NHL podcast with Len Shapiro: Sabres long time announcer Jeanneret passes at 81; Toews says he’ll be back next season; plus more news

If you’ve been following this Blog for a while, you know that the one and only aspect of Sports that I care about is the Broadcasting aspect of them.

Longtime NHL Team Buffalo Sabres Radio Announcer, Rick Jeanneret (who is of Swiss-French descent) had passed away on August 17, 2023.

Upon graduation from High School, Rick Jeanneret had begun his career at CKLY-AM in the municipality of Lindsay, Ontario; before moving to CJRN-AM in Niagara Falls, Ontario (the Canadian portion of Niagara Falls).

In 1971, Rick Jeanneret began his career as the Radio Play-By-Play Announcer for the Buffalo Sabres NHL Team. Rick Jeanneret would retire at the end of the 2009-2010 NHL Season, and would continue to make sporadic appearances until the end of the 2021-2022 NHL Season.