Team Newfoundland celebrates its 2024 Brier championship. Skip Brad Gushue, left, stayed in touch with fellow Nefoundlander and curler Bob Cole until the iconic announcer's death on Wednesday.
The longtime voice of "Hockey Night in Canada," Bob Cole, represented Newfoundland at the national men's curling championship on two occasions. Cole remained a keen observer of the Roaring Game and stayed in touch with Brad Gushue over the years. Cole died Wednesday at 90 years old.Team Newfoundland celebrates its 2024 Brier championship. Skip Brad Gushue, left, stayed in touch with fellow Nefoundlander and curler Bob Cole until the iconic announcer's death on Wednesday.
"I think for us in Newfoundland, particularly when I was growing up, any time you saw someone doing something on a national or international stage, it really gave you belief that you could go ahead and achieve that," Gushue said. "Whether it was in broadcasting, in the arts or in sports in general, that belief goes a long way for a young person."Legendary broadcaster Bob Cole is preparing for his final sign-off.
"Sure enough we saw him later that night and he said he was out there. For a guy like that to make the effort, to go through the hassle to be at that ceremony and nestle himself within all those people — and to be that excited about it — it certainly had a lasting effect on me." " when you're from a small province and you don't see that many people making it on such a big scale as he did."
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