Brooks received the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award from the Hockey HOF in 2018. Getty Images
N.Y. Post columnist and hockey writer Larry Brooks, who spent 38 years at the publication over “two separate tenures,” died Thursday morning at age 75 “after a brief battle with cancer.” Brooks received the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award from the Hockey HOF in 2018 (N.Y. POST, 11/13).
Here is a sampling of the reactions to Brooks’ death on social media:
- Newsday columnist Neil Best: “Larry Brooks was a giant of American hockey writing, as tough and fearless as anyone I have known in the business.”
- Newark Star-Ledger columnist Steve Politi: “To watch him work a locker room at a morning skate or practice was to see how it was supposed to be done. RIP.”
- ESPN play-by-play voice Bob Wischusen: “Such sad news….no one in NYC history covered the NHL like Larry…he’ll be sorely missed…every good thought and prayer to his family.”
- MSG Networks play-by-play voice Don La Greca: “He was a fixture for me at the Garden for 20 years, 20 years before that as a fan. Massive loss for the sport of hockey and journalism in general. RIP.”
