Dave Goucher is an American
sportscaster who currently serves as the television play-by-play voice
announcer
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Television and other media
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for the
Vegas Golden Knights
The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. Founded in 2017 as an expan ...
on
AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain
AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain is an American regional sports network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit as part of the AT&T SportsNet brand of networks, and is an affiliate of Bally Sports. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, ...
.
A 1993 graduate of
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...
, Goucher began his broadcasting career at BU, calling two seasons of
Terrier hockey including the
Beanpot
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, the
Hockey East
The Hockey East Association, also known as Hockey East, is a college ice hockey conference which operates entirely in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference.
Hockey East came into existence in 1984 for ...
Championships, and the
1993 NCAA Frozen Four. He was the radio and television voice of the
Wheeling Thunderbirds
The Wheeling Nailers are a professional ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey Lea ...
of the
East Coast Hockey League
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The E ...
from 1993-95. From 1995-2000, he was the radio voice of the
Providence Bruins
The Providence Bruins are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL), and are the primary development team for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). They play at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rh ...
and was at the mic when the Bruins won the
1999 Calder Cup Finals. Goucher was also part of
NESN
New England Sports Network, popularly known as NESN , is an American regional sports network, regional sports cable television, cable and satellite television, satellite television network owned by a joint venture of Fenway Sports Group (which ow ...
's hockey coverage calling Providence Bruins and
Eastern College Athletic Conference
The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 15 sports (13 men's and 13 women's). It has 220 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location fro ...
hockey.
Broadcasting career
Boston Bruins
Goucher was the
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...
radio play-by-play announcer from 2000-2017. He was named New England’s top radio play-by-play announcer by the
Associated Press
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three times (2003, 2006, & 2007) and won the AP "Best Sportscast" award in 2006. He has also called games for
NHL Radio
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's "Game of the Week" on
Westwood One
Westwood One is an American radio network
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. In 2003, Goucher called Game 7 of the Western Conference playoff series between the
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the s ...
and
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, and play their home games at Rogers Arena. Bruce B ...
.
Vegas Golden Knights
In 2017, Goucher was hired to be the
Vegas Golden Knights
The Vegas Golden Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. Founded in 2017 as an expan ...
play-by-play announcer.
Additional sports
Goucher has also covered the 2004 Major League Baseball playoffs,
Super Bowl XXXIX
Super Bowl XXXIX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Philadelphia Eagles to decide the National Football League ( ...
, and the 2005 Red Sox championship ring ceremony for WBZ radio. He was also WBZ's play-by-play announcer for the
Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was i ...
.
References
External links
WBZ profile
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American sports announcers
National Hockey League broadcasters
College hockey announcers in the United States
Living people
American reporters and correspondents
Boston Bruins announcers
Boston University alumni
Sportspeople from Rhode Island
Vegas Golden Knights announcers
Year of birth missing (living people)