DENVER -- The on-air talent who called countless hockey games alongside Peter McNab pointed out Thursday before an emotional broadcast and throughout the week that he would find this all to be just a bit much. He wouldn’t want the fuss. Keeping with his personality and passion, the best tribute would be to use the time dissecting the sport he breathed.
For 26 years of Colorado Avalanche existence, he was the standard for hockey color commentary. Even as cancer brought him pain in the last year of his life, he loved being around an Avalanche team that had grown into the standard for modern NHL excellence.
In the first game without him at Ball Arena, Denver honored McNab and the Avalanche ascended to the occasion with a worthy display, topping Nashville 5-3.
