Bob Miller, veteran Kings broadcaster, will undergo non-emergency surgery tomorrow....
I met Bob for the first time in the strangest place; Richfield, Ohio, which evokes some memories. It was the season opener in 1976, Kings vs. Cleveland Barons. That franchise folded rather quickly; if you were ever there you would understand that the arena was poorly located, midway between Cleveland and Akron, sort of in the middle of nowhere. The population centers were miles away. My brother, who I was visiting, although a native Ohioan, had no idea where Richfield was, but my sister-in-law said she could find it, so off we went to find Richfield. About an hour or so later we arrived at the arena. There didn’t seem to be much traffic around, and we wondered if we’d come on the wrong night or something. No, we were just a little early, so we got good seats at center ice, and I soon spotted Bob not far away, so I approached him and struck up a conversation, catching up on the latest Kings news, since I’d been out of touch for a week or two. I remember telling him about me being a season seat holder the past two years, and commuting nearly a hundred miles each way to the games, and so on. I came away with the feeling that Bob was a terrific guy, who seemed truly interested in my story. Although it was only for a few minutes, Bob made that night memorable. The game not so memorable, a 2-2 tie.
Get well quickly, Bob; we’ll all be holding good thoughts for you tomorrow.
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