Bruce Buchanan
Bruce Buchanan
Bruce Buchananis a Canadian retired sportscaster. He was the play-by-play announcer for the Edmonton Oilers television broadcasts on ITV, CKEM and Sportsnet West from the 1984 until 2001. During the 1986–87 season he split play-by-play duties on CHCH-TV's Toronto Maple Leafs broadcasts with Calgary Flames announcer Peter Maher. He has also done play-by-play for the Red Deer Rebels, Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames and got occasional play-by-play assignments on Hockey Night in Canada in the late 1980s. Buchanan later worked...
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A lot of people are going to conclude if this thing passes, Perry is going to be hard to stop.
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