Readers of this space by now might have noticed an occasional reference to “those punks from Syracuse,” especially when the topic is ice hockey, or a dreaded ice hockey opponent.
I swear I wasn’t referring to Dan D’Uva, who has been named radio play-by-play voice by the Golden Knights.
The 32-year-old has spent the past five years shoveling snow as play-by-play voice of the American Hockey League’s Syracuse Crunch. He has never met Ogie Ogilthorpe, who skated for the Syracuse Bulldogs (those aforementioned punks) in the movie “Slapshot.” His influences include Emmy Award-winning hockey broadcaster Mike “Doc” Emrick and the great Marty Glickman, who broadcast everything back in the day.