Another "Great One" Retires
When you’re channel surfing… and pause for just a moment on prime time hockey .. you can’t help but hear the distinctive voice of Doc Emrick jumping out of the speakers. But no more. At age 74… he’s announced that he’s hanging up his headphones. For 47 years Doc Emrick’s voice has filled the airwaves like music.. …rising and falling with the heat of the action on the ice I’m not that much a hockey fan… but I love great broadcasters… and even at the most gripping moments of any game… Emrick’s lyrical play calls … were always punctuated by beautiful and precise use of the English language. In a single game… he once used 153 different verbs instead of he passed the puck. With Doc Emrick behind the mic… he dished it ..pushed it.. rifled … chopped curled and whacked it. Ladled it. The puck trickled… skittered … and careened and we’ll miss his perfection of craft. I’d listen to him make a sandwich.. and he once obliged us…. Doc Emrick is a doc. he got a Doctorate in Broadcasting decades ago. His real name is Mike… and his real love is spending time at home with his wife and two pups…. which he’ll do in retirement. when he’s not watching hockey See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.