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Legendary NHL Broadcaster Mike 'Doc' Emrick Announces Retirement

Longtime announcer Mike "Doc" Emrick announced Monday he will retire, according to Phil Mushnick of the New York Post.

"I hope I can handle retirement OK, especially since I've never done it before," Emrick said. "But I've just been extremely lucky for 50 years. And NBC has been so good to me, especially since the pandemic, when I was allowed to work from home in a studio NBC created.

"Now, into my golden years, this just seemed to be the time that was right."

The 74-year-old most recently called games for NBC, also spending time with ESPN, Fox and more in a career that spanned five decades.