Reports says two well-known names have auditioned to take over for Jack Edwards
NESN needs a replacement for long-time Boston Bruins play-by-play announcer Jack Edwards, and the Boston Globe names two people who have already auditioned
It will be a very different feeling for fans of the Boston Bruins in the 2024-25 season, as a name well-known to just about all hockey fans hands up his microphone. After 19 years of play-by-play announcing for Bruins hockey games on NESN, Jack Edwards decided a couple of months ago that he's hanging up his microphone. So far, there's been little to no word on any possible replacements. That has changed, according to a report from the Boston Globe.
The article in the Globe talks about announcing changes for both the New England Patriots and the Boston Bruins. For the Bruins, it states two well-known names among Boston sports fans have auditioned with Edwards' long-time colour commentator Andy Brickley: Judd Sirott, and Tom Caron.
They include a couple of candidates with NHL broadcasting experience outside the market, as well as Judd Sirott, who has called Bruins games on 98.5 The Sports Hub since the 2017-18 season, and longtime NESN host and play-by-play voice Tom Caron, who I noted a couple weeks back has extensive game-calling experience even though he might be best known to Boston sports fans for his work as a Red Sox studio anchor.
The Bruins will have some say in the hire."
Edwards stepped down in April after revealing earlier in the year that he had been working with a speech therapist to improve moments of slowed speech. The 67-year-old was given a Stanley Cup Championship ring by the Boston Bruins after their win in 2011. Beloved by many Bruins fans, he was despised by many others for his obvious loyalty to the team and for some controversial statements over the years,
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