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Tom Larscheid Says Goodbye To The Vancouver Radio Booth
by Paul on 07/29/10 at 01:56 PM ET
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from Ian MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun,
Tom Larscheid had his ace on Wednesday. Vancouver Canuck hockey fans had their ace for most of the last 33 years.
It is the end of an era for the National Hockey League club and broadcasting in Vancouver as the Team 1040 is replacing Larscheid with analyst Dave Tomlinson on its radio broadcasts next season.
An under-sized running back from California who moved to Vancouver to play football in 1962 and never left, Larscheid’s remarkable reign over the airwaves here is unlikely to be repeated either in duration or style.
He was the colour-man on Vancouver hockey broadcasts for all but four NHL seasons since 1977, and for more than a generation of hockey fans Larscheid’s insight and instincts provided a blunt barometer of the team’s performance – good or bad.
continued and listen below to Tom tell it like it is before game 5 of Chicago/Vancouver this spring…
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Ha-ha, great clip.
Dave Tomlinson… wow, seems like a nice guy but… boy, he’s got a long ways to go to come even close to matching Larscheid.
Posted by blammo from Vancouver, BC on 07/29/10 at 03:12 PM ET
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“listen below to Tom tell it like it is before game 5 of Chicago/Vancouver this spring”
Oooh, that was a good one.
For me it was funny sometimes to hear him lose control and flip out over a save, goal, or hit, but it was maddening sometimes when he would lost control, flip out, and interrupt Shorty or Bal’s goal call, or just go completely Canucks fan (in a bad way). He was a true homer.
He sounded real good analyzing hockey during a radio interview, and his exclamation points during play were usually great.
And that cackle!
Posted by NathanBC on 07/29/10 at 02:10 PM ET