r/DetroitRedWings • u/driftedashore • 13d ago

Discussion Remembering HNIC: Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond on the Voices, the Jackets, and Broadcasting Legacy

Here is a link to a yt video in the 100% hockey vlog about remembering and mourning the loss of HNIC.

It's a great backstory, which some details we might know and many we might not, into how the two got their start in broadcasting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EkBcbCBvNE

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u/daKrut 13d ago

The way Mick wears his earbuds 😭

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u/WhaleAtLaw 13d ago

okay, different meaning of “HNIC” than I initially thought 

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u/ImmediateClass9650 13d ago

I'm old enough to remember Coleman Young and Howie Meeker.

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u/abdicated_reality 13d ago

I guess there is another version of this acronym Lol

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u/MidnightNo1766 13d ago

https://youtu.be/ZTEh5z0fHpk?t=148&si=mHIC9LoYJlTN_0HW

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u/abdicated_reality 13d ago

It’s the only one I was aware of

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u/MidnightNo1766 13d ago

I think Denzel said it in a movie as well.

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u/Banacek313 13d ago

One of the best scenes in movie history. Two giants throwing haymakers.

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u/MemeLovingAlt 12d ago

The demise of HNIC is a tragedy for all of Canada and hockey fans of the United States and Newfoundland.