Doc Emrick calls a phantom goal

[WaTcHxThExRePlaY]

TZV ECL

[Terminus92]

I'm Canadian and he is a great commentator, and as jcjr87, it is a very hard to commentate.

[zzyzx0788]

Emrick is awesome anyway

[StFidjnr]

he's a good commentator but even good commentators have bad days

[dangleman1]

didnt really catch my attention at all, he is a very good announcer though if i must say

[bobilly47]

its sad that hes no longer the voice of the devils, but at least well still hear him a few times during the year, and of course when we go deep in the playoffs

[gleeson630]

@bobilly47 cant believe done calling the devils. great announcer but kinda a sellout in my eyes.

[bobilly47]

@bobilly47 hes gonna be 65 in a few days and he wants less travel, which is totally understandable. in a few yrs this teams gonna be weird with no doc,brodeur,or lou as gm

[phillies4100]

BOOOO

[bbasher79]

Rangers fan here, but Doc is the best announcer out there and a great guy too.

[Querido17]

SCARRRRRRRRRRRRRRS

[indyfan1019]

I always hope to god that emrick does the redwings games in the playoffs! My fav announcer in all of sports

[steelhead3686]

"TZB ECL that's the first line of the eye-chart." You can't get any beter than that on-the-fly.

[NHLFan464646]

@steelhead3686 The Second line is HE SCORES.

[TimTheWingsFan]

love this guys commentating

[pacmanghostx]

"... That's the first line of the eye chart."

Oh, Doc. You're the man.

[Edawg649]

Hes probably used to the Devils scoring all the time, so I forgive him.

[erikmania]

Best announcer in sports...we can pretend like this didn't happen.

[jimih64]

This is forgivable... Hockey's fast as hell, and most fans can't see shit until half a second after the puck is in the net, unless you're staring at the net waiting for the puck.

[connorrulz]

i fucking hate this guys voice. gary thorne FTW

[19avalanche21]

man its a fucking shame we have to listen to emrick call the biggest games of the year. gary thorne is waaaaaay better!!!!!

[g8btony]

"i love selling goals even when they don't happen, i'm sorry."

[LAKNYGLAA213]

The greatest fucking commentator ever!!! I love his goal calls! Flat out amazing, not to mention hilarious! Lmao, "thumps up" if you agree!

[suburbanindie]

I don't see any need to be embarrassed. Things happen. Keep calling the game, or you're going to miss something crucial while you're licking your wounds.

[raiderdanCA]

Mike Emrick is THE BEST ! Exciting, dynamic, colorful, yet self-depricating and humble, I have been following him since the Oilers-Islanders Cup battles of the '80's. Hands down, he is the top announcer in SPORTS ...

[wwcduck]

Best Football commentator: Gus Johnson

Best Hockey commentator: Mike Emrick

deal.

[LuongoBrodeur130]

@wwcduck im thinkin joe buck for football

[xxbar]

I love Doc. Grew up in NJ hearing his commentary. At least he can humble himself when need be.

[SCOEN]

best american announcer

[SportsGerbil]

Haha, i love how he made fun of himself though. First line of the eye chart!

[theatlantisrise]

Happens to all of us...Doc is still the greatest announcer of all time, bar none.

[spongedom96]

i like this guy he cool

[AndersonCooper]

lmao. of all the voices to say is "like music to your ears"... emrick??!!

[kyle66]

Lmao Mike emrick was calling a game a few days ago and he did the same thing intead it was puck knocked down with a high stick and he goes and we have an upcoming penalty to so and so.... then the whistle blew and he didn't understand wtf was going on. To be honest i cant stand the sound of Emricks voice.........and he talks about complete bullshit while calling games... for example Pens Vs Caps he was talking about how crosby played catcher for his high school baseball team pls just stfu doc.

[xdalemhartzx]

i would have to go with mike lange

[MINIboodah]

I don't care how many times he makes a mistake calling a goal...his voice is music to my ears....he is the best hockey commentator by a mile.

[kodywiddak]

Yeah but that was like 9 years ago he was good but now it's outdated NHL 11 needs a new commentator I'm sorry but he's shit.

[kodywiddak]

He should be the announcer in NHL 11 Gary thorne puts me to sleep at least doc shows the enthusiasm

[phillyx86x]

watch some of gary thorne's playoff calls, then tell me he puts you to sleep

[nitsuj182]

yea gary thorne is only good for real life games

[AEMoreira81]

The mea culpa makes it even better.

[jcjr87]

Hockey is BY FAR the toughest sport to do as far as play-by-play. I can forgive gaffes like this. As someone else said, the fact that he made fun of his own eyesight afterwards justs makes it all the more forgivable.

[Cuishy123]

yeah hockey is hard to do... but if you want to be a good announcer, baseball is the hardest because you have to keep talking between each pitch.

[jcjr87]

I agree and disagree at the same time. khockey requires more descriptive skill and the ability to talk fast. As far as baseball goes, the in-game action is much slower and easier to call. You're right about in between pitches though..half of calling a baseball game is knowing what to say to keep the viewers attention- use of stats, quotes, anecdotes, observations, etc etc

[XxCHModzzxX]

@jcjr87 haha. The funny thing is, jcjr87.... I was told not only a week ago that competitive swimming was harder than hockey. lmao

[forkhead]

Emrick is a great commentator, and I think making fun of himself shows humility and professionalism. Everybody screws up!!

[popeskill]

is this like a taboo between commentators?

[bigally41]

he's still the best

[SoftBank47]

At least he had the humility to make fun of his eyesight and other things when he found out he was wrong. That's the mark of a good commentator.

[JamesC666]

he did the same exact thing the day before flyers vs penguins he called goal when it didnt go in. back to back games he did it