At 8:02 PM -0600 3/7/97, MATTHEW CALDERWOOD wrote:
>      WEEI is in Boston, arguably the Hub of College Hockey (geographically,
>      anyway).  Glenn Ordway has a show from 3-6.  When lamenting the lack of
>      things to talk about after the Super Bowl (both local pro teams are
>      pretty horrible right now), he made a comment, "Wanna talk Beanpot?"
>      The problem was, he was joking, like anyone in their right mind would
>      be foolish to want to discuss one of the best sports events in the
>      region on his program.  This from the same guy who calls his listeners
>      "bloodthirsty shut-ins".  This afternoon, however, the announcer said,
>      "In tournament action last night, Boston College was victorious.  They
>      beat Merrimack, 7-6..." and Glenn piped up, in an annoyed tone of
>      voice, "Oh, hockey.  I thought you meant the basketball team."
 
Ironically, the "announcer" - also known as "Flash Boy" since he reads the
"Sports Flash" on WEEI every 20 minutes during The Big Show - is Sean
Grandy, one-half of the BC hockey radio team and former play-by-play man
for BU on WABU-TV68.  He did the BC-Merrimack game that he was giving the
score of.  Sean is a big proponent of college hockey and he will give
scores and details where others won't.  In fact he left WEEI early both
Thursday and Friday to get to Merrimack for the games.
 
Along the same lines, WBZ-AM1030's version of "Flash Boy" on Saturdays and
Sundays is Dave Mager, who produced the Merrimack radio broadcasts this
season and with whom I worked along with Todd Jamison.  Dave is also big on
college hockey and tries to get stuff in where he can on WBZ.
 
The point is, in both of these cases you have people who are big supporters
of the game, want to see it get more publicity and are doing what they can
within their own realm.  That's a good thing.
 
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