Al Shaver, voice of the North Stars, has died at age 96

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Al Shaver, voice of the North Stars, has died at age 96

In the spring of 1993, at a time when it felt like the hockey world was abandoning Minnesota, Al Shaver stuck around. Hired as the radio voice of the expansion Minnesota North Stars in 1967, Shaver had been there through all 26 of their seasons at Met Center. And when Norm Green took the players and the jerseys and all of the history with him to north Texas, Shaver said, “Nope, not interested.” Longtime Minnesota North Stars radio broadcaster Al…