{"id":14318,"date":"2026-09-10T13:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14318"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T20:14:56","slug":"barry-melrose-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/10\/barry-melrose-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Melrose Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/09\/09\/barry-melrose-nhl-player-coach-espn-legend-dead-hockey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from The Daily Caller<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Barry Melrose \u2014 Former NHL Player, Coach And ESPN Legend \u2014 Dead<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/author\/APowell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANDREW POWELL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Barry Melrose on Cam &amp; Strick Podcast\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xYMDrg_-GS8?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barry Melrose, a beloved ESPN hockey analyst for over 25 years after a career as an NHL player and coach, passed away Wednesday, according to his wife, Cindy, who informed ESPN\u2019s Steve Levy. He was 70 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor decades, Barry Melrose was one of the most distinctive and trusted voices in hockey,\u201d said&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/49886334\/barry-melrose-former-player-coach-espn-analyst-dies\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>&nbsp;in a statement. \u201cHis knowledge of the game was deep, his candor was refreshing, and his passion was unmistakable. He was a foundational part of ESPN\u2019s hockey coverage, and fans and teammates truly appreciated his entertaining delivery and charismatic personality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe send our deepest condolences to his loved ones. He always kept it interesting and he will be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[ <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/09\/09\/barry-melrose-nhl-player-coach-espn-legend-dead-hockey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at The Daily Caller<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The Daily Caller Barry Melrose \u2014 Former NHL Player, Coach And ESPN Legend \u2014 Dead by ANDREW POWELL Barry Melrose, a beloved ESPN hockey analyst for over 25 years after a career as an NHL player and coach, passed away Wednesday, according to his wife, Cindy, who informed ESPN\u2019s Steve Levy. He was 70 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14319,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14318\/revisions\/14319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}