Darren Dutchyshen - 1966–2024

[647Hockey]

Crap. Didn't know he had cancer. One of the best guys on TSN.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

So sad. Will always remember his segment with Pierre fondly.

"You're an announcer with a long stick from time to time"

RIP Dutch

 

[Czechboy]

RIP... f***en legend! Gone too soon. Tragic.

 

[BahlDeep]

Wow, what a shock.

Rip.

 

[Warden of the North]

Way too young. Loved him on TSN.

f*** cancer

 

[jeffff]

“He beat him like a rented mule”.

Great Dutchy quote.

RIP

 

[ManofSteel55]

Oh shit didn't expect this one.

Remember him back in his ITV days in Edmonton was one of the first sports guys I watched growing up.

RIP

This one hit me a bit too, watching Sports Night gave me my night time fix of sports before bed.

It's interesting. With guys like Dutchy and Bob Cole - I never met them. But I feel like I knew them. We welcomed them into our home on a nightly or weekly basis, and they feel like a part of the extended family to an extent.

RIP Darren, condolences to his family.

 

[Leafs87]

Awful news. I worked with his daughter in HS and would also chat with him when he’d pick her up. He even gave me a ride home once since we lived in the same neighbourhood. Super good guy and would strike up a conversation with anyone at our grocery store when they ran into him. Rest in peace big guy.

 

[McGarnagle]

At the funeral Pierre is going to be standing uncomfortably close to the casket the whole time

 

[Lehnerd Skinnerd]

Damn, terrible news. He was one of my favourites on TSN. I remember when he came back after being off for a year, and it sounded like he was doing better. But haven’t watched SportsCentre in a while, hadn’t heard anything about him since he came back. Had he still been working recently?

RIP

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

R.I.P. Dutchy

 

[joestevens29]

Yup, he and Perry Solkowski were a great team. RIP Dutchie.

Where is Solkowski nowadays?

 

[Royale With Cheese]

This is awful!

I had no idea he was even ill. Wasn't he live on TSN even as recently as a couple of weeks ago?

 

[David Suzuki]

Thank you for giving us this moment.

RIP

First thing I thought of. RIP.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

Good voice and energy for the gig. The only guy to ever make me almost care about the CFL the way he talked about it sometimes iirc. RIP.

 

[Mike Jones]

So sorry to hear about this. Way too soon. The guy was younger than me.

I'll always remember him reviewing some hi-lights from a baseball game and using some incredibly hilarious and shocking language when describing a play at the plate.

 

[frisco]

I remember when he must have been just starting out on the local sports here in Saskatoon. He was doing an onsite Rider training camp segment in the late 80's wearing a pastel "Miami Vice"-type outfit and we were giving him a hard time. He was good about it.

Came along way from there, to one of the best sports anchors this country has seen. RIP. Sad day.

My Best-Carey

 

[vanarchy]

Way too damn young. I don't even know what to say, just awful.

 

[mattydamon]

Man that really sucks. f*** Cancer. Rest in Peace.

 

[syz]

 

[JianYang]

OMG... he died?

Was he sick or something? This is unexpected for me.




RIP.

I think he had cancer but I also remember he came back to host sportscaster afterwards so I thought things were trending in the right direction. That was a long time ago though.

Very sad indeed.

 

[Peasy]

I think he had cancer but I also remember he came back to host sportscaster afterwards so I thought things were trending in the right direction. That was a long time ago though.

Very sad indeed.

 

[HolyGhost]

Oh shit didn't expect this one.

Remember him back in his ITV days in Edmonton was one of the first sports guys I watched growing up.

RIP

Edmonton was a factory for sports guys in the 80s

 

[snag]

Good voice and energy for the gig. The only guy to ever make me almost care about the CFL the way he talked about it sometimes iirc. RIP.

Yeah.....being a SK boy he had that Rider Pride.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Way too young, sad really