Thinking back over 50 years in hockey, Mike “Doc” Emrick can’t name one favorite memory or game, but one story sticks out.

Minutes after watching T.J. Oshie score four shootout goals to help the U.S. beat Russia at the Sochi Olympics, the camera panned to dejected fans and Emrick echoed 1980 gold medal-winning coach Herb Brooks with his call: “They paid their rubles to see the home team win. But not this game. Not tonight.”

Emrick called more than 3,700 games but is done adding game days to his calendar for the first time since 1970. The Hall of Fame broadcaster announced his retirement Monday to a chorus of tears and admiration from all corners of the sports world.