His versatility has earned him the title of official play-by-play announcer for the EA Sports NHL series of video games, from 1997 to 2007. Hughson is an avid runner with routes in all 31 NHL cities.[7]. “Everything is done in three-word phrases, and sometimes you end them on an ‘up’ intonation. But the finished product makes it fun.”, NHL 15 featured 35,000 unique lines of speech, or roughly the amount of one phone conversation with my mother. Hughson called the late games of the network's Saturday night doubleheaders and one series through each of the first three playoff rounds. It brought him some extra spending money and a surprising amount of notoriety, but Hockey Night in Canada‘s chief play-by-play man Jim Hughson doesn’t miss his side gig. of NHL play-by-play worked in concert with the game’s producers to build a sound library, recording not only each NHL player’s name but the names of players that could make the cut in training camp, plus all the international players. On March 11, 2008, he signed an exclusive six-year contract with the CBC to call hockey and baseball for Canada's public network, leaving Rogers Sportsnet at the conclusion of the 2007–08 season. He is known for his very clear, accessible voice, enthusiastic delivery, and articulate use of the English language. He played announcers in both films. His partner on the top broadcast team was his former Sportsnet partner Craig Simpson and, until 2016, former NHL goaltender Glenn Healy and reporter Scott Oake. All the best Jim!!! He worked on Montreal Expos broadcasts for the network from 1987 to 1989. Jim Hughson (born 1956 in Fort St. John, British Columbia) is a Canadian sportscaster, best known for his play-by-play of professional ice hockey and baseball. His partner on the top broadcast team is Craig Simpson. Hughson has also had small roles in two sports-related family comedies: MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000) and Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002). We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. In this role, he broadcast games three and four of the 1982 Stanley Cup Finals between the Canucks and New York Islanders. The broadcast on June 22, 2007 was the first baseball game he had called in 13 years. If you listen to the early games, we didn’t do a good job of it.”. We didn't recognize that password reset code. Sorry we could not verify that email address. You can change your selection at any time. Calling sports … Jim Hughson reportedly has an estimated net worth of about $13 million. All rights reserved. Jim Hughson (born 1956 in Fort St. John, British Columbia) is a Canadian sportscaster, best known for his play-by-play of professional ice hockey and baseball. The Hockey Hall of Fame announced earlier this year that he won the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, which is given annually by the NHL Broadcasters' Association "in recognition of members of the radio and television industry who made outstanding contributions to their profession and the game during their career in hockey broadcasting," as per the HHOF.