BOSTON — Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final had a 29 rating in St. Louis.
That means almost a third of TV sets in the St. Louis area spent Monday night listening to Doc Emrick call the Blues' first Stanley Cup game in 49 years.
Emrick has been the voice of hockey for NBC since 2005, and is known for his unique lexicon.
He once used 153 different words to describe puck movement in a game.
Waffleboarded and shuffleboarded are two of his most well-known phrases.
"It's just the way I speak," Emrick said. "It's just over the period of 46 years, I see something and that's how I describe it."
Emrick is from Indiana and said he caught the hockey bug in 1960.
He also said when he was younger he even did a phone interview with legendary Blues broadcaster Dan Kelly, about getting into the broadcasting business.
Emrick said he doesn't know how much longer he'll continue to call games for NBC, but he's enjoying the ride.
"God only knows. I'm sure I'll know when that time comes, but it is fun," Emrick said. "You get in free, you get a good seat to the game, you get to work with the best people in sports and I learned later in life after I got out of the minors that you get something in the mail every two weeks. It's just a heck of a job."
