sun article 03/05/02

[Melissa \'01]

ok. kinda on and kinda off topic but since we were talking about rink announcers and how cornell has lucked out i figured i'd bring to the forefront once again how lucky we are to have Grady announcing on the radio broadcasts.

after the union game this past week-end Judy and I were way too curious to wait until we reached my place (~15 min from Achilles ...spelling anyone?) to find out the standings so we tuned into the end of the RPI game. I couldn't believe the difference in the broadcasts. without getting too negative and dissing the RPI broadcasters (one of which is Jason Moy) I found myself thinkig over and over again, "Thank God for Grady!"

[CowbellGuy]

I second that. However, by all means, feel free to dis Jason Moy to your heart's content.

[Greg Berge]

We are very lucky to have class professionals like Arthur and Grady/Pete.  Nothing is worse than the hacks who do radio for most ECAC schools (prime example, St. Lawrence), or the "let's get ready to rummmmmmmmble" morons who do the PA around the league (prime example, Colgate).

[Lowell '99]

One of Arthur's strong points that should not be forgotten is his appropriate sense of humor.  While some may pander to their home crowds with false enthusiasm and more than a smidgen of "homerism," Arthur judiciously inserts emotion.  My favorite- and I'm not sure of the game (it may have been the Union game 3 years ago that ended with a goalie fight)- "We've got ourselves a whole mess of penalties!"

And I'm not just saying that because I think he's reading this.  :-)

[gwm3]

How long has Arthur been the PA announcer?

[Melissa \'01]

yeah. definitely agree. actually heard somthing funny from the RPI announcer this past week-end tho maybe no one else was as amused as me. cook got a penality for hooking and the announcer in a fun, rhyming way said, "cook..... on a hook". ok. doesn't sound funny at all when i read it but it really made me laugh for some weird reason.

[Greg Berge]

My favorite Arthurism was the only time I ever heard him even remotely lose his cool.  It was just after Harvard had scored on a delay penalty when some moron threw additional fish on the ice, in the late 80's.  We got yet *another* warning, and Arthur announced it in his perfectly clipped tones, "For those of you who did not hear the first warning, or were incapable of understanding it,...".  It *definitely* got everybody's attention, and even the students behaved like semi-sentient beings for the remainder of the game.

If I'm not mistaken, Arthur became PA announcer for the 84-85 season.

[Chris \'02]

after the union game this past week-end Judy and I were way too curious to wait until we reached my place (~15 min from Achilles ...spelling anyone?) to find out the standings so we tuned into the end of the RPI game. I couldn't believe the difference in the broadcasts. without getting too negative and dissing the RPI broadcasters (one of which is Jason Moy) I found myself thinkig over and over again, "Thank God for Grady!"

Speaking of radio announcers, Grady is really good when it comes to them.  I had the unique benefit of listening to 3 different announcers this weekend.  First, Friday night following the CU-RIP game (and RIP has changed their broadcasters recently...they're not nearly as good as they used to be).  

On Saturday night, I was driving back to Ithaca with friends and listening to the CU-Onion broadcast, and those guys definitely should have been more focused on the game especially since their team was on the playoff bubble.  The Onion radio was kinda low powered, so by the time I got down to about Oneota, I was flipping stations around trying to get Ithaca, but I stumbled on the 'Gate broadcast.  They have a really high-powered station.  It was good to be able to hear that one because those guys were at the RIP game that lasted until late so we found out the playoff seedings.  But they too, were not really focused on the game and talking about coffee and other random stuff.  

Grady is where it's at!

[CUlater \'89]

I've never felt strongly about Grady one way or the other but he certainly pales to the truly legendary Roy Ives.  Can I get a second on that one?

[ugarte]

Jesus, CULater, are you going to piss on Dryden also? :-(

[zg88]

Grady rules!  :-)

Whether or not he measures up to (the, yes, legendary) Roy Ives doesn't interest me in the least.  I feel fortunate to have him as our announcer.  The testimonials above, regarding the general crapulence amongst his ECAC "peers", should only enhance our thankfulness!

We could just as easily say, "Schafer's pretty good, but he's no Harkness", but why on earth would we want to??

(BTW, I see the author of the article has some inside knowledge on one of Vermont's goals (vs. Cornell) being taken away from them...  Nice research...)  ::rolleyes::

[Ben Doyle 03]

the eternal pessimist. . .:-/ CUlater '89.

zg88, I'm with you. . .Grady RULES!!!:-)

[marty\'74]

Here goes.

After being subjected to RIPs announcing antics for years there are two unbelievable traditions at that school's WRIP that BEAR repeating.

Number one is that the post game show is so damn short that it is always over before I get to my car.  They have some rap or hip-hop show that comes on after the game and I refer to it as their post game offering.

And numero B is that the three stars of the game are always RIP players.  There was apparently some lame historical significance to this as years ago the points were counted for the season and some award was given to the player with the most season long accumulation (free hot dogs at Famous Lunch?) ....but that is no more.  Yet the three stars remain as mentioned from one team.

Earlier this year one of the color announcers gave stars to the opposition.  He was allowed to finish but admonished that WRIP doesn't do it that way.  And since I have publicly questioned the practice on the USCHO forum I am sure it will live as long as I do.
 ::nut::

[tml5]

I suspect that the Sun author, knowingly or unknowingly, was referencing an earlier article on the Harvard game written by an outside source (USCHO, maybe?) that refers to Arthur Mintz as "legendary."  It's not just Cornell fans, although he's obviously pretty legendary among rabid fans of the Big Red, too.  :-)

[marty\'74]

Yessss,

Pete doesn't get the kudos he deserves.  It is wonderful to have the eyes of a player giving us his side of the game.
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