Paul Sullivan: Pat Foley’s final game in the Blackhawks broadcast booth is the end of an era in Chicago sports

CHICAGO — When he began broadcasting Chicago Blackhawks games at the start of the 1980-81 season, Pat Foley wanted fans to know he wasn’t going to be another old-school announcer.

“I try to be as well-prepared as possible and stay on top of the action,” he told the Chicago Tribune’s Neil Milbert. “But I also try to have a little fun on the air. I think when people leave work, they want to leave their worries behind.

“This is a hockey game. If you can’t have fun doing a job like this, let’s face it, you’re a boring guy.”

Foley has been called a thing or two during his four decades as a hockey announcer, but boring is not one of them. And when he calls his final game Thursday night at the United Center, where