Mike Emrick

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Mike Emrick (2014)

Mike "Doc" Emrick (born August 1, 1946 in La Fontaine , Indiana ) is an American sports commentator who works for NBC and Versus television . From 1990 to 2011 he was also a commentator for the New Jersey Devils ice hockey team of the National Hockey League .

Career

Mike Emrick studied at Manchester College compartment Speech ( dt . Speech) and graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree from. He then went to Miami University , where he specialized in the study of radio and television in 1969 with the Master ended and two years in the sequence at Geneva College in the subjects Speech taught and broadcasting. At this time he also gained his first experience in reporting in ice hockey , as he reported as an unpaid newspaper correspondent for the Beaver County Times on the Pittsburgh Penguins from the North American ice hockey league NHL .

In 1973 he took over the post of Director of Public Relations for the Port Huron Flags ice hockey team from the second-rate International Hockey League . At the same time, he continued his studies at Bowling Green State University and received his doctorate in radio, television and film studies in 1976 . A year later he became a live commentator for the Maine Mariners from the American Hockey League , before he was allowed to work for the first time in the high-class National Hockey League three years later .

He spent his first two years with the Philadelphia Flyers before commenting on the games of the New Jersey Devils from the 1982/83 season . In 1986 he switched to the national sports broadcaster ESPN , where he also worked as a live commentator. He left the station but again after two years and returned to Philadelphia to comment on the games of the Flyers, making him the "voice of the Philadelphia Flyers".

After five years in Philadelphia, Emrick rejoined the New Jersey Devils television team in 1993 and continues to be the live commentator for the New Jersey Games to this day. In addition to his involvement in regional coverage of the Devils, he has also been used on national broadcasts of NHL games by channels such as CBS , FOX , ESPN, ABC and CSTV and is currently commenting on national broadcasts for the television channel NBC and in the playoffs for the cable channel Versus . In addition to his work in the NHL, he was also a hockey commentator at the Winter Olympics .

Emrick also commented in other sports. From 1992 to 1993 he was in the National Football League operates, has been in live reports of lacrosse and basketball used and reported during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games from water polo .

Mike Emrick received the National CableACE Award and five New York Emmy Awards for his coverage of ice hockey . In 2004 he was awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy for special services to ice hockey in the United States and in the NHL. In November 2008 he was honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for his outstanding services in the field of ice hockey reporting.

On July 21, 2011, Emrick announced the end of his 21 years as a commentator on the New Jersey Devils Games to work exclusively for the NBC and Versus networks . In 2011 he was honored with induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame .

Awards

  • New York Emmy Award
    • 1997 Best Sports Commentator
    • 2000 Best Sports Commentator
    • 2002 Best Sports Commentator
    • 2005 Best Sports Commentator
    • 2007 Best Sports Commentator

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike 'Doc' Emrick leaves New Jersey Devils broadcasts, joins NBC / Versus exclusively. In: sportingnews.com. July 21, 2011, accessed March 6, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Emrick, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emrick, Doc (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sports commentator
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH La Fontaine, Indiana