Controversial Bruins Announcer Jack Edwards Calls it a Career
The Boston Bruins will lose long-time announced, Jack Edwards at the end of the season.
The 67-year-old announcer has decided to retire at the end of the season.
Edwards has called Bruins games for NESN since 2005 and is considered one of the best to do it. But in recent seasons, his ability to call a game has slipped. Edwards announced an unknown illness had taken his ability to put his best effort into calling a hockey game. As a result, he has decided to end his career.
«They've done tests that seem like I'm going through some sort of science-fiction scene, but it's really true. The images of my brain literally reveal nothing. That's my joke with them.»
«It doesn't fit in any slot,» he says. «There have been a couple of guesses, but they haven't made a definitive diagnosis and they've been working on me for a year and a half. It's very frustrating, as you can imagine, for me to have this slowdown in my speech.»
It was said in February that Edwards had no intentions of retiring just yet with his current health issues, but after a conversation with NESN, he had a change of perspective.
It's sad to see a career ended too soon, as a result of illness. Edwards may not have been everyone's favorite announcer in the NHL, but he had the love and support of Bruins fans across the league, and he shared the sentiment with them undoubtedly, loving his fans.
While he has had some pretty terrible takes and calls throughout his career, you don't like to see it end like this.
We wish Jack Edwards nothing but the best for his retirement and the ability to find and treat whatever has cost him his career in the NHL.
Source: Hockey Feed
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