{"id":642695,"date":"2026-08-14T08:36:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/642695\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:36:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:36:20","slug":"peter-maher-longtime-voice-of-the-calgary-flames-passes-away-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/642695\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Maher, longtime voice of the Calgary Flames, passes away at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Maher, the voice of the Calgary Flames for more than three decades, has passed away. He was 79.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Campbellton, NB, Maher started his broadcast career at age 14 when he started announcing the lineup for the local softball league, going on to call games for the International Hockey League (IHL) and North Shore Hockey League. His professional career got underway in 1977, calling radio play-by-play for the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n<p>He became the first-ever radio voice of the Calgary Flames in 1980, going on to call 33 straight seasons for the team, including the 1989 Stanley Cup championship and 2004 cup run, before retiring following the 2013-14 season.<\/p>\n<p>His trademark expressions included \u201cYeah, baby!\u201d and \u201cYou can put it in the win column!,\u201d which became synonymous with the game for generations of fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the franchise\u2019s early years in Calgary, through the 1989 Stanley Cup championship, and countless memorable moments that followed, Peter\u2019s unmistakable voice became part of the soundtrack of being a Flames fan,\u201d the hockey club said in a statement acknowledging his passing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Peter Maher\u2019s call of the Calgary Flames winning the Stanley Cup in 1989 \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DgJou8QMQT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DgJou8QMQT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Faceoff Calgary (@dfocalgary) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dfocalgary\/status\/2088019010193428723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maher\u2019s work outside the Flames included calling the 2005 IIHF World Championship; six NHL All-Star games; four Stanley Cup Finals; and the entire Canadian men\u2019s slate at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on Sportsnet, including Sidney Crosby\u2019s \u201cGolden Goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 and named to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006 after receiving the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the NHL Broadcasters Association that same year.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast booth at Scotiabank Saddledome was christened the \u201cPeter Maher Radio Broadcast Booth\u201d in November 2014, following his retirement. The Peter Maher Award, chosen by the local media, continues to be presented annually to the Flames player that best demonstrates virtues associated with Maher: sincerity, integrity, dedication and respect.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter Maher, the voice of the Calgary Flames for more than three decades, has passed away. He was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[895,26,5294,896,5,4,9578,70141,3612],"class_list":["post-642695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary-flames","tag-calgary","tag-calgary-flames","tag-calgaryflames","tag-flames","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-obituary","tag-sign-offs","tag-sports-media"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117092953868279268","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642695","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=642695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}