Calgary Flames Top Ten Best Highlight Videos of All Time
By Ramina Shlah
Number 8 – Peter Maher Calls the Playoffs, 2004
If you don’t know who Peter Maher is, please google him. He was basically the voice of the Calgary Flames. Every Flames fan knew Peter Maher. Since they relocated to Calgary from Atlanta, he was their sportscaster for over three decades.
He had this iconic saying, “Yeah baby!”
He was also the play by play for the 2010 Olympics where Canada won in OT in the gold medal game against USA. That video can be found here:
(Skip to the 9:00 mark if you want to hear the game-winning goal).
But the 2004 playoffs were again something special. They were somewhat of the “Cinderella” team that season, meaning nobody quite expected them to be as good as they were. And nobody expected them to make it all the way to the Stanley Cup finals.
You may also be asking, “Hey why didn’t you include Martin Gelinas no-goal in game 6 of the SCF?” Well, it’s because I didn’t want to cry today, ok? So why not include all the fun moments of Peter Maher calling the games.
After Maher announced his retirement in 2014, the team honored him by naming their broadcasting booth after him. Maher was also inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006 as a media honoree.
This video is awesome because it’s quite difficult to not get pumped whenever you hear Peter Maher excited.
You can put it in the win column!