Injury Report: Anthony LaPanta, Vocal Chords

[10coach*]

What is up with him? Missed his awesome goal call on Ek's snipe. He seemed much more subdued. We want the fired up call Anthony. Get better soon!

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[Jacques The Mayor]

This should go over well

 

[TaLoN]

Hell no! The "HE SCOOORRREEEESSS!!!!" is the worst goal call in the NHL.

 

[Vashanesh]

Hell no! The "HE SCOOORRREEEESSS!!!!" is the worst goal call in the NHL.

Could not agree more.

I've never been a fan, I'll never be a fan. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but I thoroughly dislike his work.

 

[Wabit]

I don't think he can change his goal call. It's his signature on the broadcast. Plus he'd have to train himself to do something else. The SCOOOORRREEESSS!!! call is basically muscle memory at this point. It would take an off-season to unlearn/learn something new.

I'd really like to hear some of the Central/South American futbol announcers call a hockey game. They make soccer sound so interesting (I don't understand a word of the broadcast).

I'm wondering if the Wild broadcast was on AFN (Armed Forces Network) today. He takes his homerism and goal calls down a notch when it is.

 

[Lapa]

Shame. I like the guy, hope he recovers soon.

I even like his SCOOOOOORRRREEEEEESS!!! call

 

[Taylor26]

His vocal chords along with the rest of wild fans aren't trained or used to this much scoring from the wild.

 

[FVM]

I don't think he can change his goal call. It's his signature on the broadcast. Plus he'd have to train himself to do something else. The SCOOOORRREEESSS!!! call is basically muscle memory at this point. It would take an off-season to unlearn/learn something new.

I'd really like to hear some of the Central/South American futbol announcers call a hockey game. They make soccer sound so interesting (I don't understand a word of the broadcast).

I'm wondering if the Wild broadcast was on AFN (Armed Forces Network) today. He takes his homerism and goal calls down a notch when it is.

Antero Mertaranta. You're welcome.

 

[Sharppi]

 

[FVM]

Oh man I forgot this. Gold!

 

[Fremitus Borealis]

I don't think he can change his goal call. It's his signature on the broadcast. Plus he'd have to train himself to do something else. The SCOOOORRREEESSS!!! call is basically muscle memory at this point. It would take an off-season to unlearn/learn something new.

I'd really like to hear some of the Central/South American futbol announcers call a hockey game. They make soccer sound so interesting (I don't understand a word of the broadcast).

I'm wondering if the Wild broadcast was on AFN (Armed Forces Network) today. He takes his homerism and goal calls down a notch when it is.

I don't even feel like "homerism" is his problem. Other announcers are way worse. The Boston guys, for instance; Lapanta may be annoying, but those ****heads do nothing but complain and make childish insults about the opposing team for 3 straight periods. Thank the hockey gods we're only at risk of hearing them a couple times a year.

 

[gphr513]

I saw the first two goals while I was out, and missed the 3rd goal driving home, so I didn't hear his calls last night, but against Boston they were great. Love the subtle goal call, wish he'd keep it.

 

[Eye Floater]

The constant need to reference every single Minnesota connection in each and every game finally caught up to him, I'm guessing.

 

[Minnesota]

Vocal chords? I think you mean upper-body injury.

 

[Minnesota]

The constant need to reference every single Minnesota connection in each and every game finally caught up to him, I'm guessing.

Hasn't slowed down Pierre McGuire.

 

[Wild11MN]

Vocal chords? I think you mean upper-body injury.

Came to post this exactly.

 

[Vashanesh]

Hasn't slowed down Pierre McGuire.

Doesn't mean it's enjoyable to listen to. In fact, using Pierre to justify those actions speaks volume AGAINST continuing to do it.

I just don't get who that's for? Even my dad, and old-timey "we grow 'em" Minnesotan finds the Wild broadcasts grating because of the constant shoe-horning of the "one of us" angle.

 

[Wabit]

Doesn't mean it's enjoyable to listen to. In fact, using Pierre to justify those actions speaks volume AGAINST continuing to do it.

I just don't get who that's for? Even my dad, and old-timey "we grow 'em" Minnesotan finds the Wild broadcasts grating because of the constant shoe-horning of the "one of us" angle.

I get sick of hearing where any of the players played their Jr/HS/College hockey. Really gets old when they player is 30+. It interrupts the flow of the play by play a lot of times. I can see it worth mentioning for goals, or stoppages when they are showing a replay of something good.

"XYZ city's own, or former XYZ college player picks up an assist on the goal." Sounds more natural and not forced. But they've spent more time talking about some players background than the see ToI during a period.

 

[StealthClobber]

Two players get into a fight/scrum: THAT'S UNIVERSITY OF DENVER VS COLGATE UNIVERSITY RIGHT THERE, REALLY SOLID STUFF.

Replace universities with any single institution/junior team/high school team in North America, and you have your average Pierre McGuire broadcast. I'd take Tony LaP any day.

 

[Vashanesh]

Two players get into a fight/scrum: THAT'S UNIVERSITY OF DENVER VS COLGATE UNIVERSITY RIGHT THERE, REALLY SOLID STUFF.

Replace universities with any single institution/junior team/high school team in North America, and you have your average Pierre McGuire broadcast. I'd take Tony LaP any day.

But our guys do that, too, if there's a Minnesota connection.

Which, to me, just comes across as being lazy. At least Pierre can say he has a weird, encyclopedic knowledge of that stuff. Our guys just jam it down everyone's throats when there's a Minnesotan on the ice, or someone who played in the WCHA, or went to Shattuck, etc...

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

They really don't.

 

[Avder]

I don't mind LaPanta. He's not great, but he's a substantial upgrade over Terhar. He's at the very least a competent, serviceable play by play guy.

Greenlay on the other hand makes me want to bang my head against a wall. I'm willing to bet if we replaced him with someone competent the complaints about LaPanta would almost disappear because of how much Greenlay drags the whole telecast down.

 

[Generic User]

Feel like someone ought to change their user name to this thread title.

 

[TaLoN]

I don't mind LaPanta. He's not great, but he's a substantial upgrade over Terhar. He's at the very least a competent, serviceable play by play guy.

Greenlay on the other hand makes me want to bang my head against a wall. I'm willing to bet if we replaced him with someone competent the complaints about LaPanta would almost disappear because of how much Greenlay drags the whole telecast down.

Our guys on TV are complete amateurs compared to the Blues crew.

LaPanta complaints wouldn't go away, because he has a goal call that is like fingernails on a chalkboard.

 

[Minnesota]

Feel like someone ought to change their user name to this thread title.

Anthony Lapanta's Injured Vocal Chords? Sounds like a parody Twitter account.