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    "I've always loved television," said Davidson, who will receive the prestigious Foster Hewitt Award today in Toronto and enter the media wing of the Hockey Hall of Fame. "I remember growing up as a kid in Calgary watching Baseball Game of the Week on Saturdays -- and that's why I'm still a Yankees fan. I never missed Hockey Night in Canada, either." He later became a mainstay on Hockey Night in Canada as well as New York Rangers broadcasts, the Olympics and the Stanley Cup playoffs during a 23-year career in television. Full Article at Belleville News-Democrat
    I remember growing up as a kid in Calgary watching Baseball Game of the Week on Saturdays -- and that's why I'm still a Yankees fan. I never missed Hockey Night in Canada, either.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
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Davidson's ability to give viewers what they craved helped him earn spot in hall
  1. I don't even think that's debatable.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
  2. If Calgary was playing Edmonton, I would ask Joel Otto what it was like to play against Mark Messier and ask Mark Messier what it was like to play against Joel Otto ... If you were going to do a game with the Blues, you'd better talk to Brett Hull -- because you know you're going to see Brett Hull up cl...
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
  3. I really do appreciate it, there's no question
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
  4. He's the best analyst we've ever seen in hockey, no questions asked
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
  5. I did a lot of Edmonton Oilers game during the years and I'd go talk to Wayne Gretzky before every game ... We talked about anything; his dad, the way he handled the stick, the way he worked with Jari Kurri and Paul Coffey. I think the viewers deserved that.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
  6. He didn't just use the story, he spent about 20 minutes talking to Chelios about the blade and the background ... One thing I learned from J.D. is you prepare -- and you'd better have as much information on the other team as you have on your own team.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
  7. There is a special talent to translating what you see in practice and what you hear in the (dressing) room ... He obviously mastered it.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
  8. It's like a team, so I went from a team on the ice to another team within the same context ... I wanted to find a job to stay in hockey and I wanted to do it for a long time. I was the luckiest guy in the world to be able to do that.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
  9. I've always loved television
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago
  10. For me, it's more about the people who helped me get this thing. This thing doesn't just belong to me, it belongs to a whole lot of people -- including my family. I was away from home and missing birthdays and family things and birthdays.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 4 weeks ago

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