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John Garrett with John Shorthouse in 2010. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He played one final season as the Canucks’ third-string goalie - he never suited up in a game but did appear in three AHL games for the short-staffed Fredricton Express - before retiring and eventually moving into broadcasting. He was briefly the Canucks’ assistant general manager in the summer of 1985, but his tenure only lasted a few weeks as general manager Harry Neale was fired not long after he accepted the position. He was nearly the MVP of the 1983 All-Star Game, a wild appearance where he represented the Canucks despite having only started one game after being traded to the team the week before. The Whalers traded him to the Quebec Nordiques during the 1981-82 season before a trade to the Canucks late in 1982-83.īoston’s Jim Nill battles for the puck with Vancouver goaltender John Garrett with Ron Delorme in the background in 1984. He also played for the Toronto Toros, Birmingham Bulls and New England/Hartford Whalers in the WHA and stayed with the Whalers when they swapped over to the NHL in 1979. Garrett played a couple seasons in the minors before breaking into the big leagues with the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the World Hockey Association in 1973. I’m not sure anyone could have navigated it better than those two guys,” he said. Personality and humour and not taking himself too seriously was the perfect recipe for some trying times. But Cheech (and Shorty) never, ever made the broadcast a downer. “There have been a lot more losses than wins the last decade. Sportsnet host Dan Murphy told Postmedia he plans to say more about his longtime colleague on air during the upcoming road trip, but was ready with a quick though.

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Garrett’s final Canucks broadcast will be on April 13 against the Arizona Coyotes.Ī former Canucks goalie, Garrett always brought humour, often of a self-deprecating nature, to his commentary, but also added insight gathered from a career in professional hockey that stretched back to the 1970s. You brought a natural charm and charisma that is a much needed commodity in sports and I always looked forward to any game you were a part of calling. Your enthusiasm and passion for the game and for this team will never be forgotten. But most of all, I’d like to thank the fans, whose unwavering support has lasted for these 20 years and beyond.

Your camaraderie and friendship will never be forgotten and we will be lifelong friends.

“I’d like to thank John Shorthouse, Dan Murphy and our producer Greg Shannon. And a lot of the reason is the great people I work with,” he said. “If you’ve been watching and listening all these years, you know how much I’ve enjoyed my experience and my time doing this job. In the announcement, an emotional Garrett says he will still appear in some other Sportsnet properties. Garrett made the announcement during Thursday’s 7-2 win over the San Jose Sharks. The next issue of Calgary Herald Headline News will soon be in your inbox.

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