AHL Broadcast Becomes Awkward After Play-By-Play Guy Learns On Air That His Color Commentator Lost His Coaching Job
Photo: David Duprey (AP) During a lull in play between the Rochester Americans and the Providence Bruins, longtime play-by-play broadcaster Don Stevens did what any good announcer would do and decided to fill the moment with some mindless banter. Stevens gave his color commentator, Ric Seiling, an opportunity to talk about his ongoing work as coach of the Buffalo Beauts—a women’s professional hockey team —and plug the upcoming game they were going to play on Saturday. There was only one problem: the Beauts had fired Seiling just an hour before the game he was calling had started. What...
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