Peter McNab tribute
Jeremy Levy back with you. The Colorado radio blog is saddened and sends its’ condolences to the McNab family and the Altitude radio family about the passing of Peter McNab. Peter passed away from Cancer on Sunday November 6, 2022. Peter was the color announcer of the Colorado Avalanche on Altitude TV. He also did some games on Altitude sports radio as well as being the color announcer. The first thing that Mark Moser shared about him was he had a whole body laugh. When he laughed it was like his whole body was laughing. Mark Moser came into the studio to talk about Peter on Monday November 7, 2022. Peter was a big part of Colorado Avalanche hockey and of the hockey games on Altitude Sports radio and TV. My dad was telling me he played for the Boston Bruins, and Mark Moser mentioned the Bruin’s could have won the Stanly Cup for 3 years in a row when he was on the team. Mark Moser also mentioned he played for Montreal Canadians. He had never won the Stanly Cup. His dad Max did when he played for the Detroit Red Wings. Mark Moser had so many wonderful memories of him and Peter together. Mark was Peter’s partner on the TV broadcasts. In the days when Peter would be going through the cancer treatments, Peter would ask Mark to help me on that game because he was not feeling the best. Mark always did and those broadcasts were still great. Peter was a big golfer, and so was Mark. The best golf memory that Mark and Peter had was going to the final 4 together when that was in Colorado. They spent the whole game together. That was special. Brett Cain mentioned that when a person talked with Peter, it felt you were part of the family. When Brett came to Altitude sports radio back in January of 2019, he went to his first Hockey skate practice. Peter talked with him for a half an hour about hockey. That’s the kind of person he was. Scott Hastings became a hockey fan when the Avalanche came to Colorado. When Scott would have him on the radio show he was doing at the time, Peter would never talk down to his listeners. He talked to the listeners like a friend. That is also Scott’s philosophy as well. Scott, Josh, and Tyler Polumbus talked about that when you are entertaining listeners it should be fun. When the Avalanche won the Stanly cup this Summer, Gabe Landeskog came up to Peter and said when he was a boy, he wanted to play the way Peter did. The memory I will always remember about Peter was during the celebration of the Stanly cup parade. Mark Moser was singing the song “Living on a Prayer” and Peter didn’t like his singing. He said it sounded terrible. He said it sounded like tripping on a cat, and he told Mark Moser to stop singing. I thought his singing was on key, but it wasn’t the best singing. They played that clip a couple of different times during the shows on Altitude Sports radio. Vic had some wonderful memories of being with Peter as well. On Kreckman and Lindahl, Nate and Andy mentioned that Peter taught them about the game of hockey. When he was on the radio with Mark Moser, or with Connor, I learned something by listening to him. Connor talked about what a kind man Peter was. If they needed anything on the road, Peter would get it for them. Andy Lindahl remembered a time when he was working as the producer of the sports zoo back on KOA as the producer. It was during the Av’s first run to the Stanly Cup. Andy was done producing that day. He wanted to get things ready for the next day’s show. One of these things was calling Peter to see if he wanted to come on as a guest on the sports zoo. Andy thought he was going to leave a message for Peter, but Peter actually picked up the phone in the middle of a game. Andy was surprised about that. Peter was surprised to hear from him. Many hockey analysts knew Peter. On the Avalanches trips many of the analysts would ask how is Peter doing? They hoped that Peter was doing okay. Mike Rice knew him from the conversations that Colorado’s Morning news had. Mike Rice said what a kind person he was on the Dave Logan podcast. Dave Logan and Alfred Williams mentioned him on the Sports Zoo. When Alfred first got into broadcasting, he worked for Altitude TV. Peter was always very kind to him. Alfred and Dave both said what a wonderful hockey man he was. I wish I could have done an interview with Peter for this blog. I would have loved hearing his insights into Hockey. I always enjoyed listening to him with Connor on the radio. It was fun listening to them during the run during the Stanly Cup. Peter was the main TV announcer for the Avalanche since the team arrived in Colorado from Quebec Canada in 1995. He was a 2021 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He also played for Vancouver and New Jersey. He is best remembered for his seasons with the Bruins. He was a friend to so many.
He will certainly be missed by listeners to the team at Altitude Sports radio and TV and myself.
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