Like a lot of people, grew up with him on the TSN broadcast, the TSN top 10s especially. Before school, during my lunch hour every day. RIP. Guy was awesome.
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Yeah recall him from ITV in Edmonton, seemed ok considering the cheerleaders they always had up there.
No mention yet of the shortlived experiment when Mike Toth went to TSN, Dutchyshen had more or less just gotten there too, and him and Dutchyshen did TSN Sportsdesk.
A few Calgary and Edmonton jokes given they both worked the 11pm highlight show for the same independent broadcasters in each city at the same time.
The duo was made up into a pretty big deal. Only lasted a couple months though and Toth was pushed to non primetime Sportsdesk, and was gone after a year or less.
Ah man, there were another couple chuckle####s I couldn't stand: Lownsborough and Toth... Couldn't hold a candle to Dutchyshen.
I met him once at the baggage carousel at the airport probably some time around 2013. My co-worker started talking to him and he was more than happy to talk to us. He seemed like a really nice person.
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Fond memories of him from his ITV days in Edmonton, that is how I will always remember him. The HNIC panel did a nice mention of him last night during the Oilers-Canucks game.
