Confirmed with Link: Doc Emrick Retires

[jkrdevil]

Another great one:

 

[Better Call Sal]

Another great one:

Absolutely in the top 5 of his calls to me.

Had the privilege of being at this game. Half-asleep in that 3rd OT but the elation after the goal was something else.

 

[jkrdevil]

Of course this one as well:

 

[Better Call Sal]

Couple underrated, and less memorable, beauties from the 06 sweep of the Rags:

 

[Billdo]

Well, this made me cry lol.

That... was amazing.

 

[Dialamo]

All the best to Doc! Going out on his own terms! Legendary career. We will miss him calling games dearly.

 

[Billdo]

Of course this one as well:

I love how absolutely childlike pumped Brodeur was on that. He couldn't even contain himself. It was pure.

Everytime I watched these clips and here R&R2 I hear "You suck" even though I know it wasn't being said. I find that irritating.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Forgot about this great episode on everything. Doc goes into how he joined on with the Devils around the 4 minute mark.

I truly do love how he's viewed as a part of our team, which is a big testament for Lou and how he viewed him. Hence why he has 3 Cup rings of his own, and would wear it on occasion on his national broadcasts.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

Doc is the voice of hockey. It's as simple as that.

There is no replacement; he will be sorely missed.

 

[Nubmer6]

Forgot about this great episode on everything. Doc goes into how he joined on with the Devils around the 4 minute mark.

I truly do love how he's viewed as a part of our team, which is a big testament for Lou and how he viewed him. Hence why he has 3 Cup rings of his own, and would wear it on occasion on his national broadcasts.

I actually recorded and still have this on my DVR from years ago. Silly, eh?

 

[MartyOwns]

does anyone know who is replacing him? thorne perhaps?

 

[Guttersniped]

does anyone know who is replacing him? thorne perhaps?

Thorne’s only two years younger, age comes for for us all.

An interesting question, I don’t know. It obviously depends on who has the next US national broadcast contracts I guess. I’m up for younger talent to be groomed as well. (That sounds weird but I mean in a above board way.)

 

[Better Call Sal]

does anyone know who is replacing him? thorne perhaps?

Believe there was a tweet earlier this morning that I’ll try and find that said Kenny Albert.

I really think it should be Forslund. He’s the next best announcer that does games nationally in my eyes.

 

[StevenToddIves]

Doc Emrick was a voice who spoke to us all with eloquence, intelligence and class. He brought out the poetry, beauty and sheer fun of hockey in every broadcast. We thank him for his hard work, his greatness and all the memories, and we wish him all the best in all his future endeavors.

 

[Jack Be Quick]

His speech about dogs at his retirement ceremony stuck with me for some reason.

Doing a quick search this is what I could find:



Empathy exudes from this man and I always appreciated that.

 

[jkrdevil]

does anyone know who is replacing him? thorne perhaps?

Probably Kenny Albert or John Forslund.

 

[Devilsfan118]

Doc and Chico were... I mean, it's not unfair to say they are probably one of the best duos to ever call hockey games in my opinion. Would anyone disagree with that?

I'm going to unironically post this office clip to describe my feelings about Doc and Chico:



Steve and Dano do an admirable job - though Dano still grinds my gears a bit - but just.. nothing will ever compare to the OGs.

 

[Camille the Eel]

In his prime here, he was a fabulous play by play guy for TV. Effortlessly annotating the flow of the action with the players‘ names, giving you just enough information, a capsule, “Albilene chips the puck back the other direction . . .” . It made the TV viewer make better sense of the game, augmenting the visual, and was just perfect. Wonderful voice and tone. The best.

In more recent years I felt he had become a bit too folksy. It was like he had to live up to his own identity. The asides were actually distracting. But maybe that’s what NBC wanted. The yarns, the folksy stories and cliches.

He and Chico together here were the gold standard. I bet he will be happy to be retired and not making flights now in Covid world.

 

[glenwo2]

Well, this made me cry lol.

That was a great package done by NBC.

(though I would've liked for them to show the Devils raising the Cup in any of their 3 championship runs which they didn't...but that's just me being nitpicky)

 

[glenwo2]

Holy crap, Pickles is right!

It IS the last goal he ever called.

Damn straight it's an honor.

 

[Satans Hockey]

My Doc story was many, many years ago at one of the Devils fan club dinners/autograph things with the team. He got on line behind us waiting to get inside when they hadn't even opened the doors up yet. Numerous people told him just to bypass the line and he politely declined and said he would rather wait his turn and chat with us instead.

Chico and Doc were our best tv duo and will never be matched simply because like so many of us they were truly just fans of the Devils. They both loved(and love because Chico is still on radio and around) to interact with all of their fans and have a way of making themselves seem like they are simply a friend we just haven't seen in awhile instead of a total stranger.

I hope Doc has a fantastic retirement and I'll miss him calling games.

 

[glenwo2]

Timestamped (just press 'play') :



Final Goal-Scoring Call by Doc.

 

[Devilsgrl35]

I'm so sad I won't be hearing his voice every week calling games. When he left the Devils at least we had the national broadcasts. I grew up listening to Doc and Chico and I cannot imagine hockey without hearing Doc's voice. I met him a couple of times and he is literally the nicest man in the world.

Happy retirement, Doc!

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Got his name mixed up with Jack Edwards and got pretty excited to see he retired.

Dammit.

 

[njdevils1982]