- Jim Hughson
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name = Jim Hughson
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birth_date = 1956
birth_place =Fort St. John, British Columbia
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occupation = Sportscaster
nationality = CanadianJim Hughson (born 1956 in
Fort St. John, British Columbia ) is aCanadian sportscaster , best known for hisplay-by-play of professionalice hockey andbaseball .Biography
Hughson has won five
Gemini Awards , the most recent coming in 2004, where he was named the best sports play-by-play or analyst. He is also the official play-by-play announcer for theEA Sports NHL series ofvideo game s, and has been since 1997. From 1997-2001, Jim was added along withBuck Martinez as an analyst for "Triple Play '98", "Triple Play '99", "Triple Play 2000", "Triple Play 2001" and "Triple Play Baseball" for PlayStation and PC. One humorous quote from the game happens when a player hits ahome run , and Hughson exclaims to Martinez, "Oh, Buck! He crushed it!" Martinez was not featured on theNintendo 64 version of "Triple Play 2000".Hughson and Martinez were actual broadcast partners from 1990 to 1994 when they both covered the
Toronto Blue Jays for TSN. During that time, Hughson was most famous for calling all three of the games in which the Jays' clinched first place in theAmerican League East during the 1990s (1991, 1992, & 1993). Previously, Hughson had worked onMontreal Expos broadcasts for the network. From 1987-88 to 1993-94, Hughson also did play-by-play for NHL games with Gary Green on TSN. In 1991, he called theWorld Junior Hockey Championship inSaskatchewan , which climaxed with a dramatic game inSaskatoon between Canada and theUSSR , in whichJohn Slaney scored the winning goal late in the third period to deliver the gold medal to Canada. In 1994, Hughson left TSN to become the radio voice of theVancouver Canucks .Hughson had previously worked on Canucks radio broadcasts, working on the
pre-game , intermission, and post-game shows in the early '80s. He also filled in as play-by-play man whenJim Robson had national TV duties. In this role, he broadcast games 3 and 4 of the 1982Stanley Cup final between the Canucks andNew York Islanders . In 1982-83, he left to become the television voice of theToronto Maple Leafs , before joining TSN in 1987.In 1998, Hughson returned to national
sports broadcasting , joining CTV Sportsnet (nowRogers Sportsnet ) as their main NHLplay-by-play commentator alongsideCraig Simpson . A year later, he left radio and began working on the Canucks regional television broadcasts on Sportsnet Pacific, alongsideRyan Walter . From 2002-03 onwards, former NHL goaltender John Garrett was his partner. During its existence, he was also the host of "Snapshots" on Sportsnet.In addition to commenting on Sportsnet, Hughson also worked on
CBC Television 's "Hockey Night in Canada ", where he primarily broadcasted the late games of the network's Saturday night doubleheaders and one series through the first three rounds of the playoffs. In 2006, he was the secondary hockey broadcaster at the Winter Olympics inTurin, Italy . On March 11, 2008, Hughson signed an exclusive six-year contract with the CBC to call hockey and baseball for Canada's public network, leaving his current duties for Rogers Sportsnet at the conclusion of the 2007-2008 NHL season. [cite news | title =Hughson, Simpson will have double the fun | publisher = The Globe and Mail | date = 2008-03-21 | url = http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080321.wspttruth20/GSStory/GlobeSportsHockey/home?cid=al_gam_mostview | accessdate = 2008-05-09 ]When CBC picked up a package of Toronto Blue Jays games in 2007, it was announced that Hughson would call the games for them. His first Blue Jays broadcast for the CBC on
June 22 , 2007, was the first Blue Jays game he called in 13 years. OnMarch 11 ,2008 , Hughson was re-signed byCBC Sports to a six-year contract. [citeweb|title=Jim Hughson staying with CBC Sports| url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2008/03/11/jim-hughson.html| publisher=CBC Sports| date=2008-03-11| accessdate=2008-09-24]In addition to CBC, TSN, and Sportsnet, Hughson has also done spot work for ABC and
ESPN , covering both hockey and baseball. He lives inWhite Rock, British Columbia with his wife, Denise, and his 2 children, Matt and Jennifer. His daughter Jennifer Hughson is an aspiring actress.References
External links
* [http://www.bcradiohistory.com/Biographies/JimHughson.htm B.C. Radio History bio]
* [http://www.sportsnet.ca/bios/hughson_jim Jim Hughson's bio at Rogers Sportsnet]
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