Congratulations to Sherry Ross - First Woman to do a Play-by-Play for a NHL game in English

Last night was a historic night in the realm of NHL broadcasting. Sherry Ross, who normally handles the color commentary for the New Jersey Devils on the radio feed, stepped in for Matt Loughlin to do play-by-play for the game. Therefore, Ross became the first woman to do play-by-play for a NHL game in English.

Congratulations to Ross for trailblazing in the world of broadcasting. Since I was at the Rock for last night's game, did anyone listen to her play calling? If so, how did she do?

9 months ago John Fischer 4 comments 0 recs |

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Seriously???

AWESOME!!!!! To borrow an oft-used saying :

YOU GO, GIRL!! :)

by BNTHIS on Nov 26, 2009 6:22 PM EST reply actions

Huzzah!

Not usually crazy about Ross being the color commentator for the broadcasts, but I gotta give it to her for this amazing feat.

Speaking of which, who was the first woman to do so period, if I may ask?

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Nov 26, 2009 6:49 PM EST reply actions

Well, for hockey, RDS had an all female broadcast. Hence, Ross is the first to do this in English, as RDS is a French-language network. From the end of the linked article:

On March 8, 2008, an all-female broadcast team called the Tampa Bay-New Jersey game for French-language network RDS. Claudine Douville and Daniele Sauvageau called the game, while Hélène Pelletier and France St-Louis handled the intermission coverage. It was the first NHL game broadcast by an entirely female broadcast team.

So I’m assuming it’s them for hockey. Admittedly, I’m not up on my broadcasters across all sports so I do not know.

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by John Fischer on Nov 26, 2009 7:21 PM EST up reply actions

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I wasn’t able to watch the game last night and had to listen to the historic broadcast while driving, and didn’t even realize it was historic.

It was meh. But, I’m not much of a fan of Sherry Ross anyway.

She kept calling the Sens goalie Elias, and, I’m guessing it wasn’t the most exciting game, because she’d get away from the play-by-play and have to awkwardly jump back (or be brought back by the guy—whose name escapes me—providing the color commentary) when something did happen.

by elesias on Nov 26, 2009 8:34 PM EST reply actions