BSN Exclusive: The "Voice of the Avalanche" resigns

Mike Haynes, who has broadcast Avalanche games from the team’s inception in 1995, both on radio and television, has resigned his TV play-by-play position with Altitude, BSN Denver has learned.

Altitude sent a company-wide email saying Haynes had resigned, for unspecified reasons. Exactly why Haynes resigned is not clear, but Altitude executive producer Ken Miller said the decision was made by Haynes – not made for him.

“He has his reasons, but Mike is the best person to comment on that,” Miller told BSN Denver.

BSN Denver has reached out to Haynes, but has yet to receive a response.

Miller said a search for Haynes’ replacement is underway, but probably won’t be finalized anytime soon, with the season still around four months away.

Haynes came to Denver in 1994 to do the radio play-by-play for the Denver Grizzlies of the International Hockey League. When the Avs moved to Denver in 1995, Haynes and color man Norm Jones continued their respective roles with them.

In 2005, Haynes moved to the TV side as play-by-play man, with Peter McNab, where the two have been ubiquitous since. Some of Haynes’ calls will live on forever in Avs’ lore, including his “How do you like them apples, Gilmour?” call when Joe Sakic fought Chicago’s Doug Gilmour and got the best of him.

More details on the Haynes story will be told as they become known.