Editing Danny Gallivan (section)

==''Hockey Night in Canada''==
In 1946, Gallivan moved to a [[radio station]] in [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]] where he became sports director and voice of the St. Mary's junior hockey team.<ref name="Cape Breton Post 2005"/>  He was spotted by a [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] producer of ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' while in [[Montreal]] to broadcast a junior [[ice hockey|hockey]] playoff between Halifax and Montreal and was asked to fill in for a sick announcer in 1950.

In [[1952–53 NHL season|1952]], Gallivan began a 32-year stint with ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'', mostly calling games involving the [[Montreal Canadiens]], before retiring after the [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]] season.  Immediately after [[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]] was forced to retire in 1981, Gallivan motored to Toronto to announce mid-week Maple Leaf games during the [[1981–82 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1981–82 season]] – he announced the night when [[Rick Vaive]] scored his 50th goal of the season, a first in Maple Leaf history. Gallivan did [[Sports commentator|play-by-play]] for at least 1,900 regular season and playoff matches, including 16 Stanley Cup victories for the Canadiens.<ref name="fame">{{Cite web |title={{!}} Hall of Famers Search |url=http://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=272&catID=all&lang=EN |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=www.sportshall.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Romanuk |first=Paul |title=Remembering the time I met my hero, Danny Gallivan |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/remembering-time-met-hero-danny-gallivan/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=www.sportsnet.ca |language=en}}</ref> His colour commentator for 18 years was [[Dick Irvin Jr.]], from 1966 until his retirement in 1984. From 1980 to 1984, [[Mickey Redmond]] joined the pair as the third man in the broadcast booth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hackel |first=Stu |date=2008-04-13 |title=The Morning Skate: Lunch With a Legend |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/the-morning-skate-lunch-with-a-legend/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Slap Shot |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Switzer |first=Tim |date=April 6, 2017 |title=For 33 seasons, broadcasting legend Dick Irvin Jr. brought colour to Hockey Night in Canada |url=https://leaderpost.com/entertainment/television/for-33-seasons-broadcasting-legend-dick-irvin-jr-brought-colour-to-hockey-night-in-canada}}</ref>

On October 9, 1970, he had the distinction of announcing the [[Vancouver Canucks]]' first-ever game in the NHL, a 3–1 loss to the [[Los Angeles Kings]] on [[CKNW]] radio.