Death Pool Update. Long time NY Post Hockey writer Larry Brooks dead at 75

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bump

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"Your Mom" seems appropriate here 

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obviously Trump's fault

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https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/longtime-ny-post-hockey-writer-brooks-passes-away-at-75/

 

Legendary New York Post hockey writer and columnist Larry Brooks has died at the age of 75, the newspaper announced Thursday morning.

According to The Post, Brooks died after a brief battle with cancer.

 

Brooks is best known for his wall-to-wall coverage of the New York Rangers, spending 38 years at the publication over two separate tenures. He was the president of the Professional Hockey Writers Association from 2001 to 2003 and received the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018, reserved for “distinguished members of the hockey-writing profession whose words have brough honour to journalism and hockey.”

Among his many career achievements, Brooks broke the news of Wayne Gretzky’s signing with the Rangers in 1996 and his retirement three years later. Brooks was also credited for giving goaltender Henrik Lundqvist his nickname, “The King.”

Brooks was also famous for his passionate exchanges with head coach John Tortorella during his tenure from 2008 to 2013. According to The Post, the two had long since reconciled and Tortorella even called Brooks to check in on him earlier this week.

“For the last three decades, no one covered a sports beat in this city better than Larry did on the Rangers,” Post executive sports editor Chris Shaw said in the paper’s obit posted Thursday morning. “Well before the Hockey Hall of Fame enshrined him, Larry had already earned a place among the legends who have graced the pages of The Best Sports in Town.” 

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman released a statement on Brooks’ passing. 

“Larry Brooks, a Hockey Hall of Fame Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award recipient, will long be remembered in the hockey world for his insightful analysis not only of the New York Rangers but the entire NHL, both on and off the ice. Larry’s love of hockey was evident in his writing at the New York Post in two stints over nearly four decades. Larry didn’t pull punches and when you read his work, you always knew where he stood. He was a staunch advocate for the players and for the reporters who cover the game.

“Larry also worked for a decade with the New Jersey Devils as a communications executive, drawing himself even closer to the game he dedicated his life to. On behalf of the National Hockey League, we mourn Larry’s passing, and extend our sincere condolences to his son Jordan, daughter-in-law Joanna, his grandchildren, and all of his colleagues at the New York Post.”

“Besides the stellar job that Larry did covering the New York Rangers, what few people know is that he and I would meet on occasion and he would give me his unabashed opinion on how the franchise was doing and what we needed to do to win. This never appeared in any of his columns, but I found his advice to be invaluable and will miss it dearly,” Rangers owner and MSG Sports chairman James Dolan told The Post.

In addition to his career in the press box that also included covering baseball and tennis, Brooks worked for the New Jersey Devils as vice president of communications for 10 years until 1994.

Brooks is survived by his son, Jordan, daughter-in-law, Joanna, and his two grandchildren.

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Oh and FOCK Cancer

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you made us all wait for this?

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1 minute ago, cmh6476 said:

you made us all wait for this?

I was Grieving driving. And I know …. Nobody cares about hockey. 

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Also i didn’t want to scoop @posty if he was going to post it.