Ive worked with Barry at ESPN for over a quarter century.
Cold beers and hearty laughs in smokey cigar bars.
A razor sharp wit, he was always early & looked like a million bucks.
Barry Melrose in 1994 and 2022Getty Images
I’ve worked with Barry at ESPN for over a quarter century.
Cold beers and hearty laughs in smokey cigar bars.
The Habs would score to tie the game before winning it in overtime.
Montreal also won the next two games in OT and closed out the championship in Game 5.
No Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup since.
Many years later, be left ESPN to becoming head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008-09.
Barry is a unique, one-of-a-kind person, NHL Commissioner Bettman said.
And hockey on ESPN wont be the same without him.
… His love for hockey is obvious and infectious.
And it is impossible to have a conversation with him without a smile on your face.
Thanks for the incredible memories and Ill now be cheering for you from the stands.
Fox sitcomSpin Cityand appeared in the 2002 sequalSlap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice.
