Your favourite (and least favourite) NHL playoff broadcasters—past and present

I think we all have “favourite” play-by-play announcers and colour commentators.  It’s just human nature to gravitate to broadcasters when ...

An interview with the voice of the Leafs, Joe Bowen

The history of the Toronto Maple Leafs is a remarkable one, indeed.  Some of the great names in the history of the sport have played proudl...

An old story you might enjoy: when it paid more to be a guest on TV than in did to actually play in the NHL playoffs

Here’s something I had completely forgotten- and it shows just how much things have changed for NHL players in terms of salaries compared w...

Foster Hewitt or Danny Gallivan: who was the “best”?

Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, there were only six NHL teams.   Like nowadays, e very club had their local radio play-by-play “cre...

The voices of our sporting life: Remembering Paul Morris, the “voice” of the Leafs

The passing of long-time New York Yankee “announcer” Bob Sheppard, a legendary voice in the Bronx for almost 60 years, triggered emotional...