Dan Kelly was the GOAT! Even when he was the Blues home announcer on KMOX, he called opponents goals with the same drama and excitement as Blues goals. Perfect example at 1:50 to 2:05 calling Boston’s tremendous pressure on the lesser-talented Blues squad. You can hear Dan’s voice raising and getting more dramatic with each Boston shot!
@OldRustySteele THE BRUINS DOING EVERYTHING BUT SCORE! Oops, shouldn't have said that Dan! Of course look who scored! Bobby Orr! But the Blues actually won this game!!
My favorite part of this wonderful tribute is the first 30 seconds, wherein I could actually count myself in that number, as I was singing along with the crowd at the old Arena in STL as a 10 year old boy, in 1968. My dad had bought season tickets in the Blues second year to entertain his friends mostly,: but I connived my way into going on several occasions that year. Ahhhh Norm Kramer at the organ, sitting amongst the crowd in his sparkling silver jacket and leading us in WHEN THE BLUES GO MARCHING IN... still gives me goosebumps today at age 65. And we didn't appreciate at the time that we had the immortal Dan Kelly to teach us the game in St. Louis, always thought of as a baseball town. Not anymore. And we won our first Stanley Cup some four years ago. I'm a happy camper.
Gary, our paths probably crossed! I was 14 in 1968 and a passionate Blues fan. Used to scrape up money I earned mowing yards in North County to buy street hockey gear and the occasional Holy Grail - a ticket to The Arena to see the Blues!! I’d come home from a Blues game with a sore throat from all the yelling and singing!!
@davidroberts6923 Mine, too. I remember the Blues assigned poor Jimmy Roberts to shadow him in the first two games of the SC finals in St. Louis in 1970. Don't have to tell you how that worked out :( We didn't know it at the time, but Orr would turn out to be the greatest of all time! Better than Howe, Gretzky, or anyone else you'd care to name. He revolutionized the sport. But the Blues weren't top shabby either in their second year. Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante in goal. The Plager brothers, Noel Picard and Al Arbour on D. And someone named Red Berenson, the first superstar of the expansion era, at center. Oh, and a head coach you may have heard of: Scotty Bowman behind the bench. How the Blues let him get away, I'll never know. A blurb on Scotty: ( Scotty Bowman is considered the all-time winningest coach in the National Hockey League (NHL) with 2,494 wins, including playoffs. Bowman has a .588 winning percentage and has won nine Stanley Cups, more than any other coach. He coached the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Detroit Red Wings. Bowman's Stanley Cup wins include 1973, 1976-79, 1992, 1997-98, and 2002.) Oh yeah. And Dan Kelly behind the mic. No wonder they went to the Finals their first three years!
Ahhhhh Dan Kelly.....KMOX coming in and fading out on am into my Michigan home.
Dan Kelly was the GOAT! Even when he was the Blues home announcer on KMOX, he called opponents goals with the same drama and excitement as Blues goals. Perfect example at 1:50 to 2:05 calling Boston’s tremendous pressure on the lesser-talented Blues squad. You can hear Dan’s voice raising and getting more dramatic with each Boston shot!
Same here in upstate NY. Waiting for a brawl with the Plager brothers.
@@Miguel-jv8rf Barclay, Bob, and Billy!
@@OldRustySteeleDon't forget #4 Big Noel Picard! Never lost a fight!!
@OldRustySteele THE BRUINS DOING EVERYTHING BUT SCORE! Oops, shouldn't have said that Dan! Of course look who scored! Bobby Orr! But the Blues actually won this game!!
My favorite part of this wonderful tribute is the first 30 seconds, wherein I could actually count myself in that number, as I was singing along with the crowd at the old Arena in STL as a 10 year old boy, in 1968. My dad had bought season tickets in the Blues second year to entertain his friends mostly,: but I connived my way into going on several occasions that year. Ahhhh Norm Kramer at the organ, sitting amongst the crowd in his sparkling silver jacket and leading us in WHEN THE BLUES GO MARCHING IN... still gives me goosebumps today at age 65. And we didn't appreciate at the time that we had the immortal Dan Kelly to teach us the game in St. Louis, always thought of as a baseball town. Not anymore. And we won our first Stanley Cup some four years ago. I'm a happy camper.
Gary, our paths probably crossed! I was 14 in 1968 and a passionate Blues fan. Used to scrape up money I earned mowing yards in North County to buy street hockey gear and the occasional Holy Grail - a ticket to The Arena to see the Blues!! I’d come home from a Blues game with a sore throat from all the yelling and singing!!
Nice! I think Parquet seats were around $8 no? We probably did cross paths my friend!
but...but ...Bobby Orr ruined my childhood!
@davidroberts6923 Mine, too. I remember the Blues assigned poor Jimmy Roberts to shadow him in the first two games of the SC finals in St. Louis in 1970. Don't have to tell you how that worked out :(
We didn't know it at the time, but Orr would turn out to be the greatest of all time! Better than Howe, Gretzky, or anyone else you'd care to name. He revolutionized the sport.
But the Blues weren't top shabby either in their second year. Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante in goal. The Plager brothers, Noel Picard and Al Arbour on D. And someone named Red Berenson, the first superstar of the expansion era, at center. Oh, and a head coach you may have heard of: Scotty Bowman behind the bench. How the Blues let him get away, I'll never know.
A blurb on Scotty:
( Scotty Bowman is considered the all-time winningest coach in the National Hockey League (NHL) with 2,494 wins, including playoffs. Bowman has a .588 winning percentage and has won nine Stanley Cups, more than any other coach. He coached the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Detroit Red Wings. Bowman's Stanley Cup wins include 1973, 1976-79, 1992, 1997-98, and 2002.)
Oh yeah. And Dan Kelly behind the mic.
No wonder they went to the Finals their first three years!