here's to Jack, a steady presence in many living rooms every October - April for as long as I can remember
NESN Bruins broadcasts won't be the same without his cackle, his absurdities, his unintentional innuendos (even when they don't seem unintentional at all), and his willingness to call out egregious officiating and name drop officials
I met Jack Edwards at a fan event in 2018 and in an event that also featured Bruce Cassidy (who remembers when my url used to be bruce-is-my-daddy?) he was the highlight of the whole thing by far. I had my rainbow Bruins cap on (and I look visibly queer) and this man took one look at me and went into a whole monologue on how important love is in all its forms and how it triumps over hate. Needless to say, for all my love for sport, that was not what I was expecting at a hockey event - at all. But it's something I took with me through all these years.
Jack brings so much to the games he calls but he is also a genuinely sweet, passionate, kind person I think, as far as you can tell these things from a distance. It won't be the same without him.
what if we were an elite goalie tandem who gave each other hugs after winning games. and what if i sat half-naked in the locker room as cameras filmed me before the game. and i grabbed you by your hip pad and dragged you close. and you had a little happy giggle about it. and we were both boys.