05-16-2024, 09:35 AM
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Sad day for sports today.  I watched Darren on ITV pretty much every night when I studied at the UoA every night. He was great in hosting the sports section of the news. Quite original and not pretentious. After coming back to Calgary, I missed watching him and Calgary's CFAC, before they became part of GlobalTV, had their own sports cast, which seemed similar to Darren in a lot of ways. It's kind of a shocker that he passed away at the age of 57 - that's still pretty young in life! Anyway, RIP Darren. Will miss hearing you on TSN.
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05-16-2024, 09:48 AM
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#22
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary Satellite Community
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That is some sad news to start the day with. I had no idea he was battling cancer. All the best to his family and friends at this difficult time. I enjoyed him on TV, seemed like a lively character.
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05-16-2024, 09:50 AM
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#23
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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So young, that's so sad. I didn't know he was sick.
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05-16-2024, 09:50 AM
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#24
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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One of the truly good.guys .
The world is a little less.today.
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05-16-2024, 09:59 AM
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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That's surprising and brutal news to wake up to. F cancer.
I also started watching Dutchy years ago on ITV, he was awesome.
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05-16-2024, 10:03 AM
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#26
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Boca Raton, FL
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That's crazy. Prostate cancer rarely occurs that young, and it's rarely that aggressive or metastatic. The odds of that happening are incredibly low. That's awful luck.
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05-16-2024, 10:04 AM
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#27
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First Line Centre
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What a sad day. I met Darren a few times and he was a blast each of them. All round great guy and a voice for many growing up watching TSN.
This still brings a smile to my face. Note the date: not even drafted yet.
https://twitter.com/user/status/591407841992409088
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05-16-2024, 10:06 AM
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#28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
He might have been the only good thing to come out of Edmonton.
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There’s me.
RIP, Dutch. Loved you.
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05-16-2024, 10:10 AM
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#29
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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A few old media friends grew up with him and went to WABC together. Only met him a few times and really only from a distance. Genuinely seemed like one of the good ones.
RIP Dutch.
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05-16-2024, 10:10 AM
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GOAT!
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Damn, he was always my favourite TSN personality. That really sucks.
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05-16-2024, 10:35 AM
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#31
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: VanCity
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05-16-2024, 10:53 AM
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#32
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This is devastating. He's one of those guys that I feel I grew up watching and fostered my love of sports. I also happened to be in Porcupine Plain a couple years ago where they proudly proclaimed to be the home town of Dutch. I had lunch there and asked a couple locals about him - they were so proud of him and loved him so much. It was neat to see. I hope he knows how much he was loved by an entire country of sports fans.
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05-16-2024, 10:53 AM
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#33
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Powerplay Quarterback
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My favorite Dutchy moment was when he joined Jay and Dan on their podcast and was doing a Bane impression. Sad to hear this news.
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05-16-2024, 11:00 AM
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#34
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#1 Goaltender
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man this guy was our childhood sports caster, so sad.
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05-16-2024, 11:00 AM
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#35
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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ITV. Tonight…. on Sports night! He was the best.
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05-16-2024, 11:56 AM
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#36
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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That's sad. Same age as me - makes you think.
Take care of yourselves - get tested.
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05-16-2024, 12:05 PM
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#37
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Olympic Saddledome
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This one hits very hard.
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05-16-2024, 12:10 PM
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#38
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Franchise Player
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Sucks to hear, cancer is awful.
He looked like a bigger dude, but we find out that he was big because he was big into lifting.
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05-16-2024, 12:14 PM
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#39
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Norm!
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Its always sad when one of the good ones goes so young.
Make sure you keep up to your screenings when you see your doctor.
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05-16-2024, 12:15 PM
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#40
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Remember him pre-TSN on ITV Edmonton as a kid. I grew up here, but my extended family was all up there, so I spent every Christmas there. Seeing him always reminded me of Christmas season as a kid. RIP, way too young.
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