Friday night marked a milestone night for a member of the Soo Greyhounds, though it wasn’t a traditional on-ice one. Greyhounds Director of Public Relations and Communications Gerry Liscumb Jr.

Friday night marked a milestone night for a member of the Soo Greyhounds, though it wasn’t a traditional on-ice one.

Greyhounds Director of Public Relations and Communications Gerry Liscumb Jr. took to the broadcast booth just like any other night prior to the Greyhounds game against the Saginaw Spirit.

The only difference is that this was game number 500.

What’s even more remarkable is that those 500 games were consecutive.

In his time with the Greyhounds, Liscumb has not missed a broadcast.

Prior to Friday night’s game, Greyhounds staff surprised Liscumb with an on-ice ceremony in which he was presented with a framed team jersey following this short video put together by the team and run on the videoboard prior to gametime:

In a statement, Greyhounds GM Kyle Dubas said: “Especially over this season, I have been able to witness firsthand the passion and energy which Gerry has for the Soo Greyhounds. In order for a major junior franchise to be as successful as possible, you need to have people on your bus that have a tremendous positive energy and an unabated fire to do everything within his or her power to help the organization become world-class. Gerry, no doubt, possesses both. With Gerry, everything that he does is done only with the best interests of the team in mind. No exceptions. To be able to work with someone that selfless is truly a pleasure.”

On top of his duties with the Greyhounds, Liscumb is well known around local racing circles.

He was heavily involved at Kinross Speedpark in Kinross, Michigan before getting involved at Laird International Raceway last summer.