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Spending Some Time With ‘The Mick’
by Paul on 12/15/08 at 08:42 AM ET
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from Dave Strader at PhoenixCoyotes.com,
This past Saturday night was a special one at Jobing.com Arena. The defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings were in town, a vocal crowd of 16,000+ was on hand (thanks in part to some loyal Red Wings fans) and the two teams put on an entertaining show.
But for me, it was also special because I had the opportunity to spend some time with my first TV partner in the NHL, Mickey Redmond….
The first season we worked together was 1985-86 and the Wings weren’t projected to be a very good team. We only televised 15 games that year (thank goodness!). The Wings were 1-13-1 in those contests and the average score was 8-3 for the opposition. Moments before my very first telecast in the NHL in Minnesota, Mick told me to take off my headset and stop staring at the rosters that I was trying to memorize. He said that we had to be prepared for the worst.
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I had the good fortune of winning tickets to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals, and our seats were just two rows ahead of Mickey & Dave’s broadcast position (due to the Finals, “press row” extended down a couple sections). During the intermissions and breaks, people were constantly coming up to those two for autographs…
Dave Strader is one of the very best play-by-play guys in the NHL, and unfortunately doesn’t enough recognition for it.
Posted by Forechecker from Nolensville, TN on 12/15/08 at 10:03 AM ET
I can’t believe I actually had to visit Phoenix’s website. But I do miss Dave Strader, though Ken Daniels does a marvelous job. Mick is indeed a great color guy, though I’m not sure he would be appreciated as much if he was in a market outside of Detroit…outsiders don’t seem to like him very much.
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 12/15/08 at 10:27 AM ET
outsiders don’t seem to like him very much.
This is generally true but this article gives me hope that there are pockets of fans from other areas. Mickey does such a great job simply because he’s an acknowledged homer (rather than pretend neutrality), loves crash-bang hockey but still has enough intelligence to appreciate the toughness and sheer skill of Dats or Z.
I was heartbroken when Dave Strader left, but Ken Daniels has been excellent. Dave was my first Wing voice (along with Mickey), and yes, one of the best play-by-play guys around.
Posted by Osrt on 12/15/08 at 11:31 AM ET
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We are so lucky to have Mickey Redmond do our Red Wings’ broadcasts.
IMHO, he is the best color commentator in hockey.
Posted by w2j2 on 12/15/08 at 09:54 AM ET