High School Tourney Announcers

icedad · Post by **icedad** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:45 pm

Last year was 50 years for Louie. Has anyone heard, is he in or out this year?

Bonin2121 · Post by **Bonin2121** » Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:01 pm

I'm more curious if Gary Thorne will be back. I hope so.

Traxler · Post by **Traxler** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:31 am

Bonin2121 wrote:I'm more curious if Gary Thorne will be back. I hope so.

Yeah, it was really fun hearing him call out the wrong player's name all the time. The Poelings scored several goals on themselves in the finals according to Mr. Thorne. You would think that after three days of calling their names he'd get it straight which team who was on. I guess preparation isn't his thing...

Sats81 · Post by **Sats81** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:36 pm

I would imagine Nanne would still be doing it this year.

Sparlimb · Post by **Sparlimb** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:47 pm

Traxler wrote:
Bonin2121 wrote:I'm more curious if Gary Thorne will be back. I hope so.
Yeah, it was really fun hearing him call out the wrong player's name all the time. The Poelings scored several goals on themselves in the finals according to Mr. Thorne. You would think that after three days of calling their names he'd get it straight which team who was on. I guess preparation isn't his thing...

Well with so many pucks sailing by the LN goalie, who could tell who shot it...

Ogie · Post by **Ogie** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:52 pm

I wish we could get us some Don Cherry.

Bonin2121 · Post by **Bonin2121** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:58 pm

I don't know if he'd have much good to say about American kids.

almostashappy · Post by **almostashappy** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:03 pm

Traxler wrote:
Bonin2121 wrote:I'm more curious if Gary Thorne will be back. I hope so.
Yeah, it was really fun hearing him call out the wrong player's name all the time. The Poelings scored several goals on themselves in the finals according to Mr. Thorne. You would think that after three days of calling their names he'd get it straight which team who was on. I guess preparation isn't his thing...

Most (if not close to all) of the kids that played in last year's AA Tourney had spent dozens (if not hundreds) of hours playing the NHL 08/09/10/11/12/13/14 video games with their friends. EA Sports had Thorne do the play by play. So hear that same announcer calling out their name when they watched replays of their Tourney games must have been something special (even if he mangled the pronunciations).

ZachHalverson · Post by **ZachHalverson** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:15 pm

Let's Play Hockey reported via Twitter today that Jim Erickson will call both classes of The Tourney this year.

I'm a fan of Jim's and while I certainly thought having Thorne was pretty cool, Jim will do a great job and will have plenty of knowledge about the teams, considering he has covered many of them in the regular season. Congratulations to Jim, a hard working guy who is an excellent broadcaster. He has certainly earned this opportunity.

Also, Lou Nanne is back for his 51st year and Ben Clymer will call Class A.

hshockeyfan53 · Post by **hshockeyfan53** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:18 am

ZachHalverson wrote:Let's Play Hockey reported via Twitter today that Jim Erickson will call both classes of The Tourney this year.

I'm a fan of Jim's and while I certainly thought having Thorne was pretty cool, Jim will do a great job and will have plenty of knowledge about the teams, considering he has covered many of them in the regular season. Congratulations to Jim, a hard working guy who is an excellent broadcaster. He has certainly earned this opportunity.

Also, Lou Nanne is back for his 51st year and Ben Clymer will call Class A.

So is it Erickson or Clymer calling A? You kind of contradicted yourself here.

green4 · Post by **green4** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:51 am

hshockeyfan53 wrote:
ZachHalverson wrote:Let's Play Hockey reported via Twitter today that Jim Erickson will call both classes of The Tourney this year.

I'm a fan of Jim's and while I certainly thought having Thorne was pretty cool, Jim will do a great job and will have plenty of knowledge about the teams, considering he has covered many of them in the regular season. Congratulations to Jim, a hard working guy who is an excellent broadcaster. He has certainly earned this opportunity.

Also, Lou Nanne is back for his 51st year and Ben Clymer will call Class A.
So is it Erickson or Clymer calling A? You kind of contradicted yourself here.

He is saying Clymer and Erickson are calling A, while Nanne and Erickson are calling AA.

grandmeadowhockeyfan · Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:54 am

Some background on Erickson. Not familiar with him

hshockeyfan53 · Post by **hshockeyfan53** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:56 am

grandmeadowhockeyfan wrote:Some background on Erickson. Not familiar with him

Awful to listen to. Boring and plain. Bring back Clay Matvick!

hshockeyfan53 · Post by **hshockeyfan53** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:57 am

green4 wrote:
hshockeyfan53 wrote:
ZachHalverson wrote:Let's Play Hockey reported via Twitter today that Jim Erickson will call both classes of The Tourney this year.

I'm a fan of Jim's and while I certainly thought having Thorne was pretty cool, Jim will do a great job and will have plenty of knowledge about the teams, considering he has covered many of them in the regular season. Congratulations to Jim, a hard working guy who is an excellent broadcaster. He has certainly earned this opportunity.

Also, Lou Nanne is back for his 51st year and Ben Clymer will call Class A.
So is it Erickson or Clymer calling A? You kind of contradicted yourself here.
He is saying Clymer and Erickson are calling A, while Nanne and Erickson are calling AA.

So who is actually calling A? Both guys don't call the game. One does play by play and the other does color commentary.

green4 · Post by **green4** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:00 am

hshockeyfan53 wrote:
green4 wrote:
hshockeyfan53 wrote: So is it Erickson or Clymer calling A? You kind of contradicted yourself here.
He is saying Clymer and Erickson are calling A, while Nanne and Erickson are calling AA.
So who is actually calling A? Both guys don't call the game. One does play by play and the other does color commentary.

Clymer is giving color commentary.........

Sats81 · Post by **Sats81** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:16 am

Clymer is absolutely painful to listen to. Too much arrogance Ben!

alcloseshaver · Post by **alcloseshaver** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:32 am

Jim Erickson broadcasts multiple HS sports on BOB 106. He is from Braham and is very capable and in tune with HS hockey. He may not be the big name but is very good.

hshockeyfan53 · Post by **hshockeyfan53** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:40 am

alcloseshaver wrote:Jim Erickson broadcasts multiple HS sports on BOB 106. He is from Braham and is very capable and in tune with HS hockey. He may not be the big name but is very good.

Yes he is in tune with HS hockey but he's just not very exciting to listen to when comparing to guys that have done the tourney in the past. His goal call, which is a crucial part of every play-by-play guy, is extremely boring.

green4 · Post by **green4** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:49 am

hshockeyfan53 wrote:
alcloseshaver wrote:Jim Erickson broadcasts multiple HS sports on BOB 106. He is from Braham and is very capable and in tune with HS hockey. He may not be the big name but is very good.
Yes he is in tune with HS hockey but he's just not very exciting to listen to when comparing to guys that have done the tourney in the past. His goal call, which is a crucial part of every play-by-play guy, is extremely boring.

You sound like the kinda guy who likes Lapanta's "GOAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL" call

Sats81 · Post by **Sats81** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:54 am

Jim Erickson does a really nice job.

hshockeyfan53 · Post by **hshockeyfan53** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:55 am

green4 wrote:
hshockeyfan53 wrote:
alcloseshaver wrote:Jim Erickson broadcasts multiple HS sports on BOB 106. He is from Braham and is very capable and in tune with HS hockey. He may not be the big name but is very good.
Yes he is in tune with HS hockey but he's just not very exciting to listen to when comparing to guys that have done the tourney in the past. His goal call, which is a crucial part of every play-by-play guy, is extremely boring.
You sound like the kinda guy who likes Lapanta's "GOAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL" call

You mean "SCOOOOORRRRRRREEEEEEEE"

Lapanta is alright. I guess I just get too used to Doc Emrik and Gary Thorne from back in the day.

If you ever want to listen to some really good announcers just go on YouTube and type in Joe Beninati, John Forslund, Mike Lange and Randy Hahn along with Emrik and Thorne. They have a way of making everything exciting!