Few voices in sports television or radio broadcasting are as identifiable as Terry Crisp’s.
Always good for a laugh or some tough-love analysis, Crisp knew how to relate to not just the die-hard hockey fans but the casual fan who may have stumbled on a Nashville Predators game while channel surfing.
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