- Pete Parker
Lionel Dyke "Pete" Parker (
September 7 ,1895 -February 11 ,1991 ) was a Canadian radio announcer.He served overseas in
World War I from 1916 to 1919.On
March 14 ,1923 , Parker made the world's first complete play-by-playradio broadcast of a professionalice hockey game. The broadcast was carried byCKCK Radio in Regina,Saskatchewan . The game, held at Exhibition Park in Regina between the Regina Capitals and the Edmonton Eskimos, was a meeting of two Western Canada Professional Hockey League teams. Edmonton beat Regina, 1-0.This broadcast was officially recognized by
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1972. (For many years, it was thought that Parker's broadcast preceded by 8 days theMarch 22 ,1923 first broadcast byHockey Night in Canada 'sFoster Hewitt . However, Hewitt's first broadcast was actually made on February 16, 1923.Norman Albert actually made hockey's first broadcast on February 8, 1923. Please see the discussion link at the top of this page.)Facts|date=November 2007
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