Hockey broadcasters from the 1970's are a special breed. Most of them have a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
In Buffalo we were fortunate to have two Hall-of-Famers, Ted Darling and Rick Jeanneret.
My favorite though was Dan Kelly. Not only the voice of the Blues, but the voice of the Game of the Week on CBS in the late 1960's through the early 1970's. He also was the voice of the NHL game of the week in the late 1970's on the Hughes Sports network.
Kelly was so dedicated that he would broadcast the afternoon nationally televised game of the week, hop on a plane and arrive in St. Louis mid game to relieve a young Bob Costas in the KMOX booth.
Kelly and Gus Kyle were great.
Kelly was also an outstanding baseball and football announcer on KMOX.
If you listen to a NHL broadcast today, the broadcasters have a conversational type of PBP. The action is very hard to follow, espscially if the games are simulcast.
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