In this Jan. 30, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Devils announcer Mike Emrick speaks to fans after being honored before an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
First he thanked the moderator.
He said how great it was to be working with NBC colleagues Eddie Olczyk and Pierre McGuire, now cancer-free.
It had been 125 years, he said, since Montreal AAA won the first Cup engraved with Lord Stanley’s name.
Then the legendary hockey broadcaster Mike “Doc” Emrick said this:
“We anticipate the next page, and the story is about Vegas’ initial year and the dominance of the Predators and the attempt of the Penguins to make it three straight, and the Flyers and the Avalanche joining the 16 teams on the last Saturday of the season.