The play-by-play voice of the NHL on NBC will be different next season. Mike “Doc” Emrick has announced he is retiring at age 74.
“I hope I can handle retirement OK,” he told Phil Muchnick of The New York Post. “Especially since I’ve never done it before.”
Emrick has called 22 Stanley Cup Finals. He has also called Olympic hockey. He has been with NBC since 2011. Prior to that, he spent time at ESPN, FOX, and CBS. He also served as the play-by-play voice of the New Jersey Devils for 21 seasons.
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008, receiving the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to hockey broadcasting.
“Doc is a national treasure,” Executive Producer of NBC Sports, Sam Flood, told The Post. “Simply put, he’s one of the best ever to put on a headset.”
