Jim Hughson didn't have any trouble filling the time during the previous two NHL lockouts. Mark Forums Read; Quick Links. opening win against the Ottawa Senators Wednesday night.

Cliff Ronning also breaks down the game. Hughson this year was named the winner of the Foster Hewitt Award for excellence in sports broadcasting. She told police that Matthews and his friends appeared to be intoxicated, and he said he thought it would be funny to see how she would react. I am so sick of this Pepsi/Lays commercial.

The Isles got their top defenseman on a bridge contract at a reasonable price, but they still have challenging work ahead to clear enough cap space for Mathew Barzal. He has a daughter named Jennifer and son Matthew. But Hughson’s kids are older and more independent now—his son is in university and his daughter is in her last year of high school—and he expects he'll be "terribly bored" if the current lockout extends into the regular season. He also called men's ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. She said he later walked away, dropped his pants (though not his underwear), bent over and grabbed his buttocks. "With the various work stoppages that started in the '90s, I started to get a sense that I should not lay all my eggs in the hockey basket," he said. Hughson is worried the NHL will lose audience gains that resulted largely from a new NBC contract, the annual Winter Classic game played outdoors and the HBO documentary "24/7" that focused on the lead-up to the Winter Classic. Then in 1990, Hughson became the regular play-by-play announcer for Toronto Blue Jays broadcasts, alongside Buck Martinez. Hughson is also worried about the impact on producers, directors and technicians as well as businesses that earn considerable sums from TV broadcasts. [5], Hughson was born on October 9,[6] 1956 in Fort St. John, British Columbia. Yeah, Jim Hughson, the Sportsnet play by play guy. CBC president Hubert Lacroix acknowledged this week that a delayed or cancelled season would be "a cash flow challenge for us.". [7], Toronto Blue Jays television play-by-play voice, "Jim Hughson to lead play-by-play when Rogers takes over NHL rights next season", "Brown, Hughson to be honored by Hockey Hall of Fame", "Happy birthday today to Jim Hughson, CBC hockey commentator! DuffMan. Post game after Vancouver 1-0 win in Game 1. Hughson also grazes 85 head of beef cattle at the back of his now-closed F&D Landfill. Hughson is not anticipating any exceptional replacements. WHL players are joining Jr. A teams while they wait for their season to begin - but not every AJHL franchise is open to the idea. Matthews, 22, was considered a candidate to be named team captain, but the Maple Leafs gave the role to John Tavares, who had been a longtime captain with the New York Islanders. Jody chats with Jim Hughson and Kelly Hrudey. Hughson has owned the 80 plus acres since 1987. "I also think that NBC’s (10-year, US$2-billion) contract in the United States is a bigger contract than they have in Canada, so it puts pressure on them.''. Jim Hughson (born October 9, 1956) is a Canadian sportscaster, best known for his play-by-play of the National Hockey League and Toronto Blue Jays baseball games. In this role, he broadcast games three and four of the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals between the Canucks and New York Islanders. HOME; ABOUT US; SERVICES. Before him, the property was run as a “town” dump by other owners. TSN could expand its slate to include additional live events, news, talk shows and documentaries. I must have seen it 1000 times over the last 4 days. In previous lockouts, the networks aired more major junior and American Hockey League games. The broadcast on June 22, 2007 was the first baseball game he had called in 13 years. SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Kevin Allen makes five declaration he believes will come true for the NHL season.

You know, the guy with no emotion who announces the action as if he’s reading it from a teleprompter. "He came back and was the Conn Smythe Trophy winner and won the Stanley Cup (in 2013). "When I thought about that, I looked back to 2012 and thought about Patrick Kane, 24-year-old for the Chicago Blackhawks, got into a little trouble with too many cameras around in Wisconsin that summer, and what did he do?" [2] In 2019, the Hockey Hall of Fame announced that Hughson was named as the winner of the annual Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, honouring outstanding contributions by a hockey broadcaster. But the current one poses a greater challenge for the "Hockey Night in … "In Canada, if you want to start a conversation, you either talk about hockey or the weather—and now we’re reduced to the weather," he said. Networks stand to lose broadcasts that attract millions of viewers and generate millions of dollars in advertising revenue. In 2006, he was the secondary play-by-play announcer for CBC's coverage of men's ice hockey at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He cut down on hockey broadcasts a few years ago after working on 15 Stanley Cup finals for CBC, but took on more work than usual this summer, such as the final two rounds of the Canadian Women’s Open golf tournament, Rogers Cup tennis and Davis Cup tennis, to offset the effects of the anticipated lockout. the Maple Leafs gave the role to John Tavares, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. In 1982, he left to become the television voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, before joining TSN in 1987. So is Larry Isaac, a 30-year veteran freelance producer who works an average of 65 to 75 games per season airing Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers games.

Hughson is not worried that lost games will harm long-term ratings in Canada. "No, I'm not disappointed," Matthews said when asked about not being named captain. The Blue Jackets have been in on Mike Hoffman since the scoring winger became a free agent.

Since 2008, he has been the lead play-by-play announcer for Hockey Night in Canada Career Early career. Happy to be wearing a letter in general. "There isn’t any hockey at the National Hockey League level to talk about, and I just don’t think that the networks have found adequate replacements for that.". They learned about it in September via Twitter the day before Matthews faced a hearing in the case. Not a subscriber?
On May 31 in an interview with Jim Hughson, Shannon proved just how full of himself he is by routinely talking over his guest instead of just getting out of the way. He also filled in as play-by-play man when Jim Robson had national TV duties. "With all due respect to all of the networks, we’ve not found anything that can replace the numbers," said Hughson. He now works exclusively on hockey for Sportsnet while working for the other two networks or event organizers on other sports. "That’s the sport of our country, and that’s the sport that brings in the most consistent ratings on our network.". Hughson has won five Gemini Awards, the most recent in 2004, where he was named the best sports play-by-play or analyst. In addition to his Canadian sportscasting work, Hughson has made occasional appearances for ABC and ESPN in the United States, covering both hockey and baseball. ", "That's how you put a little problem behind you." Then he went on to make an awkward, stumbling ramble about this being a “golden era” for … "At the end of the day, everyone wants hockey," he said. NHL POINT PROJECTIONS: How we see the 2019-20 season unfolding. And that's how you put a little problem behind you. Hughson, Simpson and, until 2016, Healy remain the lead commentary crew for HNIC (which remains on CBC as part of a sub-licensing deal), but may now also appear on other Sportsnet national games when needed.[3][4]. In addition to hockey, Hughson also called baseball for TSN. Graham said it's ultimately up to the NHL and union to put together a long-term deal that makes everybody happy. You used to have to clamber everywhere to watch a game anywhere in the United States and, this year, you could see every playoff game anywhere you went.". "So a lot of your planning gets thrown out the door and you basically have to start from scratch in a lot of cases.". Hughson called the late games of the network's Saturday night doubleheaders and one series through each of the first three playoff rounds. He hopes a long-term hockey hiatus can be avoided. 08-05-2013, 10:12 PM. Big yikes from Jim Hughson pic.twitter.com/C1fSHRrOIO. The most excited I’ve seen him is in the Pepsi commercial (with a Lloyd Christmas haircut) where he’s forced to sound energetic. Isaac has produced games for "Hockey Night in Canada," TSN, Sportsnet and others since 1982. Some potential additions include expanded Major League Soccer playoff coverage, more NFL programming and increased world junior hockey championship coverage, a spokesman for the network said. Jim Hughson didn't have any trouble filling the time during the previous two NHL lockouts. In 1998, Hughson returned to national sports broadcasting, joining CTV Sportsnet (now Rogers Sportsnet) as their main NHL play-by-play commentator alongside Craig Simpson. TSN later adopted the phrase as the name of its popular program That's Hockey, which started in October 1995, a talk show covering NHL happenings. "So you find other things to do.". Unlike their U.S. counterparts, Canadian freelancers do not have as many other sports telecasts to work on. All the best Jim!!! In 2005, Hughson was hired by CBC as Hockey Night in Canada's secondary play-by-play announcer. While Lacroix said CBC has ''replacement programming", it's still not fully clear how networks will fill the void created by a lockout. He also provided the play-by-play in EA's Triple Play series for PlayStation and PC from 1997 to 2001, along with his former Blue Jays broadcast partner Buck Martinez. During that time, Hughson was most famous for calling all three of the games in which the Jays' clinched first place in the American League East during the 1990s (1991, 1992, and 1993).

Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews, who was accused of disorderly conduct in May, scored two goals through two periods in his team's opening win against the Ottawa Senators Wednesday night. Staffers can work on other broadcasts for their networks, but freelancers face an uncertain future. Forum; Forum Home; FAQ; Calendar; Forum Actions. Hughson worked for TSN from 1987 to 1994, working as the lead play-by-play announcer for the network's NHL games, paired with Gary Green and Roger Neilson (until 1989). Hughson worked on Canucks radio broadcasts, working on the pre-game, intermission, and post-game shows in the early 1980s. Plus I ****ing can't stand Jim Hughson. when describing an exciting play during NHL broadcasts. In addition to calling the primary Saturday night game (usually featuring the Toronto Maple Leafs), Hughson also called NHL All-Star Game, the Winter Classic, and the Stanley Cup Finals. In 1991, he called the World Junior Hockey Championship in Saskatchewan, which climaxed with a dramatic game in Saskatoon between Canada and the USSR, in which John Slaney scored the winning goal late in the third period to deliver the gold medal to Canada. With the first regular-season telecasts not scheduled until Oct. 11, representatives from CBC and Sportsnet say their networks are taking a wait-and-see approach and will be prepared to roll out a different programming plan if necessary.

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