Billy Reay was a great coach! I was a young black kid growing up in Gary when your grand dad coached the Hawks. The first professional sports franchise I followed. What a great group of guys. I still have a post card that Bobby Hull took the time to write me in response to my fan mail. And Tony O. Those guys gave me such happiness.
If Billy Reay had been a great coach the Blackhawks would have won two more Stanley Cups while Bobby Hull played there. There is no way they should have lost game 7 in 1971 while leading by two goals going into the third period at home.
Lloyd Pettit's play by play of Chicago Blackhawk games of the late 60s and 70s provided the soundtrack to my youth. He was a class act and a gifted announcer. RIP
Boy some of those great names on this tape,brings back some very good times in my life.How I wish I could go back in time.I saw most of these players at the Chicago Stadium.
I always figured some day if I died and went to heaven, I could turn on my transistor radio and listen to Lloyd doing the play-by-play of a Chicago Blackhawks game. So thanks for taking the time to put this together and letting me spend 10 minutes in heaven! And thanks Lloyd, you were The Best!
I was 7 years old and with my dad at this game. Henri Richard went around Keith Magnuson and lifted it over Tony O right in front of me seated behind the Hawk net. Heartbreak.
Two of my fondest memories of a misspent youth in Chicago: Phil Georgeff calling the races at Arlington Park and Lloyd Pettit calling the Blackhawks at the Stadium or on the road. They turned the events they described into magical experiences. My sincerest thanks to both of you gentlemen; I miss you both.
Although many hockey announcers would say "He shoots, he scores", Lloyd Pettit's famous "Shot and a goal" followed by the Chicago Stadium crowd roars, was truly music to Blackhawk fans.
Foster Hewitt coined "He shoots, he scores", way back before the 50s, and before TV! He is a LEGEND up here in Canada. Leafs owner Harold Ballard scrapped the gondola that Hewitt did the games from at Maple Leaf Gardens! That should have been saved in a museum! Ballard wasn't too popular for that!
Oh wow. Thank you very much for this addition. He was my idol as a broadcaster and a primary reason why In went into that business for more than 30 years. I tremember so many nights listening on WMAQ 670. May he rest, with our thanks and gratitude.
He was great! I remember listening to the BlackHawks on the radio every game during the late 60's and 70's. Lloyd Pettit was one of the great broadcasters of all time. Note- He also did the Chicago Cub games in the 60's.
This is fantastic! Thanks for posting. I used to listen to this announcer with a crackly weak signal in Hamilton, Ontario when I was a little kid, but a big Blackhawks fan (still am today). Bobby Hull was my childhood idol. It was always unusual to hear "A shot, and a goal!" rather than "He shoots, he scores!" I loved listening to this - thanks again!
Greatest sports announcer ever. Can't even think of who would come in second place to Lloyd. Loved it when he began speaking at a 100 mph. Many thanks for some wonderful memories!!
Thank you so much, I was 'nt born yet, but now it's easy to imagen beeing there. And part dedicated to the MPH line, Pit Martin was my fathers older brother. Thank you..
my god i am crying like a lil kid,,my brother loved to listen to these guys when we was kids,,we were only 10 or so,, this was such a thrill hearing real hockey,,
Thank you so much for making this. I grew up listening to Lloyd on A.M. radio. He was the best and I melted when I hurd this video. I don't whats better. The Chicago Blackhawks, The pipe organ or Lloyd Pettit. They all worked together on giving memories beyond believe. When I try to explain this to someone, I can't stop talking about being in the Chicago Stadium and or listen to Lloyd on the piece of crap radio. Thank you, Thank You and Thank you. A SHOT AND A GOAL.
Wonderful! Thank you. Grew up on the southwest side in the late 50's and early 60's . Always been a Hawks fan and grew up with Lloyd Pettit, Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd etc. Saw a number of Hawks games at the old Chicago Stadium. Though I have lived in the state of PA for almost 30 years, to this day it is always "a shot and a goal" in my mind when the Hawks score! Best hockey announcer I have ever heard! Thanks again for these great memories.
The kids on our street all played ice and street hockey, and when any of us scored, we all imitated Lloyd Pettit! Those were some great times... spent lots of nights listening to him with my tiny transistor radio pressed against my ear. Man goodness, was Chicago Stadium loud or what? WOW!
This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen on RUclips. I'm from the Hawks fan generation after this, the one that grew up listening to Foley instead of Pettit and hating the North Stars, Blues, Red Wings and Oilers instead of the Habs. But I always heard how great Lloyd was, and now I think I have an idea why.
Thank you for posting this beautiful audio of Lloyd Pettit. It gives me goosebumps listening to him call a game, and brings back so many great memories. As a kid growing up in Toronto, my brother was a BlackHawks fan and I was Leafs fan. In the evenings we were able to get the games from Chicago on our transistor radio. Chicago had a great team in the early 70's and hearing Lloyd Pettit call those games was such a thrill.
I was in Hawaii that year, and missed the playoffs. I did check the box scores every day though! That summer Hull came out to Vancouver to honor my dad for Ford sales. I missed that too, but saw the photos after.
That was a Great Era of Blackhawks Hockey despite the Canadiens being the roadblock to the Cup. Three Hall of Famers! Five of you include Glenn Hall and Pierre Pilote before 1968 and even Phil Esposito.
My fondest memory of Lloyd Petitt was his call of Pit Martin’s hat trick versus the Montreal Canadians at the Chicago Stadium in the 1973 Stanley Cup finals! I was listening to the game on radio and remembered my dad calling me from a pay phone just after Pit Martin scored the third goal. Thank you so much for sharing these recording broadcasts of Lloyd Pettit! I also love hearing the great old pipe organ and the monotone voice of Harvey Wittenberg saying something like this: “Blackhawk Goal, scored by number 21 Stan Mikita! His 21st of the season at 16:36 of the second period! Love this so much!
I cried when I heard about the death of Lloyd Pettit, on Veteran's Day, 2003, a little more than a month before the tragic death of Keith Magnuson... I would go to Chicago Stadium, with my transistor radio, and listen to Lloyd Pettit, while I watched the action on the ice. I remember listening to Pettit's play-by-play, Lou Boudreau's color analysis and not Harvey Wittenburg, but, Red Mottlow, as the public address announcer... I was at the game where Keith Magnuson, in an attempt to stop an eventual St. Louis Blues goal, pinned goalie Gerry Desjardins' left arm against the left post, fracturing it in two places. The play happened so fast, I didn't realize what had happened. This took place in March 1971. Desjardins was never the same. The Hawks brought up a rookie named Gilles Meloche, to backup Tony Esposito... Lloyd Pettit, who was one-of-a-kind, was elected to the hockey hall of fame, in 1986.
+Ed Morris Ed, I use to listen to the broadcast on my AM radio underneath the covers at night when I was suppose to be in asleep. It would become white noise until you heard the croad begin to roar and the..."a shot and a goal!!" Lloyd's voice was pure magic.
@ Ed Morris, which was the public address announcer from the Stadium in 60s that really sounded like a ROBOT? I'd have to hear him again to refresh my memory, but at the time it was very profound to me. I also had some early 80s playoff games against Oilers on VHS from the Stadium but lost them over the years. Remember how Hawks dominated most games at home in the 1st 5 mins of the game? THey'd come out like Gangbusters to start the game! The home crowd really was the 7th man on the ice for them!
A shot and a goal and the Stanley Cup competition. The two greatest lines ever uttered by an announcer. Lloyd Pettit's voice exploded. A lot of people don't know he was a Cubs' announcer.
To the person who made this video: Thank you very much for paying tribute to the greatest hockey announcer of all time, Lloyd Pettit. It is hard to believe he has passed away. I keep hearing "A shot and a goal" whenever I see a hockey game and know that no annoucer will ever be like him. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. To me Lloyd's name belongs right up there with Mikita and Hull. He was one of a kind. I will never forget him.
Oh man this is great! I grew up listening to Lloyd and and watching Stan and Bobby & Pierre and Glenn Hall when ever I could. Congrats to the Blackhawks on winning the 2010 Cup!!! Thanks for putting these clips up!
Thanks for posting. I spent many hours listening to Lloyd. Truly the best ever. One of the guys you could listen to and "see" the game. Many, many memories.......
Bob, I have goosebumps listening to this. No greater announcer in the history of sports broadcasting than Lloyd Pettit. Thank you for preserving these precious memories and thank you for sharing them with us. One more word. WOW!
My brother and I were at the ols madhouse for th 50 goal game. I can still see the Bruins shking Bobby's hand. Lloyd was absolutely the best, and is yet to be matched. These are great memories. And 2010 may bring another Cup. I hope.
Thanks for this video. There was nobody like Lloyd Pettit. He was the greatest announcer of all time! What memories. Thanks for making these recordings! Mikita and Hull, what memories!
I would agree - no one can duplicate the finest hockey announcer ever. Lloyd Pettit was the consummate professional and brought the games alive in living color over the air waves. Thank you for posting this - a terrific job!
Grew up with my ear glued to the radio listening to Lloyd. Fantastic compilation. Glad I thought to look for Pettit on youtube. Thank you...thank you...thank you...
Great to hear the wonderful Lloyd Petit again. I was listening to him, it seems like yesterday. I'd love to hear again what what my father called 'that marvelous redundancy', Lloyd announcing "...both teams are back at full and equal strength!" There are so many memories in this collection, including Lloyd Petit's call of Bobby Hull's record-breaking 51st Goal, and, surprise, Cub announcer Lou Boudreau's interview of Hull right after he scored.
I was a teenager in the 70's and all the Hawk home games were on the radio then. Nobody did hockey games like Lloyd Pettit, he had you on the edge of your seat the whole game. This tape brings back a lot of memories, and I would like to thank you very much. Another great announcer of that time was Dan Kelly of the St. Louis Blues, hockey of the 60's and early 70's to me were the most exciting. 'A shot and a GOAL' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I watched Hull, Mikita, Vasko, etc. a couple of times at the Stadium in 1961, and watched WGN's broadcasts of some of the 'Hawks away games. Petit made it amazingly fun! Thank you so much for sharing his golden tones and enthusiasm. His call of any goal was electric!
Lloyd Pettit: Best hockey play-by-play man of all time because his voice captured the speed and excitement of the game perfectly and better than any other ever!! No one will ever have a more exciting signature call than Lloyd's classic "A shot and a goal!" Long Live Lloyd!
A big nite in my home as a child was family nite watching the Blackhawks with the golden voice of Lloyd petite. We lived and died with them. We knew the names of all of the players on the original 6. True hockey
bobking, man this is awesome!!!!! PLEASE post more of these. Me and my buddy were just talking about how great Lloyd Pettit was and so I decided to search for clips.....this took us both back to our childhoods. THANKS!!!!!
Thank you for posting this! You truly have a RUclips gem here. I remember listening to that 1971 Stanley Cup final game on the radio as a kid. Heartbreaking as a Blackhawaks fan. Lloyd was absolutely the best. Again, thank you for sharing this with us!
Thanks for this. Petit was tremendous, he could really paint a picture. One more winHawks, and a lot of long time demons will vanish! Thanks so much for this!
Thank you for allowing us all to time -travel back to those magical days of Blackhawk hockey. What a gift, lets get a copy of this to all the modern play-by-play jockeys who have lost their mojo. I can remember going nuts in my living room back when I was 10 years old. When they lost in game 7 of the cup was the first time I realized hearts are breakable because mine was shattered.
Thanks for posting. I live in Philadelphia now and they just won the conference playoffs. Reminds me of watching the Blackhawks with my dad when I was a kid living in Park Forest, a suburb of Chicago. Nice memories listening to Lloyd Pettit. Now the Flyers will be playing the Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup.
Gives me goosepumps and tears to my eyes listening to Mr. Pettit. I grew up with him with his play by play. Very true. I may be at home, school, where ever, Lloyd Pettit took me to the Chicago Stadium. God Bless him and your family for providing such a tribute to a legacy that many just don't know about. Tears in my eyes, Thank you. Raul X
Thank you, Thank you - This is a fantastic collection. I listened to so many games on a transistor radio including on Armed Forces Network when in the Army. Lloyd Pettit - As Good As It Gets!
I grew up in NY listening to hockey on the radio with Marv Albert. There were some classic games between Chicago and NY back in the 70's. Never got to hear Lloyd Petit. Thanks for posting.
GREAT!!! Lloyd was the first person that I thought of when the CUP was hoisted. My brother too hooked me onto Lloyd in the early seventies. I believe that he still has a couple of recordings from a game vs. Philly in Feb 74. We would listen from our home in NJ on WMAQ. What a voice. When I got an XM, I was turned onto the Cubs 'cause I heard a little of Lloyd in Pat Hughes. I've been playing "Here Come the Hawks" for two days and its ringing in my head as the euphoria of the win remains!
Thank you for providing the play-by-play audio. I recorded Lloyd Pettit Blackhawk games on reel-to-reel and the tapes deteriorated over the last 40 years. He made the games more interesting on the radio than they could ever be on TV. I was beginning to think that I'd never be able to hear him again.
Man, thanks so much for posting this. For some reason, I recalled “a shot and a goal” today; I tried looking up Lloyd Pettit on RUclips, and there you were... my mom & dad & 3 sisters used to watch Blackhawk games together, and this was the announcer, Lloyd Pettit, the greatest... thanks for the blast from the past!
I was born in 1968. We moved to Streamwood when I was 4. That was 1972. Same year my uncle took me to my first hockey game and the first time I was helping my Dad turn the antenna so we could get da Hawks game on channel 44 Lloyd was the GREATEST Pat Foley I think modeled himself after Lloyd Pat Foley and Dale Tallon! Yeah! How bout that?! Pat and Eddie! I’ll bleed black and red until I’m cold and dead
I also have Bobby Hulls 500th goal on tape. Lloyd was the greatest! Lou Boudreau knew very little about hockey, but was the color man none the less. He did his best.
AH this is so much fun to listen to Lloyd Pettit. He would do Cubs games with Jack Brickhouse when I was a kid he never did sound the same calling baseball but his hockey calls are classic
I am a Blues fan in Texas, my intro to hockey was kmox the sports voice of St Louis in 67 or 68. In those days in my hometown you couldn't see any hockey on tv. It was several years before I could see what I was falling in love with on the radio. I got books in school you could order from your teacher and one of my first was Hockey Stars of 1967-1968. That was also I think my first paperback. Of course the Blues had the great Dan Kelly. However on a few occasions I happened to run across Chicago Blues broadcasts on Chicago radio, when kmox wouldn't come in. Even though I never knew who the broadcaster was, I always could recall hearing a shot and goal. Like it was yesterday. Thanks for the video. I can finally put a name to the voice. Was he your broadcaster when the Hawks won any cups? It's a shame Dan never saw the Blues win it all.
I went out and bought me Hockey Games because of the excitement ar Blackhawks games at home we never saw way back then at Old Chicago Stadium. Great announcer he and Jim West
Wow, this is incredible stuff, and such good quality. Just like the new Hawks commericial, I was the little kid with the transistor radio listening to the golden tones of Lloyd Pettit. Thanks for sharing. Is there any more?
Could remember exactly when I was listening on WGN radio in bed. At 15 years old at the time. I would say the most exciting hockey announcer I have ever listened to. Great time growing up.
grew up in Chicago 50s-60s and found out about hockey listening to Lloyd Petit on the radio, his famous saying.."A Shot and A Goal". and remember him saying when the old Chicago Stadium was full, "their hanging from the rafters". after i got out of the service in '67 we had seats up in the 2nd balcony, 2nd row. and there actually were people(workers) walking up on the catwalks above the ice... RIP Robert Marvin Hull
As loud as it gets in the United Center today, the old Stadium was louder. That wooden concave ceiling concentrated the sound back down, it's was like yelling with a fishbowl over your head. The air would explode as the roar rose up from a Hawks score, until it seemed the whole place was shaking. As nice as the amenities are at the United Center, I still miss that old barn, lots of great times.
The games were on WGN Radio until 1970-71 and the first periods were not broadcasted on radio. In the 1970-1971 season, the Hawks moved to WMAQ. The reason for the move was that Jack Brickhouse refused to make an accomodation to allow Lloyd Pettit to call the NHL games nationally on CBS (which turned out to be a blow to WGN radio as well as the world). Dan Kelly got the job -- he was good, but no one could touch Lloyd's microphone.
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Lloyd= the greatest broadcaster. I'm 57, grew up in Chicago and listened to the games on my new transistor radio.
Lloyd Pettit was probably the first voice I ever heard on the radio. It still gives me chills.
I drove my Dad nuts draining the batteries of my radio falling asleep listening to the Blackhawks. Loyd Pettit was the best.
Yes he was
Yeah, I did that too. I put my small transistor radio under my pillow with the volume up just loud enough so I had to push my ear into the pillow.
Billy Reay was a great coach! I was a young black kid growing up in Gary when your grand dad coached the Hawks. The first professional sports franchise I followed. What a great group of guys. I still have a post card that Bobby Hull took the time to write me in response to my fan mail. And Tony O. Those guys gave me such happiness.
If Billy Reay had been a great coach the Blackhawks would have won two more Stanley Cups while Bobby Hull played there. There is no way they should have lost game 7 in 1971 while leading by two goals going into the third period at home.
@@deanschulze3129game 7 was tied 2-2 going into the 3rd period.
Lloyd Pettit's play by play of Chicago Blackhawk games of the late 60s and 70s provided the soundtrack to my youth. He was a class act and a gifted announcer. RIP
Boy some of those great names on this tape,brings back some very good times in my life.How I wish I could go back in time.I saw most of these players at the Chicago Stadium.
I always figured some day if I died and went to heaven, I could turn on my transistor radio and listen to Lloyd doing the play-by-play of a Chicago Blackhawks game. So thanks for taking the time to put this together and letting me spend 10 minutes in heaven! And thanks Lloyd, you were The Best!
Well stated, Karabetter! Great childhood memories.
Game 7 in 1971 was the heartbreaker. I'll never forget it!
+Jillian Goloubow It wasn't on TV...it was blacked out. You had to go to a bar with a large antenna or up to Wisconsin since it was on network TV.
That was the worst! I was 9 years old and absolutely certain they were going to win when they went up 2-0. My brother and I were inconsolable.
I was 7 years old and with my dad at this game. Henri Richard went around Keith Magnuson and lifted it over Tony O right in front of me seated behind the Hawk net. Heartbreak.
I still remember when Bobby Hull hit the post in the 2nd Period when the Hawks led 2-1...
@@misterbb Actually, Bobby Hull hit the crossbar, behind Ken Dryden when the Hawks were up 2-0.
OMG! I remember that voice like it was yesterday. This brings back so many memories!!
Lloyd Pettit was the best hockey announcer of time. Knew the game, listened to him on the Radio. He brought the game alive..
Two of my fondest memories of a misspent youth in Chicago: Phil Georgeff calling the races at Arlington Park and Lloyd Pettit calling the Blackhawks at the Stadium or on the road. They turned the events they described into magical experiences. My sincerest thanks to both of you gentlemen; I miss you both.
Although many hockey announcers would say "He shoots, he scores", Lloyd Pettit's famous "Shot and a goal" followed by the Chicago Stadium crowd roars, was truly music to Blackhawk fans.
Foster Hewitt coined "He shoots, he scores", way back before the 50s, and before TV! He is a LEGEND up here in Canada. Leafs owner Harold Ballard scrapped the gondola that Hewitt did the games from at Maple Leaf Gardens! That should have been saved in a museum! Ballard wasn't too popular for that!
The crowd were so tuned in they beat Mr Pettit to the punch as well. Just the best. I remember laying in bed listening to the entire 71 game 7, tough
The best hockey announcer ever. Period. He made the game come alive, even on the radio.
Let's not forget another great voice that brought Chicago hockey to life on the radio: public address announcer Harvey Wittenberg.
My childhood.. thank you for this..
Lloyd Pettit was simply the best hockey broadcaster ever. Nobody else was close.
Oh wow. Thank you very much for this addition. He was my idol as a broadcaster and a primary reason why In went into that business for more than 30 years. I tremember so many nights listening on WMAQ 670. May he rest, with our thanks and gratitude.
He was great! I remember listening to the BlackHawks on the radio every game during the late 60's and 70's. Lloyd Pettit was one of the great broadcasters of all time. Note- He also did the Chicago Cub games in the 60's.
This is fantastic! Thanks for posting. I used to listen to this announcer with a crackly weak signal in Hamilton, Ontario when I was a little kid, but a big Blackhawks fan (still am today). Bobby Hull was my childhood idol. It was always unusual to hear "A shot, and a goal!" rather than "He shoots, he scores!" I loved listening to this - thanks again!
Greatest sports announcer ever. Can't even think of who would come in second place to Lloyd. Loved it when he began speaking at a 100 mph. Many thanks for some wonderful memories!!
Great stuff! Yes, also from my childhood listening to Lloyd Pettit and the Blackhawks. Well before there was even a NBA team in Chicago!
Thank you so much, I was 'nt born yet, but now it's easy to imagen beeing there. And part dedicated to the MPH line, Pit Martin was my fathers older brother. Thank you..
I'm with all of you. This trip down memory lane was awesome. Thank you for this gift.
Thanks for an awesome capsulation of the greatest hockey announcer of all time.
my god i am crying like a lil kid,,my brother loved to listen to these guys when we was kids,,we were only 10 or so,, this was such a thrill hearing real hockey,,
Lloyd was the best announcer in all my 67 years! He put the thrill in the sport. Loved that guy! I'll never forget!
This is beautiful, thank you! Memories flooding back of going to bed with my transistor radio listening to Lloyd Petit's call in the 70s.
Simply put... My voice talent idol that encouraged me to pursue broadcasting as a career!!!!
Thank you so much for making this. I grew up listening to Lloyd on A.M. radio. He was the best and I melted when I hurd this video. I don't whats better. The Chicago Blackhawks, The pipe organ or Lloyd Pettit. They all worked together on giving memories beyond believe. When I try to explain this to someone, I can't stop talking about being in the Chicago Stadium and or listen to Lloyd on the piece of crap radio. Thank you, Thank You and Thank you. A SHOT AND A GOAL.
Wow does this bring back memories!
Wonderful! Thank you. Grew up on the southwest side in the late 50's and early 60's . Always been a Hawks fan and grew up with Lloyd Pettit, Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd etc. Saw a number of Hawks games at the old Chicago Stadium. Though I have lived in the state of PA for almost 30 years, to this day it is always "a shot and a goal" in my mind when the Hawks score! Best hockey announcer I have ever heard! Thanks again for these great memories.
Great to hear "Good Kid" Lou Boudreau chiming in too. I forgot he also worked Hawks broadcast.
Thanks for this audio. I can remember being a kid listening to the transitor radio in my ear at night. Well done !!!
The kids on our street all played ice and street hockey, and when any of us scored, we all imitated Lloyd Pettit! Those were some great times... spent lots of nights listening to him with my tiny transistor radio pressed against my ear. Man goodness, was Chicago Stadium loud or what? WOW!
When I little I was living in Denver in the 60's and 70'sand at night I used to pick up WMAQ radio to hear Blackhawks games.
This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen on RUclips. I'm from the Hawks fan generation after this, the one that grew up listening to Foley instead of Pettit and hating the North Stars, Blues, Red Wings and Oilers instead of the Habs. But I always heard how great Lloyd was, and now I think I have an idea why.
Thank you for posting this beautiful audio of Lloyd Pettit. It gives me goosebumps listening to him call a game, and brings back so many great memories. As a kid growing up in Toronto, my brother was a BlackHawks fan and I was Leafs fan. In the evenings we were able to get the games from Chicago on our transistor radio. Chicago had a great team in the early 70's and hearing Lloyd Pettit call those games was such a thrill.
WOW !! WHAT MEMORIES !! Thank you so much !!
1971 - Worst time I can remember...... Thanks to the New Hawks for bringing great hockey back to Chicago.
I was in Hawaii that year, and missed the playoffs. I did check the box scores every day though! That summer Hull came out to Vancouver to honor my dad for Ford sales. I missed that too, but saw the photos after.
That was a Great Era of Blackhawks Hockey despite the Canadiens being the roadblock to the Cup. Three Hall of Famers! Five of you include Glenn Hall and Pierre Pilote before 1968 and even Phil Esposito.
My fondest memory of Lloyd Petitt was his call of Pit Martin’s hat trick versus the Montreal Canadians at the Chicago Stadium in the 1973 Stanley Cup finals! I was listening to the game on radio and remembered my dad calling me from a pay phone just after Pit Martin scored the third goal. Thank you so much for sharing these recording broadcasts of Lloyd Pettit! I also love hearing the great old pipe organ and the monotone voice of Harvey Wittenberg saying something like this: “Blackhawk Goal, scored by number 21 Stan Mikita! His 21st of the season at 16:36 of the second period! Love this so much!
Those where the days. Loved Hull and Mikita !!!! ATG's
Plus Lloyd was the man .....he was in a class by himself !
I cried when I heard about the death of Lloyd Pettit, on Veteran's Day, 2003, a little more than a month before the tragic death of Keith Magnuson... I would go to Chicago Stadium, with my transistor radio, and listen to Lloyd Pettit, while I watched the action on the ice. I remember listening to Pettit's play-by-play, Lou Boudreau's color analysis and not Harvey Wittenburg, but, Red Mottlow, as the public address announcer... I was at the game where Keith Magnuson, in an attempt to stop an eventual St. Louis Blues goal, pinned goalie Gerry Desjardins' left arm against the left post, fracturing it in two places. The play happened so fast, I didn't realize what had happened. This took place in March 1971. Desjardins was never the same. The Hawks brought up a rookie named Gilles Meloche, to backup Tony Esposito... Lloyd Pettit, who was one-of-a-kind, was elected to the hockey hall of fame, in 1986.
+Ed Morris Ed, I use to listen to the broadcast on my AM radio underneath the covers at night when I was suppose to be in asleep. It would become white noise until you heard the croad begin to roar and the..."a shot and a goal!!" Lloyd's voice was pure magic.
Thank you for this! My brother and I still talk about Lloyd from time to time. "A shot and a GOOOOOOOOOAAALLLLLL!
@ Ed Morris, which was the public address announcer from the Stadium in 60s that really sounded like a ROBOT? I'd have to hear him again to refresh my memory, but at the time it was very profound to me. I also had some early 80s playoff games against Oilers on VHS from the Stadium but lost them over the years. Remember how Hawks dominated most games at home in the 1st 5 mins of the game? THey'd come out like Gangbusters to start the game! The home crowd really was the 7th man on the ice for them!
A shot and a goal and the Stanley Cup competition. The two greatest lines ever uttered by an announcer. Lloyd Pettit's voice exploded. A lot of people don't know he was a Cubs' announcer.
@@russhook6595 I believe it was Harvey Wittenburg.
To the person who made this video: Thank you very much for paying tribute to the greatest hockey announcer of all time, Lloyd Pettit. It is hard to believe he has passed away. I keep hearing "A shot and a goal" whenever I see a hockey game and know that no annoucer will ever be like him. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. To me Lloyd's name belongs right up there with Mikita and Hull. He was one of a kind. I will never forget him.
Oh man this is great! I grew up listening to Lloyd and and watching Stan and Bobby & Pierre and Glenn Hall when ever I could. Congrats to the Blackhawks on winning the 2010 Cup!!! Thanks for putting these clips up!
Thanks so much for this. I'd love to get a copy of the audio files. Lloyd Pettit was the best there was.
Thanks for posting this. Lloyd Pettit was the best hockey play by play announcer of all time. I'm glad I grew up listening to him in Chicago.
Simply, thank you. Truly a SHOT AND A GOAL
Thanks. This is great. I listened to Lloyd when I was a kid. He was the best! Go Hawks!
Thanks for posting. I spent many hours listening to Lloyd. Truly the best ever. One of the guys you could listen to and "see" the game. Many, many memories.......
Bob, I have goosebumps listening to this. No greater announcer in the history of sports broadcasting than Lloyd Pettit. Thank you for preserving these precious memories and thank you for sharing them with us. One more word. WOW!
My brother and I were at the ols madhouse for th 50 goal game. I can still see the Bruins shking Bobby's hand. Lloyd was absolutely the best, and is yet to be matched. These are great memories. And 2010 may bring another Cup. I hope.
Thanks for this video. There was nobody like Lloyd Pettit. He was the greatest announcer of all time! What memories. Thanks for making these recordings! Mikita and Hull, what memories!
Pettit was the man who got me interested not only in hockey but in the Blackhawks
I would agree - no one can duplicate the finest hockey announcer ever. Lloyd Pettit was the consummate professional and brought the games alive in living color over the air waves. Thank you for posting this - a terrific job!
Glass Cottage Antiques i disagree. In my opinion, the immortal danny gallivan is the finest hockey broadcaster ever
While Lloyd Petitt is great, the best ever is Buffalo's Rick Jeannerett!
Frank Santore - As voted by the hockey experts, the best two, ever, were Lloyd Pettit and Montreal's Danny Gallivan.
Wonderful memories. Thank you.
Grew up with my ear glued to the radio listening to Lloyd. Fantastic compilation. Glad I thought to look for Pettit on youtube. Thank you...thank you...thank you...
Great to hear the wonderful Lloyd Petit again. I was listening to him, it seems like yesterday. I'd love to hear again what what my father called 'that marvelous redundancy', Lloyd announcing "...both teams are back at full and equal strength!" There are so many memories in this collection, including Lloyd Petit's call of Bobby Hull's record-breaking 51st Goal, and, surprise, Cub announcer Lou Boudreau's interview of Hull right after he scored.
Lloyd Pettit, yes indeed, the greatest announcer of all time.
I grew up playing in Chicago and a lifelong Hawks fan. Mr. Reay was a lot like my grandfather too lol. Loved him as a kid, along with Papa Bear Halas.
I was a teenager in the 70's and all the Hawk home games were on the radio then. Nobody did hockey games like Lloyd Pettit, he had you on the edge of your seat the whole game. This tape brings back a lot of memories, and I would like to thank you very much. Another great announcer of that time was Dan Kelly of the St. Louis Blues, hockey of the 60's and early 70's to me were the most exciting. 'A shot and a GOAL' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my grandfather coached the hawks.....Billy Reay... Miss him dearly, wish he would have been hear to see the hawks win in 10.
bruce theplumber Your grandfather was a tremendous coach and true gentlemen. His hats were classic.
He was, him and Pit and Keith
Don't forget 13 and 15
I watched Hull, Mikita, Vasko, etc. a couple of times at the Stadium in 1961, and watched WGN's broadcasts of some of the 'Hawks away games. Petit made it amazingly fun! Thank you so much for sharing his golden tones and enthusiasm. His call of any goal was electric!
Oh yeah, I could listen to Lloyd until I drop dead.
Who called the Hawks before Lloyd, circa 1961,1962 absolute radio heaven.
@@stevenelief6784 Wikipedia says Lloyd did color commentary with Johnny Gottselig for a couple of years before taking over the play by play in '63.
Lloyd Pettit: Best hockey play-by-play man of all time because his voice captured the speed and excitement of the game perfectly and better than any other ever!! No one will ever have a more exciting signature call than Lloyd's classic "A shot and a goal!" Long Live Lloyd!
A big nite in my home as a child was family nite watching the Blackhawks with the golden voice of Lloyd petite. We lived and died with them. We knew the names of all of the players on the original 6. True hockey
Is this THE Derek Sanderson? Just curious.
Thanks for posting this, wow this brings back my earliest hockey memories from living in in Deerfield.
Thank you, thank you for posting this. The voice of my childhood!
Simply AWESOME!!!!! Thanks for putting this up on RUclips :)
Lloyd Pettit and Danny Gallivan (Montreal) were the gold standard.
Brilliant radio broadcasts.
bobking, man this is awesome!!!!! PLEASE post more of these. Me and my buddy were just talking about how great Lloyd Pettit was and so I decided to search for clips.....this took us both back to our childhoods. THANKS!!!!!
Thank you for posting this! You truly have a RUclips gem here. I remember listening to that 1971 Stanley Cup final game on the radio as a kid. Heartbreaking as a Blackhawaks fan. Lloyd was absolutely the best.
Again, thank you for sharing this with us!
Thanks for this. Petit was tremendous, he could really paint a picture. One more winHawks, and a lot of long time demons will vanish! Thanks so much for this!
Thanks, this brings back so many great memories.
Thank you for allowing us all to time -travel back to those magical days of Blackhawk hockey. What a gift, lets get a copy of this to all the modern play-by-play jockeys who have lost their mojo. I can remember going nuts in my living room back when I was 10 years old. When they lost in game 7 of the cup was the first time I realized hearts are breakable because mine was shattered.
Just absolutely outstanding! What a tremendous compilation - you did an awesome job! Thank you.
I heard the call of that 500th goal! What a memory! Strange that LOU BOUDREAU was color commentator on that call.
Thanks for posting. I live in Philadelphia now and they just won the conference playoffs. Reminds me of watching the Blackhawks with my dad when I was a kid living in Park Forest, a suburb of Chicago. Nice memories listening to Lloyd Pettit. Now the Flyers will be playing the Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup.
Gives me goosepumps and tears to my eyes listening to Mr. Pettit. I grew up with him with his play by play. Very true. I may be at home, school, where ever, Lloyd Pettit took me to the Chicago Stadium. God Bless him and your family for providing such a tribute to a legacy that many just don't know about. Tears in my eyes, Thank you. Raul X
Thank you, Thank you - This is a fantastic collection. I listened to so many games on a transistor radio including on Armed Forces Network when in the Army. Lloyd Pettit - As Good As It Gets!
Truly the greatest. Best hours of my life listening to Lloyd call the games for my Blackhawks.
I grew up in NY listening to hockey on the radio with Marv Albert. There were some classic games between Chicago and NY back in the 70's. Never got to hear Lloyd Petit. Thanks for posting.
GREAT!!! Lloyd was the first person that I thought of when the CUP was hoisted. My brother too hooked me onto Lloyd in the early seventies. I believe that he still has a couple of recordings from a game vs. Philly in Feb 74. We would listen from our home in NJ on WMAQ. What a voice. When I got an XM, I was turned onto the Cubs 'cause I heard a little of Lloyd in Pat Hughes. I've been playing "Here Come the Hawks" for two days and its ringing in my head as the euphoria of the win remains!
OMG, I grew up with these guys and absolutely LOVE this stuff. Pat Foley is great, but oh to hear Lloyd call a game again...
OUTSTANDING!!!
Thank you for providing the play-by-play audio. I recorded Lloyd Pettit Blackhawk games on reel-to-reel and the tapes deteriorated over the last 40 years. He made the games more interesting on the radio than they could ever be on TV. I was beginning to think that I'd never be able to hear him again.
Man, thanks so much for posting this. For some reason, I recalled “a shot and a goal” today; I tried looking up Lloyd Pettit on RUclips, and there you were... my mom & dad & 3 sisters used to watch Blackhawk games together, and this was the announcer, Lloyd Pettit, the greatest... thanks for the blast from the past!
Great announcer. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again...they just don’t make em like that anymore.
I was born in 1968. We moved to Streamwood when I was 4. That was 1972. Same year my uncle took me to my first hockey game and the first time I was helping my Dad turn the antenna so we could get da Hawks game on channel 44
Lloyd was the GREATEST
Pat Foley I think modeled himself after Lloyd
Pat Foley and Dale Tallon! Yeah! How bout that?!
Pat and Eddie!
I’ll bleed black and red until I’m cold and dead
I also have Bobby Hulls 500th goal on tape. Lloyd was the greatest! Lou Boudreau knew very little about hockey, but was the color man none the less. He did his best.
AH this is so much fun to listen to Lloyd Pettit. He would do Cubs games with Jack Brickhouse when I was a kid he never did sound the same calling baseball but his hockey calls are classic
I remember Loyd doing the sports news on channel 9.He could paint a video
An awesome trip back to my childhood. I remember Dad and I listening to every game we could. They don't make announcers like that anymore.
I am a Blues fan in Texas, my intro to hockey was kmox the sports voice of St Louis in 67 or 68. In those days in my hometown you couldn't see any hockey on tv. It was several years before I could see what I was falling in love with
on the radio. I got books in school you could order from your teacher and one of my first was Hockey Stars of 1967-1968. That was also I think my first paperback. Of course the Blues had the great Dan Kelly. However on a few occasions I happened to run across Chicago Blues broadcasts on Chicago radio, when kmox wouldn't come in. Even though I never knew who the broadcaster was, I always could recall hearing a shot and goal. Like it was yesterday. Thanks for the video. I can finally put a name to the voice. Was he your broadcaster when the Hawks won any cups? It's a shame Dan never saw the Blues win it all.
I went out and bought me Hockey Games because of the excitement ar Blackhawks games at home we never saw way back then at Old Chicago Stadium. Great announcer he and Jim West
I LOVED when Lloyd Pettit would go from a hockey game into a boxing match mode when a fight broke out! I've never heard anybody do it better.
Wow, this is incredible stuff, and such good quality. Just like the new Hawks commericial, I was the little kid with the transistor radio listening to the golden tones of Lloyd Pettit. Thanks for sharing. Is there any more?
Could remember exactly when I was listening on WGN radio in bed. At 15 years old at the time. I would say the most exciting hockey announcer I have ever listened to. Great time growing up.
Bobby Hull slap shot and A Goal
grew up in Chicago 50s-60s and found out about hockey listening to Lloyd Petit on the radio, his famous saying.."A Shot and A Goal". and remember him saying when the old Chicago Stadium was full, "their hanging from the rafters". after i got out of the service in '67 we had seats up in the 2nd balcony, 2nd row. and there actually were people(workers) walking up on the catwalks above the ice... RIP Robert Marvin Hull
My god the old Chicago stadium sounds LOUD on these broadcasts.
Never to be repeated, the 1960's Hawks in the riot of the Stadium.
I heard that players like Phil Esposito and Maurice Richard said that because of the crowd at the Stadium, the Hawks automatically had a 1 goal lead.
As loud as it gets in the United Center today, the old Stadium was louder. That wooden concave ceiling concentrated the sound back down, it's was like yelling with a fishbowl over your head. The air would explode as the roar rose up from a Hawks score, until it seemed the whole place was shaking.
As nice as the amenities are at the United Center, I still miss that old barn, lots of great times.
No artificial noise pumped in like today
@@zxccxz164 Except the organ.
Listened from Buffalo as a kid.Pure hockey excitment with Lloyd and his great calls.
The games were on WGN Radio until 1970-71 and the first periods were not broadcasted on radio. In the 1970-1971 season, the Hawks moved to WMAQ. The reason for the move was that Jack Brickhouse refused to make an accomodation to allow Lloyd Pettit to call the NHL games nationally on CBS (which turned out to be a blow to WGN radio as well as the world). Dan Kelly got the job -- he was good, but no one could touch Lloyd's microphone.