John Wiedeman felt pressure to get call on Patrick Kane's 2010 Cup-winner right

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Now that 10 years have passed, everyone seems to remember Patrick Kane’s 2010 Cup-clinching goal vividly. But for some, it also brings back some traumatic work experiences.

In the latest edition of the Blackhawks Talk Podcast, NBC Sports broadcaster Doc Emrick labeled it “the worst call I ever made in 47 years.” And on Sports Talk Live, Blackhawks’ radio voice John Wiedeman recalled the uncertainty of the moment and the time a bad situation turned into a memorable moment.

“Nobody knew where that puck was after Patrick Kane had shot it,” said Wiedeman. “Leading up to the overtime, I had that sense of ‘I gotta get this right. There’s so many people depending on me, I gotta get this right.’

“It’s my obligation to make sure that I got it right. Now, having done play by play professionally for, leading up to that point, I think it was 10 years, I had enough practice that I should have been able to handle that moment,” recalled Wiedeman. “But when that moment is upon you, you really don’t know what’s going to happen and you have to rely on your training, and I think a little bit on your instincts.”

As usual, the Stanley Cup Final usually brings out throngs of media members and numerous extra broadcast partners come out from across the globe. Wiedeman and partner Troy Murray’s broadcast location came at the expense of the extra coverage.

“We were 15 feet outside the last broadcast booth. Visiting radio, they kick you out, you’re like the lowest member of the food chain,” he said. “And in Philly, we were working on a ledge, and the ledge was 15 feet down from the end broadcast booth and there were people walking behind Troy Murray and me, almost the whole night. You know, like, ‘Hey, we gotta get through, you guys are in the way,’ and nobody seemed to even care.”

When Kane slid the puck under Flyers’ goalie Michael Leighton’s pads, he seemed to be the only person in the building that knew the game - and the Blackhawks’ 49-year Stanley Cup drought - was over.

“Now, I’ll admit that there was a second there where I didn’t know where that puck was. But I was basing my call on two things,” said Wiedeman. “One was the body language of Patrick Kane. Why would he skate so vigorously behind the net and around and up the far boards, waving his hands in the air going ‘Hey, come on, boys, it’s over! It’s over!’? Why would he do that if that puck wasn’t in the net? So I trusted Patrick Kane to know that it was in the net, that he indeed saw it go into the net, there was a definitive end to this.”

The second factor Wiedeman based his call on? He finally saw the puck...but it took a bit longer than usual.

“When Michael Leighton, the goaltender of the Flyers was down in the crease, he had turned his body one way and then the other, and when he turned that other way, I saw the puck down underneath the apron of the net,” Wiedeman recalled. “And I heard Troy Murray to my left saying ‘It’s in! It’s in! It’s in!’ And he has a ton of experience in the NHL, not only as a broadcaster but definitely as a player, he’s seen it all. And when I heard that and I saw that and said, ‘This is it.' 'He scores, it’s in, the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup.' And I went on a little bit of a soliloquy about the 49 years and the fans’ patience and all of that. There was a great sense of relief on top of it, I’ll admit, but an incredible sense of euphoria.”

And a memorable call so endearing to Blackhawks fans all came because of the precarious positioning of a broadcast perch.

“But it turned out to be the best possible broadcast perspective for calling the game-winning goal. Who knew?”

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