{"id":92434,"date":"2020-10-19T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mike-doc-emrick-retiring-from-legendary-nhl-broadcasting-career\/"},"modified":"2020-10-19T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T10:00:33","slug":"mike-doc-emrick-retiring-from-legendary-nhl-broadcasting-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mike-doc-emrick-retiring-from-legendary-nhl-broadcasting-career\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mike \u2018Doc\u2019 Emrick retiring from legendary NHL broadcasting career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mike \u2018Doc\u2019 Emrick retiring from legendary NHL broadcasting career<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        Say it ain\u2019t so, Doc!<\/p>\n<p>Mike \u201cDoc\u201d Emrick, the incomparable Voice of the NHL, Monday morning will retire, as per a shared announcement with NBC Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Emrick, 74, rose from calling college and minor league hockey radio broadcasts to develop an enthralling style that emphasized superior, often mesmerizing play-by-play: Original on-the-fly, bull\u2019s-eye de<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ions; a great knowledge of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>; current and past anecdotal info, timed to perfection; strong, warm relationships with his color analysts; and a modest charm that radiated as real. He forced nothing. He just knew how to know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope I can handle retirement OK,\u201d he said Sunday night from his home in Michigan, \u201cespecially since I\u2019ve never done it before. But I\u2019ve just been extremely lucky for 50 years. And NBC has been so good to me, especially since the pandemic, when I was allowed to work from home in a studio NBC created.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, into my golden years, this just seemed to be the time that was right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlus, I\u2019ve now accumulated enough frequent-flyer miles \u2014 to not go anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Doc Emrick&#039;s best calls from the 2019-20 NHL season | NBC Sports\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bh22LxP4yVs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the greatest tributes to Emrick have been paid by non-hockey fans, often women, who, while hearing Emrick in passing, asked, \u201cWho is this guy? He\u2019s wonderful!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emrick was the rarest of TV announcers in that his presence could entice us to watch then even stick with blowouts, rather than risk losing what he might say.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Indiana and still a devoted Pittsburgh Pirates fan from listening to Bob Prince over KDKA Radio, Emrick is a 19-year cancer survivor. He earned his Ph.D and nickname in broadcasting while at Bowling Green. He and his wife, Joyce, plus dogs and horses, have for years lived in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>There is nothing Emrick hasn\u2019t done on behalf of hockey, including becoming the founder of the NHL\u2019s increasingly valued NHL [players\u2019] Pronunciation Guide, and never turning down an interview request including \u2014 and especially \u2014 from high school kids who aspire to careers in broadcasting.<\/p>\n<p>Emrick is in, at last count, seven halls of fame.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16474721\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16474721 lazyload\" alt=\"Doc Emerick\" width=\"661\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/064_doc_emrick.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/064_doc_emrick.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/064_doc_emrick.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/064_doc_emrick.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=661 661w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 661px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Doc Emerick<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That he\u2019d establish himself as an East Coast voice \u2014 Hershey Bears, Maine Mariners, Flyers, Rangers\u2019 radio, Devils \u2014 before ESPN, CBS and finally NBC \u2014 was this region\u2019s great fortune.<\/p>\n<p>On a personal, off-air basis, Emrick is the ultimate mensch. A deacon in the Methodist Church, his gentle sense of humor and unyielding patience and respect for all creates envy for a life well-lived, with plenty left to give.<\/p>\n<p>Emrick once met flattery with the suggestion that folks name their progeny \u201cDoc\u201d by saying \u201cas long as it\u2019s not Grumpy, Dopey or Sleepy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sam Flood, executive producer of NBC Sports, put it very well: \u201cDoc is a national treasure. Simply put, he\u2019s one of the best ever to put on a headset.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/19\/mike-doc-emrick-retiring-from-legendary-nhl-broadcasting-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Mike \u2018Doc\u2019 Emrick retiring from legendary NHL broadcasting career&#8221; Say it ain\u2019t so, Doc! Mike \u201cDoc\u201d Emrick, the incomparable Voice of the NHL, Monday morning will retire, as per a shared announcement with NBC Sports. Emrick, 74, rose from calling college and minor league hockey radio broadcasts to develop an enthralling style that emphasized superior,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/emrick.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[76303,61594,76318,76319,75030,33268,70433],"class_list":["post-92434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-10-19-20","tag-exclusive","tag-mike-emrick","tag-nbc-sports","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-nhl","tag-sports-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}