Former Bruins announcer Fred Cusick passes away

[BillD1984]

Fred Cusick, at 90; the velvety voice of the Bruins for decades - The Boston Globe


And there goes another part of my childhood.

Fred Cusick is THE voice that made me a hockey fan.

The one thing I keep hearing from people paying tribute to Fred is, "he made it about the game and not himself".............that was soooooo true.

RIP Fred

 

[BillD1984]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGoGEjvvWrQ]YouTube - SCORE!!! BOBBY ORR!!! -- as called by Fred Cusick with Johnny Peirson[/ame]

 

[HD MM]

Sorry to hear Bill.

RIP Mr. Cusick.

 

[mccoyrj]

Hate to hear that.

Actually, he was a part of my childhood in Louisiana as a kid in the early 70's. No hockey down there so I pulled for the team I saw on TV the most, which was the Bruins. Had a poster of Derek Sanderson on my wall, Bruin puck I ordered through the mail, etc. I also had a 45rpm (vinyl record for all you young pups) about the Boston Bruins. On one side was a song about Bobby Orr and on the other clips of Fred announcing Orr's greatest plays.

 

[BillD1984]

Sorry to hear Bill.

RIP Mr. Cusick.

Thanks buddy, I appreciate that!

When things from your childhood start going away (which obviously they inevitably do), it definitely makes you reflective.

 

[BillD1984]

Hate to hear that.

Actually, he was a part of my childhood in Louisiana as a kid in the early 70's. No hockey down there so I pulled for the team I saw on TV the most, which was the Bruins. Had a poster of Derek Sanderson on my wall, Bruin puck I ordered through the mail, etc. I also had a 45rpm (vinyl record for all you young pups) about the Boston Bruins. On one side was a song about Bobby Orr and on the other clips of Fred announcing Orr's greatest plays.

That's awesome, McCoy! :up

It's great to know that those great Bruins teams of the pre-ESPN 70's reached all the way to Louisiana................thanks for sharing!!!

 

[riffjim4069]

R.I.P.

 

[HD MM]

Thanks buddy, I appreciate that!

When things from your childhood start going away (which obviously they inevitably do), it definitely makes you reflective.

Oh I know what you mean. I did the same when Herb Score died last year.