I assumed there would have been a post about this somewhere but apparently not
Jim Robson legendary Canucks broadcaster passed away at 91 yesterday 2/10/2026, the voice of the team through the 70's, 80's and 90's
I have a soft spot for him as my introduction to hockey was listening to Robson on CKNW as a I schlepped my way from Chilliwack to Vancouver doing curfew checks on young offenders
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“We worked side by side for a dozen years and I will always be grateful to him for teaching me how to prepare for a hockey broadcast. Jim Robson was a consummate professional and a great guy. May he rest in peace.”
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I hope I got this correct: "At this time I'd like to say a special hello to all the hospital patients, shut-ins, pensioners, the blind, all the folks who can't get out to hockey games; a special hello to you tonight."
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Edit: beaten by Troutman but the spirit remains so I’m keeping my post too.
No post on Jim Robson would be complete without:
"A special hello to all the hospital patients and shut-ins, the pensioners, the blind, and all of those people who can't get out to watch hockey games."
Rest in peace with those that you spoke to over the years.
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I hope I got this correct: "At this time I'd like to say a special hello to all the hospital patients, shut-ins, pensioners, the blind, all the folks who can't get out to hockey games; a special hello to you tonight."
I was trying to find that on Youtube but couldn't, when you worked with jailbirds (as I did) 'shut ins' took on a whole different significance as the guys were always glued to the radio on game night at the various jails around BC
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Yeah....lived in Van in the early-mid 70's when i was a wee lad.
Canucks were an achingly bad expansion team but Robson kept them relevant and exciting with his pbp.
Very few games were televised, so CKNW was a must listen for a young hockey crazy kid, and Robson painted a picture as well as anyone who ever spoke into a microphone calling a game.
RIP Mr. Robson.....and thank you.
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He was an excellent play by play guy. Definitely heard a lot of him doing games on the radio or on T.V. as a kid because our family lived in B.C. back in the early 90's we had the Satellite dish where we could get the feeds for games. So you could hear the announcers talk during the breaks. Robson was always very polite, and he never missed last call. He loved his job, lived a good long life, and got to enjoy a nice retirement. If all of us could be so fortunate. RIP to a true gentleman.
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Man clickbait is out of control...there was a post on social media that said "famous Canucks announcer Jim shockingly found dead just days before the Olympics" and had a picture of him and Jim Hughson.
I mean with all due respect one did pass but 91 is a good life.
Man clickbait is out of control...there was a post on social media that said "famous Canucks announcer Jim shockingly found dead just days before the Olympics" and had a picture of him and Jim Hughson.
I mean with all due respect one did pass but 91 is a good life.
Fair enough.
For the Old Timers though, in that clip in the OP...what was Toronto doing in the Western Conference Finals?
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Toronto used to be in the west, of course, because there were more teams in the east than the west, so for balance, some of the teams were in the "wrong" conference. Remember, before East and West, they were the Campbell and Wales conferences. It took expansion and some moves for the Leafs to be able to move to the Eastern conference.
Ditto Detroit.
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Toronto used to be in the West until the late 90s...as were the Wings into the 2000s
Hence all the Avs/Wings western final wars
I've heard that putting Toronto in the West (the Campbell Conference at that time) was Harold Ballard's idea. He wanted to be in the old Norris Division because there were so many bad teams there, and it was easier to make the playoffs. He could be as cheap as he liked, put together a 60-point team, and still get playoff revenue more often than not.
For those too young to remember, there were years when the first-place team in the Norris Division had a .500 record. We used to call it the ‘Snore-is’ Division because the hockey was such a bore.
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Jim Robson Dead at 91
