Bob Cole, who called both Canes’ Cup appearances on CBC, has passed away at age 90.
April 25, 2024
Bob Cole, who called both Canes’ Cup appearances on CBC, has passed away at age 90.
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Oh no. This is very sad news for me; he was my favorite hockey voice outside of John and Chuck. Rest in Peace, Bob.
Voice of my childhood. Iconic voice for many Canadians.
I’ll repost what I said over on the r/hockey thread about his passing: I was living in Michigan at the time of the 2006 win so I had the option of watching either the US or Canadian broadcast of the finals. I usually ended up watching the CBC broadcast, so Cole’s calls, not Emrick’s, are the ones I remember. His complimenting the fans for the fact that they stood for pretty much the entirety of Game 7 as something he’d never seen before as well as saying “What a night for hockey in the South” after they won felt like a tip of the cap of respect and acknowledging that hockey could work here after all.
I remember his call at the end of Game 7 back in 2006:
“They wanted to be called ‘hockey people’ – now, you got to take them serious, folks…they don’t have any problem with not finding a seat, they don’t want to sit down! They’re all standing!…We salute the Stanley Cup champions from Carolina! The Hurricanes have done it.”
5 comments
Oh no. This is very sad news for me; he was my favorite hockey voice outside of John and Chuck. Rest in Peace, Bob.
Voice of my childhood. Iconic voice for many Canadians.
I’ll repost what I said over on the r/hockey thread about his passing: I was living in Michigan at the time of the 2006 win so I had the option of watching either the US or Canadian broadcast of the finals. I usually ended up watching the CBC broadcast, so Cole’s calls, not Emrick’s, are the ones I remember. His complimenting the fans for the fact that they stood for pretty much the entirety of Game 7 as something he’d never seen before as well as saying “What a night for hockey in the South” after they won felt like a tip of the cap of respect and acknowledging that hockey could work here after all.
I remember his call at the end of Game 7 back in 2006:
“They wanted to be called ‘hockey people’ – now, you got to take them serious, folks…they don’t have any problem with not finding a seat, they don’t want to sit down! They’re all standing!…We salute the Stanley Cup champions from Carolina! The Hurricanes have done it.”
RIP
Nooooo, legend in Canes Hockey broadcasting