Holy Mackinaw! UWindsor alum signs off
UWindsor alum Joe Bowen’s 44-year tenure as the Leafs’ radio play-by-play announcer is unmatched in franchise history and challenges the all-time greats of sportscasting. (PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY JOE BOWEN / University of Windsor)
By John-Paul Bonadonna
For more than four decades, the play-by-play of Toronto Maple Leafs hockey has been cast through radio waves into the living rooms, cars, kitchens and memories of millions.
The sound is unmistakable.
Especially the signature heartfelt cry that has become one of the most beloved and booming exclamations in Canadian sports — “Holy Mackinaw!”