Bruins Centennial Who is the best TV play-by-play announcer in Bruins history?
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McGarnagle
Yes.
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Anyone who votes for Dave Shea should be banned from this board
quietbruinfan
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I know this is a generational thing and I love Jack.
For us boomers this night in 1988 was as good as winning the Cup and you can hear it in Fred's call.
Dave Shea lol. 'Hisss shot'
Yes thank you had to make my Dave Shea post before reading all the rest.
Si Hopkins
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It's definitely Cusick but prime Edwards is right behind him.
Not TV but Bob Wilson was the best.
LSCII
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First thing I said when I saw his name is "what the f*** is he doing there?".
Absolute worst by a long shot. It was funny listening to Turk literally disagree with everything he said though.
Kick save and a beauty...
BlackFrancis
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I’m 47 years old, so I just missed Bobby Orr, but my oldest memories of the bruins are paired with Fred Cusick’s voice. I loved listening to him, and he was excellent. He gets my vote The uniforms of the 80’s will always be my favorites as well.
Jack was very good 10 years ago, but has slipped which isn’t surprising. I like Dale and he seems like a fantastic person, but was much better in studio to me. Dave Shea isn’t worth discussing, seems to be universally agreed upon here that he was terrible.
Jack was very good 10 years ago, but has slipped which isn’t surprising. I like Dale and he seems like a fantastic person, but was much better in studio to me. Dave Shea isn’t worth discussing, seems to be universally agreed upon here that he was terrible.
Fred Cusick ftw. Jack is a close #2 though.
Don Earle was before my time. Dale Arnold was competent but too bland. Dave Shea was a trainwreck.
Don Earle was before my time. Dale Arnold was competent but too bland. Dave Shea was a trainwreck.
I kind of think the same thing of his partner for most of the time Dale Arnold. As someone said just above, Dale was just bland. Not incompetent but never in my opinion added anything to the game
Dennis Bonvie
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Sad thing about Cusick was he stayed too long. In his last season he called Bourque Orr on several occasions.
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This sums it up for me. I might get roasted for this, but the thing about Cusick that bothered me was being teamed up with Johnny Pearson. Johnny knew the game so well, but to me he was always a bit of a downer.
quietbruinfan
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Ehh he did that occasionally from Ray's first year, but yes it got worse as Time advanced.
True. Kind of like we are seeing with Jack now and his mistakes. I joined the navy in November 1995 so I missed the very end of Fred.
Ludwig Fell Down
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This, ^^^^. "Carbonneau says I concede" is one of my favorite calls ever.
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McGarnagle
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Dale wasn't bad as a PBP guy, he was still much better than the generic RSN announcers that half the league prop out there. He just had to follow a legend in Cusick and preceded a one in a million character in Jack, so by comparison his tenure was forgettable and appears bland.
Shea was just the worst though.
Shea was just the worst though.
CharasLazyWrister
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Pearson was amazing at calling what he saw in real time and being 100% accurate though. Fred would say something like that may have been tipped, and Johnny would say that was tipped first off the skate of O'Reilly, it then hit Parks shin pad, bounced up high, hit off Cashman's right arm and bounced down, and finally clipped the d-man's stick on the way through before beating the goalie. And then they'd show the slow motion replay and it was spot on. Every time. lol
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