Exactly 100 years ago today, former Regina sports lover L.D. 'Pete' Parker made Canadian hockey history from a makeshift radio booth at Regina Stadium.
Parker delivered the first live radio broadcast of a full, professional hockey game in Canada as a play-by-play commentator with Radio Station CKCK, established by the Regina Leader.Stay on the ball with the 306 Sports Fix newsletter. You’ll get the best sports stories of the week, insightful commentary from long-time Leader-Post columnist Rob Vanstone and more!By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
On the whim of an idea from CKCK chief engineer Bert Hooper, Parker set up in a tiny booth at the south end of the rink. Eight days later, on March 22, 1923, Foster Hewitt — “he shoots, he scores!” of Hockey Night in Canada fame — broadcast a senior Ontario Hockey Association game in Toronto.
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