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Hockey community mourns the loss of longtime Hall of Fame writer at age 75
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The hockey world is mourning the loss of longtime journalist Larry Brooks, who covered the New York Rangers for nearly 40 years at The New York Post.
The hockey world has been thrust into mourning after it was announced that longtime New York Rangers writer Larry Brooks, who worked several decades covering the team for The New York Post, had passed away at 75 years of age.
Post executive sports editor Chris Shaw wrote the following in Brooks' obituary today:
"For the last three decades, no one covered a sports beat in this city better than Larry did on the Rangers. Well before the Hockey Hall of Fame enshrined him, Larry had already earned a place among the legends who have graced the pages of The Best Sports in Town."
- Chris Shaw
- Chris Shaw
Rangers owner and Madison Square Garden Sports chairman James Dolan remembered Brooks with the following statement:
"Besides the stellar job that Larry did covering the New York Rangers, what few people know is that he and I would meet on occasion and he would give me his unabashed opinion on how the franchise was doing and what we needed to do to win. This never appeared in any of his columns, but I found his advice to be invaluable and will miss it dearly."
- James Dolan
- James Dolan
Larry Brooks Covered The Rangers For Many Years
In addition to his Rangers coverage, Brooks was president of the Professional Hockey Writers Association from 2001 to 2003 and was also named the recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.
He's credited with coining the nickname "King" for former Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and also broke the news of Wayne Gretzky's signing in New York in 1996.
He leaves behind his son Jordan, daughter-in-law Joanna, and his two grandchildren.
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