Chris Cuthbert

Now, off the top of my head, I can't remember which ones those were, but I knew he'd worked with just about everybody in the business, and anybody that worked with him cherished those moments.

you yeah for sure uh just back to that list for a minute because uh one of the most prominent names on that list is dick irvin who i spoke with today and we worked as a as a trio for a few years and some i mean we're covering montreal right now in the 93 montreal run uh we did the first three rounds together and also after the sweep of the

of, uh, Buffalo, we picked up, uh, games five, six, and seven of, of Pittsburgh and the Islanders.

And, uh, those are some of the best games I've ever covered.

And I think, uh, uh, I think I, I speak for the other two guys as well.

And, and, and, and, uh, the next year was the Rangers devils, uh, overtime game seven to propel the Rangers to, uh, to the Stanley cup, uh, you know, for the first time since 1940, uh,

and the reason I'm going through all that is because at the end of that series, when we were done, uh, Dick Irvin, who, you know, has forgotten more about hockey and hockey broadcasting than the rest of us, uh, have experienced, uh, said, uh, it was one of the, uh, it was one of the most enjoyable runs of his career.

Um, and, and I, I'm, he called us the happy gang and, uh,

I know it meant that much to him because of the way John Garrett was.

That's how lovable a guy he was, and that's how great a team guy he was.

Late in Dick Irvin's career, Cheech could elevate the experience for all of us.

I called Dick this morning, and the first thing he said after the shock was,

of, of learning the news, he said, you know, that was, that was the happy gang.

And, uh, you know, for a guy that, uh, you know, everybody in hockey knows is, uh, you know, Dick and Danny, uh, we were certainly not in that discussion, but for Dick to, uh, to make a point of, of, of, you know, um, establishing another team that, uh, meant something to him was, uh,

I think it speaks volumes about what John Garrett's all about.

Yeah, yeah.

I'll tell you what.

You know what?

Here's one that I remember the first time I met him.

He was still of Vancouver Canuck.