One former Ranger honored a retiring sports activities media legend.
Wild ahead Mats Zuccarello took the ice throughout warmups at Madison Sq. Backyard on Wednesday evening and donned a No. 40 “Rosen” jersey to honor Sam Rosen, the Rangers’ tv play-by-play man who’s in his fortieth and closing season on the mic.
Zuccarello spent the primary eight and half seasons of his NHL profession with the Rangers after he signed with the crew as an undrafted free agent in the summertime of 2010.
“How cool is this, wearing No. 40 in honor of Sam Rosen for his 40th and final season in the booth,” MSG pregame host John Giannone mentioned. “Zucc, you’re awesome.”
Rosen, 77, has been honored throughout the league this yr, and on the finish of March, the Rangers held a proper pregame ceremony to commemorate his four-decade run calling video games.
His broadcast companion Joe Micheletti joined the ceremony, and whereas former companions, Phil Esposito and John Davidson, bought Rosen a golden mic.
“I’m nervous about it — to be the center of attention here in this building, a building that I’ve been coming to since it opened in ’68, when we had the gondola as our broadcast location,” Rosen mentioned the celebration. “I’ve felt the crowds. I’ve felt the constructing shake. I keep in mind a Billy Joel live performance on New Yr’s Eve, and I mentioned to my spouse on the time, ‘If the Rangers ever win the Cup, it’s going to be identical to this — and even higher.’ And in ’94, that was the best second.
“To do a Game 7 in your home building, for the team that I’ve rooted for all my life, and to call that game, it can’t get any better than that.”
Rosen and Davidson, who known as video games collectively from 1986-2006, will reunite for an NHL on TNT Rangers-Flyers sport on April 9.
