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Watching Center Ice
by Paul on 11/11/07 at 10:38 AM ET
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from Cam Hutchinson at the Montreal Gazette,
Three observations after my first month with the NHL Centre Ice cable-TV package:
1. Broadcasters in U.S. cities are much more entertaining and excitable than those on Canadian networks;
2. Colour commentators for the U.S.-based teams are usually shameless homers;
3. Buffalo Sabres play-by-play man Rick Jeanneret could make a preseason game between Phoenix and Columbus feel like the seventh game of the Stanley Cup.
1. I tend to go the other route, I just want the game described and please cut out all the interviews I have been witnessing while the game is being played. Save those for the breaks…
2. Most color commentators, not all…
3. Agree!
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Agreed, when you are watching local broadcasts what do you expect? LOL
PS - Agree with the Janneret comment also 
Posted by WingMan from Canada on 11/11/07 at 01:43 PM ET
Its nice to feel like you learned something about hockey when the game is over. When listening to some broadcasts its as if the commentator is paid by the number of words he can spit out. Just a lot of blah blah blah…
Posted by ronlandrus from Toledo, Ohio on 11/11/07 at 11:05 PM ET
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If it’s not the national broadcast, the announcer/commentator are suppossed to be homers. Give me a break. If that’s an honest complaint, then he should quit watching Center Ice.
Posted by Nathan on 11/11/07 at 10:48 AM ET