Former Buffalo Sabres longtime announcer Rick Jeanneret poses with the Buffalo Sabres passed away on Thu Aug 17, 2023. Jeanneret was longest tenured NHL announcer in the game’s history. (photo from NHL.com)
On the NHL podcast with Len Shapiro:
#1 Long time broadcast voice of the Buffalo Sabres Rick Jeanneret who started with the Sabres on Oct 10, 1971 and retired on Apr 22, 2022 died at 81 years old. He retired as the longest tenured play by play announcer in NHL history.
#2 Jeanneret was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012 and was the recipient of the Foster Hewitt Award.
#3 Former Chicago Blackhawk Jonathan Toews will not be retiring from ice hockey but did say he will be taking time off from the game. Toews played hockey for 15 years. Toews 35 said he wanted to wait to the end of the regular season to decide what he’s going to do and who he will return with.
#4 The Winnipeg Jets Josh Morrisey said he’s 100 percent ready entering camp next month after sustaining a season ending lower body injury during while playing against the Las Vegas Golden Knights in a double overtime in which the Jets loss 5-4. The injury Apr 22 last season and Morrissey said the injury couldn’t have happened at a worse time.
#5 Now that the Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Erik Karlsson is settling in with his new team how do you see him fitting in in Pittsburgh. Karlsson led the NHL last season with the most goals for a defenceman and now he joins the likes of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin what’s that going to do for Karlsson and the Penguins at large.
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