Chicago Blackhawks Top 100- #94 Lloyd Pettit

We’re heading into the dog days of the offseason, counting down the days until the Chicago Blackhawks 2017-2018 season kicks off on October 5th against the Pittsburgh Penguins. We’re going to do a Top 100 list of the all time Chicago Blackhawks. It’s a fun way to pass the time and take a stroll down memory lane looking back at our favorite Blackhawks.

There are still fans around today that remember Lloyd Pettit being the voice of the Chicago Blackhawks well before Pat Foley took over that spot.

Petit was the color guy to Jack Brickhouse at WGN, but he should have been the voice of the NHL back in the day except Brickhouse blocked the deal saying Pettit was still under contract.

This didn’t sidetrack Pettit from becoming the voice of the Chicago Blackhawks from the 60’s into the 70’s an era of some really good hockey for the Chicago Blackhawks. Pettit was a broadcaster during the days when it was only road games on TV, so he like Foley, he was the only person that could paint the picture of the Chicago Stadium if you were never able to get down to the old barn.

Here is a Youtube video of him with some of his calls.

Foley called him his boyhood idol and the reason he got into broadcasting. Pettit never did get to announce a Stanley Cup Championship with the Hawks losing all their Stanley Cup Final appearances with Pettit behind the mic!