Stick Up...for Hockey📣 And People!

Three of my last four Instagram posts have had a hockey flavor⌣ 

#TisTheSeason The NHL season starts with two games tonight - including the expansion Seattle Kraken in Las Vegas. A V for VancouVer who finish their 6-game road trip to start the season in Seattle on October 23rd. One week from today the Canucks will be in Buffalo in a matchup of my two favorite teams! 

I am back for my fourteenth season as the imaging voice for the Sabres on the MSG-TV broadcasts📺

Fights, camera & action🎬

Three It Up 4 These Two👩‍❤️‍👨

Three's a crowd on yesterday's Instagram post but 3 nice couple (snacks count!) photos before that😊

Are you enjoying the Tokyo Olympics? 

I recently narrated a longer piece involving Japanese history. It had a lot of pronunciations that were challenging but I came through with a gold medal performance🏆

Have an awesome August🌞

Tee It Up⛳ or Tree It Up🌲

My latest posts on Instagram all seem to have Trees to some degree in the background👀

If you want to be picky, those are plants above the birthday boy, Justin, on lucky June 13th🏀

How do you like my new backyard hoop? 

Lots of trees! 

A famous basketball Tree was probably very excited to see the team that drafted him 14th overall in 1977 win game 7 against the '76'ers last night. Tree Rollins spent a decade with the Atlanta Hawks and was known for his defense and shot-blocking⛔

I see Tree turned 66 last week so belated Happy Birthday!

I was blessed yesterday to celebrate my 30th Father's Day💗💞

Thanks to this tribe for a nice evening out!

Earth Day, Birthday & Barrett🏀

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Birthday! Last month👀 

Happy with my Barrett hoodie for my birthday! Our grandson of the same name turns 8 months old tomorrow💓 Can you believe the New York Knicks are actually good this season? They go for 9 straight wins against the Raptors on Saturday🏀🏀🏀

You Won't Laugh At These Sabres Greats🚫

I hope January brought you some laughs😂

And coffee☕ The cookies are below at my mother-in-law's🍪

Ha, Ha Ha😆 DON'T laugh at these Sabres greats🚫 

Hašek, Dominik (NHL Hall of Famer turned 56 last Friday. My age✓)

Hawerchuk, Dale (Sadly, he passed away last year at the age of 57 after a battle with stomach cancer. Also a Hall of Famer).

Hajt, Bill (played 854 games for the Sabres).

You can hear my narration on their Sabres 50 profiles by clicking on the links.

Turn Out The Lights on 2020 and Light Up The World in 2021🎇✨

For the 6th month in a row, I'm blogging to finish it off AND 2020!

Some classic rock thoughts from me on my Twitter accounts as we count down the final hours of 2020🎸🎶
Happy birthday to Jeff Lynne of ELO, who hit 73 yesterday🎂
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Michael Jackson's "Beat It" would also be an appropriate song to end the year with☑️

Do you remember the late Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne both being in the Traveling Wilburys? That was between 1988 - 1991. Three other superstars in the group: 

Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Roy Orbison. 

#TimeFlies but great music stands the test of time⏳

I'm looking forward to being a part of the Sabres action next month for my 13th season of voiceover

Great team behind the scenes! No average Joes

Bring on the ice - and snow... #HockeyWeather

Turn On The Lights & Keep Laughing😂

For the ⓹th month is a row, I'm blogging to finish it off. 

Like you, I can't wait for number 25 on the calendar next month🎄🎅

I just had my be$t voiceover month since June so I'm happy with those number$ and see that December will be even better!

More numbers...

I see no NFL team scored tennis numbers of 15, 30 or 40🎾 yesterday.

You've probably got more lights at your place than we do👀

How it started.

How it's going.

Oh deer. 

Turn Me L🎃👻se for Halloween + Don Luce Memories With the Buffalo Sabres👀

For the fourth month is a row, I'm blogging to finish it off👻

#FallColors #BackInBlack 👀 Happy HassOween🎃

 

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Not a #pumpkinPatch but a batch of #basketballs! Yes, one of these is #notLikeTheOthers 🐢 ... I just pumped these balls up because our Thursday night men's recreation #basketball league resumes for the first time since March with #Covid2020 guidelines in place through the @cityofkelowna Active Living programs😁 We've gone through the #hoops to make this happen⛹️‍♂️ ... #LetsDoThis #BasketballIsLife #BasketballIsFamily #Kelowna #Voiceover

A post shared by Ralph Hass (@ralphhass_vo) on Oct 22, 2020 at 4:27pm PDT

One of these is my truck👀 #TrUckOrTreat pic.twitter.com/fxCJTtjTV2

— Ralph Hass_oween🎃🎙️#Voiceover at home since 2005 (@RalphH_VO) October 31, 2020

Thanks for the treat, Don! #Sabres#Sabres50 flashback with #voiceover from yours tru🎙️y:@BuffaloSabres Hall Of Fame Profile: #DonLuce https://t.co/2YxNp6z797 via @NHL

— Ralph Hass_oween🎃🎙️#Voiceover at home since 2005 (@RalphH_VO) October 31, 2020

Are Sports Helping You Maintain Your Sanity?

For the third month is a row, I'm blogging to finish it off💚

The green team did not win the Stanley Cup. An amazing effort after a slow start in the bubble for the Dallas Stars but Tampa Bay won in six on Monday to close out a crazy season! *As I predicted😊

It appears the grass IS always greener on my Instagram👀

Drop by for a visit!

The NBA Finals begin tonight with another Florida team, the Miami Heat, taking on their former leader, LeBron James. Take the LA Lakers in 5 games to win that "bubble" championship🏀

How about those Buffalo Bills? 3-0 here on the 30th🏈

Hot off the press📰

NFLPA President JC Tretter Urges NFL Clubs to Use Exclusively Grass Fields

Ending the Month With More B's. It's a BOY!

Herbie The Love Bug was spotted yesterday along with grandson, Barrett, on his 8th day of life - looking like he's driving a car with mom🚗 *Imaginary steering wheel🌝
The classic Volkswagen bug had California plates and the sign wished Eli a Happy Birthday🎈
#6 for him👏 They grow up quickly, don't they?

Yes, those are Bears on Barrett's onesie🐻🐻 

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Grin and #bear it - or #boat it? Celebrated our 32nd wedding #anniversary on the 13th with great #Kelowna views😎 #DontFeedTheBears ... The bear #sculpture has been there since 2014 & if you zoom in on the plaque, you'll find out the origins of our city's name. #HotelEldorado #exploreKelowna #ExploreBC #tourismBC

A post shared by RalphH_VO (@ralphhass_vo) on Aug 15, 2020 at 11:24am PDT

I hope your month gave you a few reasons to smile. If it's covered up by a mask, I understand.