I cannot express how much I love and appreciate these two. Ticked at the team for disappointing me, but more ticked at the team for disappointing *them.*
Old-News-3096
I want to thank everyone here who posts clips and highlights.
As someone who doesn’t always get our broadcasts I appreciate it
Computerized-Cash
I live under a rock, are they retiring or is this just a season-ending speech?
LQNova
I remember they had some interstitials where Wings players were at a creepy « Carnivale » style circus. I seem to remember Fedorov juggling pucks in one shot.
sixwaystop313
I haven’t been following this sub too closely, just saw the awful box score from tonight’s game and came here to get the reaction. It turns out Paul fucking Woods is retiring (seriously makes me want to CRY) and now what is going on with these two? Is this their last broadcast too?
Driftographer
Thank you for posting this, my pirate stream ended early and I missed this. This was a beautiful montage. I’m a Jays fan but I might have to start watching the Tigers games this season. Detroit truly has the best broadcast crew in all of sports. They never fail to bring a smile to your face and make you laugh regardless of the outcomes of the games.
Grid-of-Flynn
I haven’t watched nearly enough games of all Detroit sports. But this still got me 😢.
oliverklozov_
I love these two so much. They really have been the saving grace the last couple months while the players fell apart. Hope they (Ken and Mick) have a great summer.
tododia
this was really beautiful, thank you for posting
MedicalBus860
Thank you for positing. So cool to see all the old faces. Mario even made an appearance. Glad these 2 will be back next year.
BlackCardRogue
Hey guys… I have something to say to all of you. Any of you reading this. I hope one person reads it. This montage is special to me because it is human, and because it is special to so many of you.
I am not a native son of Detroit; I grew up someplace else. I do not share very many of these memories that so many of you do. I have no memory of Auburn Hills, I didn’t move here before The Joe closed, I didn’t even go to school here. The truth is, I followed my son’s mom here — we aren’t together, but I wanted to be a part of his life. So… a little over two years ago, I packed up my stuff and came to SE Michigan with a remote job. I didn’t know a soul aside from my ex and my son, and work obviously hasn’t provided a way for me to meet people.
There were a lot of long, long nights alone, guys. So many. Just so many. I remember walking into my empty apartment and just yelling in anguish. Crying, wishing someone would walk through the front door and give me a hug. My parents chose to come and visit me here sometimes, and I had my son every other weekend… but it was so lonely. So often… it’d be me working late nights at home with the Red Wings on; I love ice hockey and it was the only connection I had to where I lived.
Here I am, two years later. I’ve met my fiancée… a lifelong Michigander who alternates bleeding green and white or Honolulu blue (this is funny because I originally adopted UM when I came here). I am part of my son’s life. I have a handful of good friends who I could call if I got stuck. And Michigan is home, guys. Detroit is the place where I have chosen to put down my roots. I still haven’t figured out where I’m going to work that is here… but I’m working on getting my master’s from MSU at night so that I can stay. (Which means that yes, I have confused loyalty.)
I am really afraid I won’t find a job that is a long term home for me. Afraid I’ll have to move away — I don’t want the job I have that’s based somewhere else, I want the one where I can land here, in Detroit, where I want to put down my roots. Where I can be with Detroiters in an office and bitch about the f***ing Red Wings when they blow it again. I pray that I can stay a Michigander for a long, long time.
This montage speaks to me not because it holds my memories, but because it reminds me that if I push through my fear and keep working that I can find a way to stay.
I hope this montage was special for all of you. I hope you all have a wonderful summer. And I just wanted to say… for all of the frustration we had with the Wings this year, it’s been really wonderful to bitch and moan and complain with all of you — to feel like I belong.
And I really, really hope that in another 29 years, I am able to share the memories from the next montage with you fully. That maybe, just maybe, I can be embraced as a native son — and that I can be from two places at once.
If you made it this far… thanks for reading. I’ll see you in October. LGRW
scubastevie
The mick retiring montage will kill me someday soon.
If_We_Shadows
I may have decided to cut some onions while watching that retrospective.
Good, bad, or ugly, I would never give up on Detroit sports.
ForkzUp
Thanks for this.
Own_Flower1947
Thank you for posting. What a great tribute. Ken and Mick are the best in the business and I hope we get tooy enjoy them for many more yeArs to come
xenonwarrior666
It’s a sad day that the Fox Sports era is over.
Sure Bally was kinda ass and Fan Duel was even worse but it’ll be really disappointing not seeing most of the same faces around.
Ken and Mickey likely stick around I’m sure but people were alluding to Ozzy being gone possibly and I’m guessing Trev won’t be a part of the new era either.
HASHTAG_YOLOSWAG
god i love these guys
weedleking19
Damn this brought back so many memories since the time I started watching in about 2006. So glad they did this
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I cannot express how much I love and appreciate these two. Ticked at the team for disappointing me, but more ticked at the team for disappointing *them.*
I want to thank everyone here who posts clips and highlights.
As someone who doesn’t always get our broadcasts I appreciate it
I live under a rock, are they retiring or is this just a season-ending speech?
I remember they had some interstitials where Wings players were at a creepy « Carnivale » style circus. I seem to remember Fedorov juggling pucks in one shot.
I haven’t been following this sub too closely, just saw the awful box score from tonight’s game and came here to get the reaction. It turns out Paul fucking Woods is retiring (seriously makes me want to CRY) and now what is going on with these two? Is this their last broadcast too?
Thank you for posting this, my pirate stream ended early and I missed this. This was a beautiful montage. I’m a Jays fan but I might have to start watching the Tigers games this season. Detroit truly has the best broadcast crew in all of sports. They never fail to bring a smile to your face and make you laugh regardless of the outcomes of the games.
I haven’t watched nearly enough games of all Detroit sports. But this still got me 😢.
I love these two so much. They really have been the saving grace the last couple months while the players fell apart. Hope they (Ken and Mick) have a great summer.
this was really beautiful, thank you for posting
Thank you for positing. So cool to see all the old faces. Mario even made an appearance. Glad these 2 will be back next year.
Hey guys… I have something to say to all of you. Any of you reading this. I hope one person reads it. This montage is special to me because it is human, and because it is special to so many of you.
I am not a native son of Detroit; I grew up someplace else. I do not share very many of these memories that so many of you do. I have no memory of Auburn Hills, I didn’t move here before The Joe closed, I didn’t even go to school here. The truth is, I followed my son’s mom here — we aren’t together, but I wanted to be a part of his life. So… a little over two years ago, I packed up my stuff and came to SE Michigan with a remote job. I didn’t know a soul aside from my ex and my son, and work obviously hasn’t provided a way for me to meet people.
There were a lot of long, long nights alone, guys. So many. Just so many. I remember walking into my empty apartment and just yelling in anguish. Crying, wishing someone would walk through the front door and give me a hug. My parents chose to come and visit me here sometimes, and I had my son every other weekend… but it was so lonely. So often… it’d be me working late nights at home with the Red Wings on; I love ice hockey and it was the only connection I had to where I lived.
Here I am, two years later. I’ve met my fiancée… a lifelong Michigander who alternates bleeding green and white or Honolulu blue (this is funny because I originally adopted UM when I came here). I am part of my son’s life. I have a handful of good friends who I could call if I got stuck. And Michigan is home, guys. Detroit is the place where I have chosen to put down my roots. I still haven’t figured out where I’m going to work that is here… but I’m working on getting my master’s from MSU at night so that I can stay. (Which means that yes, I have confused loyalty.)
I am really afraid I won’t find a job that is a long term home for me. Afraid I’ll have to move away — I don’t want the job I have that’s based somewhere else, I want the one where I can land here, in Detroit, where I want to put down my roots. Where I can be with Detroiters in an office and bitch about the f***ing Red Wings when they blow it again. I pray that I can stay a Michigander for a long, long time.
This montage speaks to me not because it holds my memories, but because it reminds me that if I push through my fear and keep working that I can find a way to stay.
I hope this montage was special for all of you. I hope you all have a wonderful summer. And I just wanted to say… for all of the frustration we had with the Wings this year, it’s been really wonderful to bitch and moan and complain with all of you — to feel like I belong.
And I really, really hope that in another 29 years, I am able to share the memories from the next montage with you fully. That maybe, just maybe, I can be embraced as a native son — and that I can be from two places at once.
If you made it this far… thanks for reading. I’ll see you in October. LGRW
The mick retiring montage will kill me someday soon.
I may have decided to cut some onions while watching that retrospective.
Good, bad, or ugly, I would never give up on Detroit sports.
Thanks for this.
Thank you for posting. What a great tribute. Ken and Mick are the best in the business and I hope we get tooy enjoy them for many more yeArs to come
It’s a sad day that the Fox Sports era is over.
Sure Bally was kinda ass and Fan Duel was even worse but it’ll be really disappointing not seeing most of the same faces around.
Ken and Mickey likely stick around I’m sure but people were alluding to Ozzy being gone possibly and I’m guessing Trev won’t be a part of the new era either.
god i love these guys
Damn this brought back so many memories since the time I started watching in about 2006. So glad they did this