News Article: Ding Dong, Steigy's Dead (No, not literally -- Steve Mears is replacing him)

[shureshot66]

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long-time penguins play-by-play broadcaster paul steigerwald will transition to the penguins front office in a new role with the communications and marketing departments, the team announced. Steigerwald will work with the penguins' in-house media operation, making regular appearances on penstv and pre- and post-game radio shows and representing the team at various community and charitable functions.

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[bathroomSTAAL]

Holy ****! Fantastic news

 

[Dying Alive]

WOW. This is enormous. What are they doing with Steiggy? I imagine the Pens will hire him in some capacity.

Edit: nm, answered my own question

 

[Jacob]

Not gonna rag on a guy that just lost their job so I'll just say that I like Mears and look forward to listening to him.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

WOW. This is enormous. What are they doing with Steiggy? I imagine the Pens will hire him in some capacity.

 

[flaneur]

Huzzah!

 

[Winger for Hire]

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

Thank Christ!

The name Steve Mears sounds familiar to me.. Where is he coming from?

 

[Retrocity]

Awesome to hear.

It said in the release that Steigerwald will move back to a front office, marketing and communications role with the Pens.

 

[Pens1566]

Thank Christ!

The name Steve Mears sounds familiar to me.. Where is he coming from?

NHL Network

 

[Dying Alive]

New Assistant GM?

 

[Winger for Hire]

Thank Christ!

The name Steve Mears sounds familiar to me.. Where is he coming from?

NHL Network most recently. Was on Pens Radio for a couple years and did Isles PBP for a while as well.

 

[Jacob]

Thank Christ!

The name Steve Mears sounds familiar to me.. Where is he coming from?

NHL Network. He's a local guy and never hid his love for the Pens. Used to call Isles games for their radio affiliate as well as some tournaments.

 

[Finesse]

My question is... when does this take effect?

 

[Pancakes]

WOW. This is enormous. What are they doing with Steiggy? I imagine the Pens will hire him in some capacity.

Edit: nm, answered my own question

As long as its nowhere near hockey ops I'm fine with that. Steiggy is a smart and personable guy no matter what you want to say about him. Him doing marketing is a fine role.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

That's some awesome news!

 

[Pancakes]

NHL Network. He's a local guy and never hid his love for the Pens. Used to call Isles games for their radio affiliate as well as some tournaments.

More importantly he's a pretty level headed guy who I do not anticipate being a raging and obnoxious homer. He'll be far more tolerable to listen to than Steiggy.

I wonder though - has he ever done PBP before? I can't recall hearing him do it unless he's done some international games before.

 

[Doogle]

About time. At work we were just discussing how we were thankful that last night's game was an NBC game, so that we didn't have to get the game winning goal ruined by hearing 'Phil the Thrill fired the pill up the hill!'

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Errey staying on as the color guy, per the article

 

[Shockmaster]

My question is... when does this take effect?

I would assume at the beginning of the 2017-18 regular season.

 

[BHD]

Friggin' awesome!

 

[brewski420]

Great news just to have Steigy gone! Not sure what to think about Mears but look forward to it.

 

[flaneur]

communications and marketing is a much better use of his abilities.

 

[HandshakeLine]

'Bout time.

But please tell me Bibbers stays on.

 

[HandshakeLine]

communications and marketing is a much better use of his abilities.

Why? I'm sure they already have drunk interns.