Jeff Rimer Retiring

     Original Florida Panthers television play-by-play announcer Jeff Rimer will be retiring at the end of the 2023-24 National Hockey League season. He has been the television voice of the Columbus Blue Jackets since the 2005-06 campaign.  

     Rimer was first noticed as a radio sportscaster at CFCF-AM where he covered the Montreal Canadiens and the Montreal Expos. He became the sports director at WBAL-AM in Baltimore and later the television play-by-play announcer of the Washington Capitals in the mid-1980s. Rimer shared announcing duties along with Kenny Albert for two seasons in 1992-93 and 1993-94. 

     He joined the Florida Panthers as their television play-by-play announcer for their inaugural season in 1993-94 on Sunshine Network with Denis Potvin as his game analyst. Rimer stayed with the club for 11 seasons until the 2003-04 season.