Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster Rick Jeanneret, who had the longest play-by-play announcing career in NHL history, died Thursday.
through a 51-year broadcasting career and the Hockey Hall of Fame's 2012 Foster Hewitt Award recipient, died Thursday. He was 81.
"Rick was indeed a very special and very loved man, to and by all, who knew him and listened to him, his magic, and his command," Sabres owner Terry Pegula said."How glad I am to have known him. How lucky were we all to have been around him and to have listened to him." "Rick was an incredible man that was loved by all," Adams added."His wit and humor was unmatched, and we are all lucky to have known him."
One of his most memorable calls was"May Day! May Day!" after Brad May scored the decisive goal in a 6-5 overtime win to clinch a four-game series sweep of thein the first round of the 1993 playoffs. It was also Buffalo's first playoff series win in 10 years. The Sabres honored Jeanneret during his final season by raising a banner bearing his name to the arena rafters. He is one of 11 people to have been honored by the team, and third non-player, joining the team's founders, brothers Seymour and Northrup Knox.
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