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Rating the NHL's Best Voices

As the NHL All-Star Break continues, keep up with FanHouse's coverage of hockey's unofficial midway point.One of my favorite hockey-related shows on NHL Network is Voices. As a hockey broadcaster myself, it is neat to watch how the best in the business prepare to go on the air, and how they interact with the best athletes...

Doc Emrick, the Pirate Parrot and You

Sometimes familiar faces turn up in the most peculiar places.Mike "Doc" Emrick has been behind the play-by-play mic for every game of the Stanley Cup Finals so far. There is no denying that he's the preeminent voice for NBC and the top voice in hockey right now, despite what my personal opinions may be. The guy can call a...

DiPietro Can't Put Versus on Hold

One of the neat little wrinkles Versus has inserted into this year's NHL All-Star Game again is having a goalie fitted with a headset and microphone so they can talk with the play-by-play team in the booth. Last year in Dallas it was Marty Turco, and this year in Atlanta it's Eastern Conference starting goalie Rick...

Dining Out With Doc and Chico

OK, so there might be some safety issues around the Prudential Center in Newark, but I'm not going to comment on those. I've never been there, you see, so it's not my place. One thing I can tell you is that if you take the advice of Devils' TV commentators Glenn 'Chico' Resch and Mike 'Doc' Emrick, then the food at the...