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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Radio, radio
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Center Eric Perrin made his second of four appearances on 680 the Fan’s Hockey Night in Atlanta tonight at 7 p.m. from Buffalo Wild Wings on Roswell Road in Dunwoody. “To get on for an hour and talk about hockey, it doesn’t happen often [in Atlanta],” said Perrin, who takes calls from fans and discusses the Thrashers and the rest of the NHL. How does he talk with a mouthful of wings? He doesn’t. He eats the wings afterward.
So if you call in, you’ve got his full attention and that of host John Kincade.
“We’re pretty much open to anything. I know when I was a kid, I’d listen to the Montreal Canadiens’ show. You’d always have a player on there, and you’d be interested in what they had to say,” Perrin said.
Perrin isn’t the only radio talent on the team. Jim Slater will be on the air with Dan Kamal for at least part of Friday night’s broadcast from Philips Arena for the Thrashers’ game against the Devils. Garnet Exelby and Mike Hoffman have done previous celebrity stints.
Slater is out for at least another week with his shoulder injury, coach John Anderson said Exelby is ready to play but doesn’t expect to play Friday.
