Long time Detroit Red Wings’ announcer Budd Lynch paid tribute by family and friends
Budd Lynch, a legendary figure of the Detroit Red Wings’ team in the National Hockey League (NHL), who was an announcer for about 60 years, was paid tribute by his close relatives and the family after he died few days ago at the age of 95.
James Lary, the grandson of the NHL Hall of famer tells about the story of shaving during the World War II, in which Lynch eventually lost his hand after he was hit by a rocket.
The announcer brought with him the good times for the Red Wings, as he joined them in 1949 and saw the team winning the Stanley Cup title four times in next five years. He thrilled and doubled the excitement of the fans with his words and the voice.
Lynch’s family and friends got together at Wyandotte, to pay respect to the great announcer and among them was his grandson Lary too. The 27-year-old San Diego resident remembered his grandfather’s way of loving the game, the people and the shaving during
the World War II.
During the war, Lary’s grandfather, who was almost the same age as he is now, volunteered and was sent to Normandy, France in June 1944. Lynch was serving in the Essex Scottish Regiment of the Canadian Army used to have a very interesting way of shaving
during the war, back in those days.
Lynch told his grandson how to shave with the glass, as he did the same during the war. He used glass to make his moustache thin and did them very easily, which caused a feeling of jealousy among his compatriots. But it was a secret that he never disclosed.
Lary said,
“Grandpa taught me how to shave with a glass bottle. When I came home with a mustache, Budd gave me a hard time about using a razor and buzzer. He told me I had to break a bottle and shave in my pencil-thin mustache. He said people were always jealous of
his mustache in the army and he’d never tell them how he kept it. He said the secret was using the glass bottle shaving method.”
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