BOSTON — NESN on Thursday introduced that Judd Sirott would be the new Boston Bruins play-by-play announcer, and the longtime broadcaster couldn’t be extra honored to tackle the function.
Former NESN broadcaster Jack Edwards congratulated Sirott on the brand new gig. And the ex-98.5 The Sports activities Hub announcer admitted it nonetheless was a surreal expertise to step into a task Edwards held for almost twenty years.
“That is gonna take some time due to how particular this job is,” Sirott instructed NESN.com. Proper off the hop, Unique Six metropolis. Not simply that, it is the oldest American franchise within the Nationwide Hockey League. There is no such thing as a market within the nation that is as wealthy as that is with regards to hockey. It is simply spectacular in that. However what makes it so particular are the folks right here, Bruins followers. Whether or not you are at a Bruins recreation at TD Backyard and even at a Bruins recreation on the street, you expertise the identical factor. You may see it, you may hear it, you may really feel it. And that is what makes this place, this place so particular.
“Past that, the Bruins are nearly to the tip of their centennial season. If you concentrate on 100 years of the franchise, there are so few guys which have been on this place. Solely six, by my rely, have executed it full-time. Jack Edwards did it for 19 years. He did it for 19 years, he and Brick. Freddy Cusick did it for 30. Earlier than that, he did for 12 on radio. If you concentrate on the tenure that these guys have had, how few folks have had this chance, that is what makes it so particular, and that’s the reason I’m so grateful.”
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Sirott grew up listening to Pat Foley name Chicago Blackhawks video games on the radio and needed to get into the occupation since he was a youngster. Sirott even acquired into contact with legendary broadcaster Mike “Doc” Emrick the place he realized what wanted to be executed to satisfy his profession aspirations.
In 2017, Sirott grew to become the Bruins’ radio voice on 95.5 The Sports activities Hub, and he had a memorable encounter with Edwards.
“I acquired an opportunity to speak to Jack on my solution to (NESN). I simply needed to relay to him how grateful I’m and the way grateful I’m,” Sirott stated. “We hit it proper from the hop as a result of we’re each ski junkies. I got here off a flight once I first began in 2017 with a ski journal. And Jack noticed it, and he instantly took out a cocktail serviette and drew a map of New England and drew on the map all of the ski areas all through New England. And I nonetheless have that. However past that, once I consider Jack and what an amazing run he had for 19 seasons as the tv voice of the Boston. Jack was unique. Jack beloved his Boston Bruins and that all the time got here throughout within the broadcast, and I believe that’s vitally necessary. I might not have this chance with out his assist, with out his help, and I am grateful for that and his friendship.”
Sirott additionally thanked NESN and Bruins management for the chance and expressed his pleasure to work with the NESN manufacturing crew for the 2024-25 Bruins season.
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