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So sad today. Thank you Peter for everything.

I had the pleasure of meeting Peter Maher a couple years ago after a road game in Sunrise, Florida. I met him along with Rogers, Kerr and Simmer in a bar after the game where I was with a group of Flames fans. Whereas the other media guys headed off after a drink, Peter stuck around for another beer with the remaining fans and I was able to chat with him about hockey for a while. Made my entire vacation!

Having met Ed Whalen too a couple times when I was younger, I can say that Ed and Peter have more than just being legendary Flames announcers in common--they are (in Ed's case, were) both fantastic people who have/had plenty of time for fans and others around them.

We'll miss your calls Pete but enjoy your retirement, if anyone deserves some time off it's you.

EDIT: I'll just add that meeting Pete in person is the strangest thing: here you are meeting someone for the first time, but whose voice is so familiar it's like speaking to a family member or something.