re in memoriam dan kelly and danny gallivan in article apr ists ists ca dchhabra stpl ists ca deepak chhabra writes in article burke burkemac oshag nd edu burke nd edu r p burke writes when talking about hockey broadcasters let s give a moment of silence to remember the st louis blues great dan kelly many of you may have heard him in the late s and early s on cbs he used to do hockey night in canada intermissions with another recently deceased great danny gallivan of the canadiens i loved dan kelly he was on usa when i first got hooked on hockey back in or so no he wasn t always spot on top of the play and he wasn t overly cute but those pipes that lusty barrel chested voice no pipsqueak was he unlike some fellas we know i rode into hockey mania on the coattails of gretzky and the boys on the bus my first finals saw the islanders sweep them but i ll never forget the night a year later when the oilers closed it out at home in the pandemonium the smoke from a million sparklers the long empty net goal near the end and dan kelly letting the crowd s reaction tell the story for a few long seconds then that voice barking through the din dave lumley sews it up for edmonton it sounds stupid but that early for me hockey memory will always bring a thrill since then i ve grown a lot more jaded about the game but i was really saddened by dan kelly s passing he was one of the good guys brian adams reno
