe, Beliveau, Hull, Orr, Gretzky, Lemieux, Ovechkin and Crosby all had their best moments narrated by Cole.
“I thought Bob was the best at that and he is the type of announcer that would get you to jump out of your seat. That's what I remember about him, and he had such a passion for hockey and for broadcasting.”They got to know each other during one of the NHL strikes. Cole, a standout curler in his own right, would come down to the curling club in St. John’s and the pair would chat after Gushue practised.
In a way, Cole was the narrator of their childhood. His voice carried them through the triumphs, the defeats and the small moments that came between them.
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