Al Shaver, the voice of the North Stars for 26 years and the Gophers for three, passed away after a brief illness Monday on Vancouver Island at 96.

[BleedGopher]

RIP to a legend.


Go Gophers!!

 

[GopherJack]

DAMN!

Al WAS the voice of the North Stars and will always be my favorite Minnesota hockey play-by-play announcer. As a teen in the mid 70's, listening to Al call the game on my AM transistor radio was as good as it gets.

RIP Al

 

[Iceland12]

For 26 years, Shaver was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the North Stars. When the team moved to Dallas in 1993, Shaver chose to stay in Minnesota.

Shaver then called games for the University of Minnesota men's hockey for three seasons until his retirement in 1996.

"Rest in peace to a legend and blessings to his family, friends and hockey fans around the world," the Wild said in a social media post.

MSN

 

[Ewert86PC]

R.I.P. Al Shaver

 

[STPGopher]

RIP to a legend.


Go Gophers!!

Condolences to Wally and Shaver family. The Gopher hockey community as well.

 

[Holy Man]

Al, Herb Carneal, and Ray Christensen define my youth and probably collectively kept me out of a lot trouble. Way worse things could be done staying up after bed time than listening to the North Stars play the Kings.

Few people have no enemies. All I heard about Al is he was one of them. RIP.

 

[STPGopher]

Al, Herb Carneal, and Ray Christensen define my youth and probably collectively kept me out of a lot trouble. Way worse things could be done staying up after bed time than listening to the North Stars play the Kings.

Few people have no enemies. All I heard about Al is he was one of them. RIP.

Thank you!