Henrik Lundqvist Sends Emotional Message to Legendary Broadcaster

Sam Rosen took to the broadcast booth for Wednesday night's broadcast of the New York Rangers against the Philadelphia Flyers in a familiar, yet unfamiliar way.

Known as the voice of the Rangers for over 40 years, Rosen has called play-by-play on the Rangers' home network, MSG. 

As his retirement looms at the end of this season, Rosen called a nationally televised broadcast on TNT with his old colleague John Davidson, who sat alongside Sam Rosen for 19 years calling Rangers games before moving onto other ventures as a hockey executive in 2006. 

Before puck drop, the "NHL On TNT" panel interviewed the reunited broadcast duo and Hall of Fame Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist shared a moving exchange with Rosen. 

“I just want to say it was an absolute pleasure, as a player, to be around you throughout my entire career,” Lundqvist said. “To see you on the team plane, to see you before every morning skate, talking about the game, about the life. Thanks for being such a professional and again, it was an absolute pleasure to be around you.”

“And my question is, you’ve been around the game for so long, what will you miss now, after 40 years of doing this and walking away from the game?”