Gary Thorne generaly plugs college hockey in most of the hockey
broadcast that I have seen him do. To answer (I think it was Andy ! sorry I
deleted the post already) question about Gary's affiliation with Maine. I'm not
sure if he attended the University of Maine but in the 80's he was the
play-by-play braodcaster for both UofM hockey and baseball. Like Emrick he
got his start in sports broadcasting doing college games and he has not
forgotten his roots.
 
    In my opinion Gary Thorne is one of the best hockey play-by-play
announcers in broadcasting today.
 
Dave King
 
 
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