When every NHL team had someone to “police the rink”, Twister was one of the best ever to throw hands in a hockey game. A career cut short by a motorcycle accident, he fills in some of the details of how he got to the NHL…and how he was determined to stay. And some amazing insights on his unfortunate motorcycle incident. Enjoy!
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Tom Calhoun has been prominent in St. Louis-market broadcasting for over 4 decades. He is a retired broadcaster with experience that includes sports play-by-play, news broadcasting, program hosting and management. Calhoun has been the public-address announcer at St. Louis Blues hockey games since 1987 and the PA voice of the Gateway Grizzlies baseball club since 2003. He also served as news anchor and host at KMOX “The Voice of St. Louis”. His broadcasting efforts and public-address announcing earned him induction to the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. Calhoun is a SAG-AFTRA cardholder and former member of its St. Louis chapter Board of Directors. Tom and wife Barb live in Millstadt, IL and have two adult sons.
