Jack Edwards ( sportscaster ) Jack Edwards ( born March 24 , 1957 ) is currently the play - by - play announcer for the Boston Bruins on NESN . He occasionally does play - by - play for NHL on Versus coverage . Biography . Broadcasting career . Early career . Edwards started as a play - by - play announcer for the UNH hockey team . He then moved on to play - by - play and sports anchor positions at WGIR radio and WMUR - TV in Manchester , New Hampshire . During the early 1980s he worked as a talk radio host for WRKO in Boston , and as a weekend anchor at WJAR - TV in Providence . He then moved to sports anchor and reporter positions at WCVB - TV and WHDH - TV in Boston . He also served as a reporter for ABC ’ s " Wide World of Sports " and was an announcer for alpine skiing for ABC ' s coverage of the 1988 Winter Olympics and CBS ' s 1991 Olympic Winterfest coverage . ESPN . He spent 12 years at ESPN , from 1991 to 2003 . While with ESPN , he was also seen calling Little League baseball and sumo wrestling . Edwards worked as an NHL play - by - play announcer for ESPN from 1999 to 2003 , and was the primary play - by - play announcer for HDNet ’ s NHL broadcasts during the 2003 – 04 season . Soccer . From 2000 to 2002 , Edwards was the lead play - by - play announcer for " MLS Soccer Saturday " , ESPN2 ' s weekly telecast of Major League Soccer , as well as the announcer for telecasts of the United States men ' s national soccer team on ESPN and ABC . In 2002 , Edwards was the main play - by - play announcer for ESPN ' s coverage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup . He is known for a memorable call made during the United States ' run to the quarterfinals ; after the United States upset Portugal , 3 – 2 , Edwards yelled , " Mine eyes have seen the glory ! " , quoting from " Battle Hymn of the Republic " . He also was the play - by - play announcer for the Chicago Fire in 2003 . Edwards yelled " The goal area is 196 square feet , " as Celtic defeats Sporting at Fenway Park . NESN . In 2005 , Edwards began worked for NESN as a play - by - play announcer for the Boston Bruins , working road games in place of Dale Arnold . On July 6 , 2007 , he was named the Bruins play - by - play announcer for home and road games . Edwards is a particularly flamboyant and outspoken announcer , and has developed an ever - expanding repertoire of catch - phrases such as " TABOGGANING " " Sticks a fork in it " , " sends it down the river " , " fungoes the puck " , " I think I heard post " , " sets up in Gretzky ' s office " ( a forward directly behind the opposing team ' s goal net ) , " Bonerrific play by Chara ! " " ( random player ) dangles along the ( blueline / sidewall ) " , " SAVE BY THOMAS ! " , " The Bruins have just given the Canadiens the proverbial dutch oven ! " , " D to D " , " Wing to Wing " , " Penalty Bench " , " shot from ( arbitrary distance from net ) " , " Off glass " , " Forearm Shiver " and " This building is VIBRATING " . Recently , ACR , an internet poster from http : / / bostondiehards . com put together an unofficial version of the BINGO game , consisting of squares filled with " Edwardisms " , that fans can play at home as Edwards broadcasts . During the March 29 , 2009 game between the Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers , Edwards cackled maniacally after Flyers defenseman Randy Jones , the Flyers player who seriously injured popular Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron in the 2007 - 08 NHL season , was shoved into the boards by Milan Lucic . College Sports Television . He also appeared on College Sports Television in the interim of him leaving ESPN and coming to Versus . Versus . As of 2006 , Edwards is on Versus , calling play - by - play of National Hockey League games , and occasionally hosting " The NHL on Versus Post Game Report " . Personal . Edwards was a soccer player in college at the University of New Hampshire . Edwards also attended Oyster River High School in Durham , New Hampshire . Jack and his wife , Lisa , own Fountainhead Production , a full - fledged HD production company in Simsbury , Connecticut .