{"id":471727,"date":"2026-02-25T20:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/471727\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:09:17","slug":"beloved-nhl-radio-host-jim-boomer-gordon-dead-at-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/471727\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved NHL radio host Jim ‘Boomer’ Gordon dead at 55"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim \u201cBoomer\u201d Gordon had a well-known saying about hometown NHL broadcasts: \u201cThey should feel like comfort food.\u201d<\/p>\n

They should be familiar, warm, colloquial and speak to the audience they were meant to serve. In short, they should be a delight.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to think of a better way to sum up what Gordon meant to his audience during his long career as host of \u201cThe Point\u201d on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio.<\/p>\n

Gordon died Monday after a long, courageous battle with cancer. He was 55 years old.<\/p>\n

\"JimJim \u201cBoomer\u201d Gordon died at 55. @nhlnetworkradio\/instagram<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for the tributes to pour in from across the hockey world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are saddened by the passing of Jim \u2018Boomer\u2019 Gordon, a long-time host on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio,\u201d the NHL said in a statement on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFans were entertained by his passion and benefited from his analysis of our game and knowledge of fantasy hockey. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gordon, who started as a producer and sat shotgun with Phil Esposito in the station\u2019s early days, eventually was handed the keys to his own show, which became \u201cThe Point,\u201d and took over the 1-3 p.m. ET slot during the season.<\/p>\n

His encyclopedic knowledge of the NHL, hockey culture and the sport\u2019s history quickly endeared him to an audience, many of whom were desperate for thorough, entertaining hockey coverage in an era where it was hard to come by, especially in the United States.<\/p>\n

He was also a pioneer in the fantasy hockey space, putting aside an hour every week to do a nuanced, deep dive that fantasy nerds and casual fans ate up.<\/p>\n

\"BoomerGordon with the Stanley Cup. @nhlnetworkradio\/instagram<\/p>\n

Gordon was especially cherished by hockey diehards in non-traditional markets for his ability to understand what mattered to them, and why, at any given point in a season.<\/p>\n

Whether you were a fan in the Sun Belt or the hockey hotbed of Montreal, Boomer found a way to relate to you.<\/p>\n

Affectionately known as \u201cThe Boom\u201d by many of his listeners and guests, Gordon\u2019s nickname was a bit of a misnomer. He rarely came across as sensationalistic, nor did he lean on providing \u201chot takes\u201d just for the sake of it. If he shared an opinion, controversial or not, it meant he stood by it.<\/p>\n

He was both a throwback and a breath of fresh air in that regard.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Given his affectionate personality and dry sense of humor, it\u2019s no wonder that Boomer became friends with his guests over the years.<\/p>\n

His show became appointment listening not because you never knew what he might say next, but because you did. It was comfort food, and he is already deeply missed by his family, friends, colleagues, and listeners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jim \u201cBoomer\u201d Gordon had a well-known saying about hometown NHL broadcasts: \u201cThey should feel like comfort food.\u201d They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,4,12517,43,353],"class_list":{"0":"post-471727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-obituaries","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-entertainment"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116133086252637878","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}