Medicine Hat Tigers announce retirement of legendary hockey broadcaster Bob Ridley
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The voice of the Western Hockey League's Medicine Hat Tigers is hanging up his microphone, the team announced Tuesday.
The voice of the Western Hockey League‘s Medicine Hat Tigers is hanging up his microphone, the team announced Tuesday.
“For 52 years, Bob Ridley was the voice of the Medicine Hat Tigers,” the team tweeted. “Bob will be greatly missed and we wish him all the best on his retirement.”
In 2021, Ridley hit an impressive broadcasting milestone, calling his 4,000th WHL game. He told Global News at the time that since becoming the Tigers’ broadcaster, he only missed one game in more than 50 years.
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According to CHAT News, who Ridley also worked for, the broadcaster missed all but one game of the 2021-22 season because he had to undergo cancer treatments. Ridley told CHAT News that the experience gave him a long time to think and he realized “maybe it’s time to back away.” He indicated he wanted to be able to spend more time with family and friends.
“I just though it was the right time,” he told CHAT News.
In Februrary 2021, the WHL acknowledged Ridley’s impressive career by unveiling the newly-created Bob Ridley Award for Media Excellence.
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