The New Radio Guy

I missed the game...is he good? Not so good?

The York game wasn't broadcast, so there's no evidence, yet. But Adam did a capable job doing color with Grady during a game or two last season.

Will Adam be alone on the 'cast? Play by play is incredibly hard -- most NHL calls aren't even good.

Adam does have professional play-by-play experience in the minors and I believe also at Princeton. But I've never heard him.

Not sure if I agree with Greg's assessment of NHL guys, but

to answer his question, and to fill everyone in ... we are working on unveiling a couple ex-JV players (circa 1980s) to be analysts for the home broadcasts. On the road, it will be mostly solo, with the occasional help of a crack committee of ace fill-ins.

Looking forward to Friday.

[Q]Looking forward to Friday.[/Q]
Amen! Though my parents will be in town so I won't be able to listen to the game in it's entirety... nor will I be joining the #lynah chat, those'll have to wait for the Vt/DU weekend.

So, what happenned to Peter Tufford?

A few years ago when I lived close enough to Princeton, I used to listen to PU hockey on 920am. I remember that the play-by-play was excellent, and even defended it on CHDB when all the non-Grady commentators were beiing trashed.

I think that was Adam....maybe he can confirm or deny this.

How would Adam know when you lived near Princeton? But yes, Adam was a play-by-play announcer for Princeton hockey from 1993-97. Does that fit?

Yes, 1995-1997 would be just right.

I remember the most annoying thing about those broadcasts was that they only had 1 or 2 sponsers, and you heard the same ads over and over and over.

I have to say, though, that Adam's replacement, circa 2000, is somewhat soporific.

John T. Whelan '91 wrote:

I have to say, though, that Adam's replacement, circa 2000, is somewhat soporific.

Are you sure it's not just Princeton hockey that's soporific?

John - perhaps tomorrow you can teach me what Soporific means. Sorry, I'm not an Ivy Leaguer -- just an IC-grad wannabe.

Thanks for the kind words Neal. I think I remember getting e-mail from you way back when, or reading messages somewhere. Mark has the dates correct, 1993-97. I spent 2 years in the UHL with Quad City (a double-A league, but we packed a 9300-seat arena every night, and the people there thought it was the NHL) ... and then 2-plus years in Philadelphia, broadcasting a handful of games only since we were the only team in North American pro hockey without a radio contract (don't get me started).

I leave Princeton, and they win the ECAC tournament. At least Quad City won the 1998 UHL championship (I think I was more excited for Princeton).

Sorry about the lack of ads on good ole WTTM 920 ... but that's what happens when 100 people are listening. We actually had 10 sponsors, truth be told.

To answer someone's question about Peter Tufford ... he decided to retire and become a fan again.

And ... finally ... just because I'm semi-lurking ... don't be afraid to criticize (it certainly never stopped the people in Quad City) ... Just try to leave out the profanity, threats to my children, and insults to my mother. You keep me on my toes ... and I'll be sure to do the same for all y'all.

Adam Wodon wrote:

...don't be afraid to criticize...

Not to worry, Adam. But since very few of us remote from Ithaca will be listening to you...

adam--look at the icon by josh's message for the definition of soporific...basically inducing someone into that state

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Capt Pedantry exits stage left....

Its an amazing world...last week I wouldn't have been able to tell you what or where Quad City is....and this week, I find out they are big hockey fans and I might be going there (Moline to be precise) for work in a few months.

As a Suburban Philly resident...I will admit that I didn't know the Phantoms had a radio station...but I know they were on comcast a few times...did you get any TV time Adam?

Early in my career I interviewed for a job in Moline, but it fell through and we wound up in Peoria instead. Sort of a "six of one, half a dozen of the other" kind of thing.

Not much in the Quad Cities but John Deere, Neil. Good luck. It'll be a new adventure after Philly.

I am sure it is a wonderful place....and I may get to experience it...but only for a few weeks during an installation. Sorry if I was unclear.

I used to listen to Princeton hockey during winter break from my parent's house in Lawrenceville, I'm sure I heard you in 1993 or 1994, but I didn't realize you were the USCHO columninst. At the time, the only way you could find out what was going on in college hockey was that, and a weekly column in the New York Times, I forget the columnist's name, William something?
Anyway, I enjoy your gossipy ecac columns on uscho, but I'm not paying the money for the internet audiocasts.

William Wallace, IIRC.

No one should pay for the damn broadcasts.

The play-by-play was pretty good during the game - but my biggest problem was that he didn't say the score enough! Radio listeners tune in-and-out and need to have the scored updated constantly!

After the OSU goal he didn't announce the score until the next break, and that was annoying because I tuned in 3 mins before.

Moulson - any update?

LGR!

Personally I like to hear the announcement of the goal and assists over the P.A., but this is generally close to impossible unless the press box is physically wired to the P.A. output.

IMHO a solid "A" for Adam tonight, and excellent enthusiasm during the game as well. I hope they can budget him a color man, since doing it all solo has gotta be damn hard.

Petunia ... I don't think I write gossip, at least I hope not.

Thanks for all the comments, pro and con ...

Neil ... my sympathies. Bring your own food. The only thing good there is the beer.

The catfish ain't bad.

With all this complaining about paying for the broadcasts, does anyone know WHY there's a charge for it now? How much is it anyway?

The Cornell College Sports Pass through RealNetworks is $6.95 per month, or $18.95 for three months.

As far as I can tell from combining all of the contradictory info I've heard, Cornell went with a commercial service primarily so they could provide Internet feeds of all four primary sports (the four that have season-long radio coverage) without having to go to the equipment and staff expenses of doing it themselves. They could have paid for a commercial service and made it free to users, or left those who wanted to listen to contract with the commercial service individually. They took the latter path.

That's my interpretation, not anyone's official statement of policy.

Not being familiar with Adam Wodon's play-by-play, I am really interested in listening to the Cornell feed to see how he compares with the legendary Grady Wittenburg.

For now (as long as I can listen to our games for free), I'm sorry to say I won't be able to listen to the Voice of Cornell Big Red Hockey. No offense to Adam, but if Grady was still calling our games, I probably would have (grudgingly) signed up for the Cornell Pass.

You could take advantage of the free 15 day trial on a couple of weekends to see if you think it is worth shelling out the $$ for. This is probably the best way to fill in for one of the missing Princeton games this season, btw. (Or for the Everblades torney so you won't have to hear that OSU feed again )

LGR!