Skip’s hockey game and the preseason schedule

Aug 04 2008

Published by bud006 at 10:22 pm under Uncategorized Edit This

By Bud L. Ellis
thrashers.today.com

Hello, and first and foremost, an apology for not posting the past two days. The death of Braves announcer Skip Caray overwhelmed me as far as coverage on Braves.Today.Com, as well as on a personal level, having grown up in Atlanta and followed the Braves for more than 30 years.

Rest in peace, Skip.

Many of you know Skip from his baseball work, and some of you know Skip actually came to Atlanta with the NBA’s Hawks in the late 1960s. I have some old Hawks games from the mid-1980s on VHS tape somewhere that Skip called, during his duties doing basketball for TBS.

But Skip also called one Atlanta Flames game, I believe in 1975, filling in for the wonderful Jiggs McDonald. Word is you never knew Skip wasn’t a hockey guy from the job he did broadcasting the game.

Somebody pointed out over the weekend my spotlight on the season schedule neglected the preseason slate. Let’s give that to you now:

Sept. 25, Thrashers at Predators (hey, you can make your Nashville trip early).
Sept. 26, Thrashers at Blues.
Sept. 28, Thrashers at Red Wings.
Oct. 1, Red Wings at Thrashers (so Marian Hossa will be here earlier than March).
Oct. 3, Predators at Thrashers.
Oct. 4, Blues at Thrashers.

Pretty good schedule for tuning up. You get the defending Stanley Cup champs twice, as well as whetting the appetite for the Nashville rivalry and two games with St. Louis.