John Shannon
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8,851 appearances
94 recordings
2 series
first heard Sep 2024
last heard 5d ago
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And we got accepted by the club and by Glenn and his staff.
And so it was a pretty, pretty emotional night when the Oilers beat the Islanders.
in game five.
That would be near the top of the list.
My first Stanley Cup final.
I was 23 years old and producing Hockey Night in Canada.
And Bob Nystrom tipped the puck into the net in overtime in game six against the Flyers.
And it just so happened that the play-by-play man for Hockey Night that night was the great Jim Robson.
And I had grown up in the interior of British Columbia and my idol
was Jim Robson.
So he and I worked together that Stanley Cup final.
So those are types of things.
Those are a long time ago now, Bob.
You know, that's 46 years ago for the Islanders and what, 42 for the Oilers' first cup.
But they are vivid in my mind.
87 was a spectacular time for me.
And the Oilers winning in seven games.
Was that one on Hockey Night or was that one on?
It was on both Hockey Night and Global.
And then when I went back, I'll tell you what, when I went back in 94, there's two generations now that think Hockey Night in Canada has always been a doubleheader.
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