Dale Arnold comes out of retirement to fill in as studio host on NESN’s Bruins broadcasts - The Boston Globe
The NESN on-air team has been shorthanded since Sophia Jurksztowicz went on a leave of absence just before the season.
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Dale Arnold is taking a break from retirement to come back and help out his old team.
Arnold, a play-by-play voice on NESN’s Bruins broadcasts from 1995-2007 before moving into a studio role until his retirement in April 2023, is returning to handle studio duties on an interim basis.
His first day back will be for Sunday’s Centennial Game between the Bruins and Canadiens.
Arnold, the only person to have called play-by-play for five Boston professional teams (the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, and Revolution), will work the pregame and postgame studio programs for the foreseeable future, per NESN.
He is being brought back to ease the workload on the current on-air staff.
Adam Pellerin has been handling hosting duties since Sophia Jurksztowicz took a leave of absence just before the start of the season. Pellerin and Andrew Raycroft will continue to split in-game reporter duties.
When Jurksztowicz announced her leave of absence Oct. 1, she wrote on Instagram, “due to personal reasons, I’m going to have to delay my season start with NESN and the team. I don’t want anyone to worry, I WILL be okay, but right now I just need to take time away from work. I’ve received nothing but support from NESN with my circumstances and I seriously could not be more grateful to be working at NESN or more thankful for all the love from my teammates.”
NESN did not have an update on her status.
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Personally, I have zero inside info, but Im worried about Sophia. Hope she’s going to be ok.
