"Last season was Judd Sirott and Andy Brickley's first as a tandem in NESN's Bruins booth, but those unfamiliar with their paths there would never have known it. Sirott, who moved over as the legend Jack Edwards's play-by-play successor after seven seasons as the Bruins radio voice on The Sports Hub, and Brickley, who has been with NESN since 2000 and Bruins color analyst even earlier than that, required very little time to master the intricacies of calling a game together."
"How did it work so smoothly? Sirott and Brickley already had history in the booth together ... and more important than that, a kinship. "I've traveled with Judd when he was doing radio, so I spent a lot of time with him socially on the plane, in the hotel lobbies, over coffee, beers after a game," said Brickley, who met Sirott more than 30 years ago, when he was still playing in the International Hockey League and Sirott worked for the Chicago Wolves."
When a play-by-play voice and analyst first pair on a sports broadcast, they usually need time to develop rhythm, cadence, and mutual cues. Hockey's rapid, free-flowing action makes precise give-and-take essential. Judd Sirott and Andy Brickley were paired last season in NESN's Bruins booth and established a near-seamless working relationship almost immediately. Sirott moved from seven seasons as the Bruins radio voice to assume play-by-play duties, while Brickley brought long NESN experience. Their prior history, extensive off-ice camaraderie, and familiarity with each other's habits smoothed adjustments and strengthened the broadcast.
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