Joe Bowen
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Joe Bowen (born April 5, 1951 in Sudbury, Ontario), is a Canadian sportscaster. He is known as "The Voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs", having broadcasted over 1,500 Leaf Games.
Bowen's catchphrase is "Holy Mackinaw!", typically used when the Leafs score or a big save is made. Harry Neale is currently his broadcasting partner, and they are the voices of Leaf games on television on TSN, Leafs TV, or Rogers Sportsnet. Bowen also calls the radio play-by-plays on Saturday nights for the Leafs when the television broadcasts are done by Hockey Night in Canada.
[edit] Early life
A father of four boys, Joe was born and raised in Sudbury. He attended Sudbury Secondary School, where he was part of the Copper Cliff Redmen Northern Ontario Championship Hockey club of 1967. After graduating from the University of Windsor, Joe returned to Sudbury where he started his career as a play-by-play analyst with CKSO Radio covering the Ontario Hockey League's Sudbury Wolves.
[edit] Catch phrases
- Holy Mackinaw!
- Ho ... brother!
- Yikes!
- And the puck "ric-o-chets" down the ice.
