Lou Nanne the voice of Minnesita Hockey

chester1991 · Post by **chester1991** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:59 pm

Lou Nanne the voice of Minnesota hockey can broadcast as long as Lou wants too. I've been watching the state tourney since in 1982, and Lou has been a part of eveyone of them. It will be a sad day when he walks away. When I think of the Minnesota State Hockey Tournament I think of the glass boards at the Civic Center, WCCO's coverage, great high school hockey, and the voice of Lou Nanne. Can't wait to hear Lou again next year!

youngblood08 · Post by **youngblood08** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:16 pm

What did they say, this was his 49th year broadcasting? That's awesome.

More then earned the right to stay. As long as he doesn't get to the senseless mumbling stage Wooger is in over on FSN for Gopher games.

WBLHockeyfan04 · Post by **WBLHockeyfan04** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:40 pm

He has been doing the state tournament for 46 years now, and I love listening to him during the state hockey tournament. He is very knowlegeable of hockey in general, from the highschool ranks, all the way to the NHL.

Red Ice · Post by **Red Ice** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:42 pm

Clear boards on tv instead of after school cartoons meant State Tourney Time!!!

No Political Connections · Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:49 pm

He is good to listen too but the stories in general need to go. I prefer the Hockey Day MN coverage by FSN where they actually go into the schools, go into hockey at all levels and really talk about why hockey is what it is to MN. I must have seen that story about the big city high schools not being in the tourney a dozen times. 1 time, sure. Twice to make sure lots of people see it, sure. A dozen, come on, then it is just a time filler/killer. That girl who kept getting concussions was the same way. I have had kids with concussions and realize how important it is to prevent them (interesting though that not once was the fact that you have to have a good mouth guard properly fitted mentioned) but that M11 project video got old too. If you want to do a story on concussions, do one, mention the mouth guard, mention the helmet, show case the M11, but the looped infomercial for it is another filler. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind seeing that old, grainy, black and white footage of the good old days of hockey but they need to update the program to get it in touch with the high schools that are involved and with current events in MN hockey.

wingmaster · Post by **wingmaster** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:41 pm

No Political Connections wrote:He is good to listen too but the stories in general need to go. I prefer the Hockey Day MN coverage by FSN where they actually go into the schools, go into hockey at all levels and really talk about why hockey is what it is to MN. I must have seen that story about the big city high schools not being in the tourney a dozen times. 1 time, sure. Twice to make sure lots of people see it, sure. A dozen, come on, then it is just a time filler/killer. That girl who kept getting concussions was the same way. I have had kids with concussions and realize how important it is to prevent them (interesting though that not once was the fact that you have to have a good mouth guard properly fitted mentioned) but that M11 project video got old too. If you want to do a story on concussions, do one, mention the mouth guard, mention the helmet, show case the M11, but the looped infomercial for it is another filler. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind seeing that old, grainy, black and white footage of the good old days of hockey but they need to update the program to get it in touch with the high schools that are involved and with current events in MN hockey.

It is about money and advertisements, Duh. If you want nostalgia the go on the internet. 45 TV will show the game otherwise hit the mute button and do your own commentary.

StayAtHomeD · Post by **StayAtHomeD** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:41 am

Lou does a great job. When I hear his voice, I know that tradition lives.

Thanks for all your years of service Lou and many more.

No Political Connections · Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:00 am

wingmaster wrote:
No Political Connections wrote:He is good to listen too but the stories in general need to go. I prefer the Hockey Day MN coverage by FSN where they actually go into the schools, go into hockey at all levels and really talk about why hockey is what it is to MN. I must have seen that story about the big city high schools not being in the tourney a dozen times. 1 time, sure. Twice to make sure lots of people see it, sure. A dozen, come on, then it is just a time filler/killer. That girl who kept getting concussions was the same way. I have had kids with concussions and realize how important it is to prevent them (interesting though that not once was the fact that you have to have a good mouth guard properly fitted mentioned) but that M11 project video got old too. If you want to do a story on concussions, do one, mention the mouth guard, mention the helmet, show case the M11, but the looped infomercial for it is another filler. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind seeing that old, grainy, black and white footage of the good old days of hockey but they need to update the program to get it in touch with the high schools that are involved and with current events in MN hockey.
It is about money and advertisements, Duh. If you want nostalgia the go on the internet. 45 TV will show the game otherwise hit the mute button and do your own commentary.

I am saying the opposite. I do not mind the nostalgia about the good old days but how about some more new stuff. How about a few minutes of video about the Mr Hockey finalists? How about a short story on something else to do with MN hockey. I just think that hearing and seeing the same stuff over and over and over got old. Add some flavor to it with some more current stuff.

StayAtHomeD · Post by **StayAtHomeD** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:10 am

No Political Connections wrote:
wingmaster wrote:
No Political Connections wrote:He is good to listen too but the stories in general need to go. I prefer the Hockey Day MN coverage by FSN where they actually go into the schools, go into hockey at all levels and really talk about why hockey is what it is to MN. I must have seen that story about the big city high schools not being in the tourney a dozen times. 1 time, sure. Twice to make sure lots of people see it, sure. A dozen, come on, then it is just a time filler/killer. That girl who kept getting concussions was the same way. I have had kids with concussions and realize how important it is to prevent them (interesting though that not once was the fact that you have to have a good mouth guard properly fitted mentioned) but that M11 project video got old too. If you want to do a story on concussions, do one, mention the mouth guard, mention the helmet, show case the M11, but the looped infomercial for it is another filler. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind seeing that old, grainy, black and white footage of the good old days of hockey but they need to update the program to get it in touch with the high schools that are involved and with current events in MN hockey.
It is about money and advertisements, Duh. If you want nostalgia the go on the internet. 45 TV will show the game otherwise hit the mute button and do your own commentary.
I am saying the opposite. I do not mind the nostalgia about the good old days but how about some more new stuff. How about a few minutes of video about the Mr Hockey finalists? How about a short story on something else to do with MN hockey. I just think that hearing and seeing the same stuff over and over and over got old. Add some flavor to it with some more current stuff.

That is on the producer of the TV coverage of the tourney. Lou's job is to do commentary of the games. Lou does what he does, it's not his fault that 45 was obviously operating on a shoestring budget.

They had no original video, everything they did between periods was old stuff on file. That tells me they had no money for anything.

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:14 am

I go to the Xcel for all the Class AA games, therefor I cannot listen to Lou live. I record the games just so I can listen to him!

canttouchthis · Post by **canttouchthis** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:21 pm

the guy is a legend and the voice of minnesota high school hockey. The state tourney wouldnt be complete without him on the air.

starmvp · Post by **starmvp** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:32 pm

canttouchthis wrote:the guy is a legend and the voice of minnesota high school hockey. The state tourney wouldnt be complete without him on the air.

Mr Hockey · Post by **Mr Hockey** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:40 pm

How did he broadcast games when he was playing with the North Stars? Weren't they always on the road as the Met was being used for the tournament? He stayed back to announce?? How??

hockeydad · Post by **hockeydad** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:53 pm

I was wondering the same thing.

breakout · Post by **breakout** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:20 pm

Lou Nanne is simply the best. He is a Minnesota hockey icon.

Love listening to him talk hockey at the tourney, the FAN, WCCO.

Reggie · Post by **Reggie** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:48 am

Put a fork in lou

itech22 · Post by **itech22** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:20 am

You guys this is a no brainer regarding the advertisements that were on. Without the m11 project commercials it would have been difficult to broadcast the games. Like it or not this is the reason why we get to see the games on TV. Nostalgia doesn't pay for the broadcasting. I will put up with the advertisements as long as they continue to keep the games on TV.