Gary Thorne(!!!!) among many hires for Kings PBP role

[kingskring]

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[These Are The Days]

Wow.

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Jiggs McDonald will never be a real name.

 

[Rebels57]

You lucky ********.

 

[Little Psycho]

Who names their kid Jiggs?

 

[Chloraflora]

Yes! Kings streams it is.

 

[CupofOil]

Damn, major nostalgia trip. Lucky Kings fans. I wish that NBC would hire him and turf Emrick.

 

[FLYLine27*]

Who cares, most overrated PBP in the history of hockey.

 

[XX]

Come back Gary. Doc sucks.

 

[kingsholygrail]

I believe most of these games are when the Kings do their Eastern road trips.

 

[DCDM]

nice.

 

[serp]

Miss Ralph in the Dallas broadcasts . Strader has been a good replacement sadly with the cancer and all that might not last .

Wish Dallas could've could've hired Ralph for days where Strader can't go this year but i guess you can't really plan ahead when that will be. So having someone who is already there anyway do it makes sense.

 

[TMLeafer]

Wow, just last night I saw the Fedotenko retirement thread and someone posted his Game 7 SCF goal from Vinny with Thorne's call. And I thought "man, sportsnet should hire him to replace Romanuk ASAP".

 

[GarfSnowed]

With Brendan Burke now being the Isles PBP, it probably made Jiggs expendable since he wouldn't have to cover for Howie Rose during Mets season. Good to see him getting a game in with the Kings!

 

[Kale Hulls]

Probably one of my favorite hockey calls ever. Too bad the color guy keeps interjecting.

 

[Seachd]

Who cares, most overrated PBP in the history of hockey.

While I wouldn't say that, it's not like I every found him that great. He does have the voice that takes you back, though.

 

[XX]

While I wouldn't say that, it's not like I every found him that great. He does have the voice that takes you back, though.

He is playoff hockey, not Emrick.

 

[Legionnaire]

I want Bob to call as long as he can. Would love to have Gary full-time after he retires.

 

[Seachd]

He is playoff hockey, not Emrick.

I don't think Emrick is that great either, if it helps.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Great hire. Gary is fantastic.

 

[FishMonger]

C'mon. "After 22 years..." Beautiful call.

I'm really excited about this. Started watching hokey when he was calling games. Those will be fun to watch.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Odds are most of you haven't heard him call a game lately.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Gary Thorne is by far the best PBP announcer I've ever heard. His enthusiasm and love for the game shines through on every call. Also he doesn't speak through his nose like Doc.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Odds are most of you haven't heard him call a game lately.

Not since NHL 11. lol

 

[kingskring]

here is the PR

SNIP:

Four veteran play-by-play announcers will work Kings telecasts this season on FOX Sports West as Bob Miller, the club's Hall of Fame broadcaster, takes a reduced on-air role with the club.

As announced last month, Miller returns to the FOX Sports West booth for his 44th season and the Kings' 50th Anniversary as he calls 58 games. For the 17 games Miller is not slated to work, Gary Thorne (eight games), Chris Cuthbert (four games), Ralph Strangis (four games) and Jiggs McDonald (one game) will call the action alongside TV Analyst Jim Fox. McDonald, who served as the club's very first broadcaster in 1967, will now have called an LA Kings game in their first year and again during the club's 50th Anniversary celebration.

https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/four-announcers-slated-to-fill-in-for-bob-miller/c-282587698

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