Chris Cuthbert (born September 20, 1957) is a
Canadian
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sportscaster. He is the lead
play-by-play
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commentator for ''
NHL on Sportsnet
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'' and ''
Hockey Night in Canada
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'', since 2021. Formerly, he worked for
TSN,
NBC
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, and CBC Sports in a multitude of roles.
He was lead play-by-play voice for
ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Rogers Arena (then known as GM Place, and renamed ''Canada Hockey Place'' for the duration of the Games due to IOC sponsorship rules) in Vancouver, home of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Can ...
in
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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, Canada for
CTV, where he worked alongside
Pierre McGuire
Regis Pierre McGuire (born August 8, 1961) is an American-Canadian ice hockey executive who last served as senior vice-president of player development for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously worked as a televis ...
, who also worked the tournament for
NBC
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, and
Ray Ferraro
Raymond Vincent Ferraro (born August 23, 1964) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player and currently sports commentator, broadcaster for NHL on ESPN, ESPN/NHL on ABC, ABC and formerly of TSN Hockey, TSN. He played for 21 se ...
.
He and Ferraro also called
2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, including the bronze medal match between Canada and the
Czech Republic
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and the gold medal match between
Russia
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and
Germany
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.
He is currently the announcer for
Sportsnet
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’s broadcast of
Toronto Maple Leafs
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games.
Biography
Early life
Cuthbert was raised in
Brampton
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and graduated from
Brampton Centennial Secondary School
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History
The first ...
. He later graduated from
Queen's University.
CBC
After almost five years at CJAD Radio in Montreal, the last two as Sports Director, Cuthbert joined CBC Sports in 1984, where he anchored regional western games for ''
Hockey Night in Canada
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'', usually from Edmonton. He also got spot play-by-play work when the network's primary western broadcaster,
Don Wittman
Donald Rae Wittman (October 9, 1936 – January 19, 2008) was a Canadian sportscaster.
Early life and education
Born in Herbert, Saskatchewan, Wittman attended the University of Saskatchewan and got his start in the field of broadcasting as ...
, was covering other events for the network, or when the schedule load necessitated it.
He got his big break during the
1988 Stanley Cup playoffs
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. On April 18, he was a reporter in
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
, providing brief and periodic reports of the
Washington Capitals
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–
New Jersey Devils
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game to the national
CBC viewing audience watching the Canadian network's game broadcast from
Montreal
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(
the Canadiens against the Boston Bruins). A
power outage
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There are many causes of power failures in an electricit ...
struck the Montreal area, which ended the telecast from that city, and CBC was forced to turn to Cuthbert in Washington to provide the full broadcast – play-by-play, analyst, and host. The broadcast was totally done off the cuff. In other words, there was no regular analysts, there were no graphics, or replay capabilities. His effort caught the network's attention, earned him a nomination for a
Gemini Award
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, and launched a successful broadcasting career.
Cuthbert rose to a sportscaster for
CBC, where he called
Olympic sports
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,
figure skating
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,
Canadian football
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, and
NHL hockey
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Cover
Glenn Healy who was then a goaltender fo ...
. He became the secondary play-by-play voice of ''
CFL on CBC
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'' behind
Don Wittman
Donald Rae Wittman (October 9, 1936 – January 19, 2008) was a Canadian sportscaster.
Early life and education
Born in Herbert, Saskatchewan, Wittman attended the University of Saskatchewan and got his start in the field of broadcasting as ...
in 1992 and eventually became the lead play-by-play voice, broadcasting the
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...
Championship each November from
1996
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to
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
. His most notable work was ''
Hockey Night in Canada
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'' (''HNIC'') games primarily involving the
Montreal Canadiens
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or
NHL
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teams from
Western Canada
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. In the era of the CBC's ''
Hockey Night in Canada
CBC Television has aired National Hockey League (NHL) broadcasts under the ''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') brand that is primarily associated with its Saturday night NHL broadcasts throughout its hi ...
'' double-headers, Cuthbert usually called the late games. He was assigned to a conference final every year in the play-by-play role from 1993 until 2004.
Departure from CBC
Cuthbert's contract was terminated by the CBC on February 24, 2005, by
CBC Sports
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executive director
Nancy Lee while the network endured the
2004–05 NHL lockout
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The main dispute was the league's desire to implement a salary cap to ...
. There was much outrage over his firing, similar to that of
Ron MacLean who had almost threatened to leave the network over stalled contract negotiations, as many believed he'd be the successor to
Bob Cole Robert Cole may refer to:
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Sports
*Bob Cole (cricketer) (born 1938), for ...
. Some criticized Lee, who had created the position ''Manager of Program Acquisitions'' for
CBC Sports
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to hire her friend
Sue Prestedge
Sue Prestedge is a Canadian sports broadcaster who was one of Canada's first and most influential female sports journalists."Hamilton's Prestedge to lead Women's Sports Network". ''Hamilton Spectator'', March 2, 2001.
After working as a sports rep ...
a year earlier, despite the looming threat of the
NHL lockout
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* The 1992 NHL strike, which postponed 30 games of the 1991–92 season
* The 1994–95 NHL lockout, which cancelled many of the games of ...
. It was also believed that Cuthbert's strong opposition, when CBC chose to drop its popular ''Hockey Day in Canada'' broadcast, did not endear himself to Lee. This decision was widely criticized, as rival network
TSN staged a ''Hockey Day'' of its own.
TSN and NBC
After joining TSN in the spring of 2005, Cuthbert became
TSN's
lead CFL football voice, replacing TSN-original
John Wells. Coincidentally, Cuthbert got his job at CBC in 1984 when Wells left the network to join the fledgling TSN. Since TSN gained the exclusive television rights to the CFL starting in
2008
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, Cuthbert has returned to his role as the primary voice of the
CFL on TSN
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and called every Grey Cup during his TSN tenure.
Since joining TSN in 2005, he served as their secondary
hockey
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play-by-play voice. In the
2005–06 and
2006–07 seasons, he also worked for
NBC
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alongside colour commentator
Peter McNab
Peter Maxwell McNab (May 8, 1952 – November 6, 2022) was a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1973 to 1987, with the Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canu ...
for both seasons. "''Inside-the-Glass''" reporter
Cammi Granato
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joined the pair 2005–06, and
Darren Pang
Darren Robert Pang (born February 17, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played his professional career with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (1984–85 and 1987–89).
He is currently the lead c ...
replaced Granato in 2006–07. As a result of
Rogers Media
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's acquisition of the
national exclusive rights to the NHL in 2014, he became part of TSN's broadcasts of
Ottawa Senators
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and
Toronto Maple Leafs
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regional games, as well as returning for NHL assignments on NBC and NBCSN, often calling the first two rounds of the playoffs.
He made
National Hockey League
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history on December 1,
2006
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as the first play-by-play announcer in NHL history to intentionally broadcast a game from ice level, rather than a broadcast booth. Along with
Glenn Healy
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, he called the
Buffalo Sabres
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/
New York Rangers
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game at
HSBC Arena
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in
Buffalo, New York
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. According to ''
The Globe and Mail
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'', "it was a good show and it's unlikely to be the last."
2010 Winter Olympics
He was the lead play-by-play announcer for
men's ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver for
CTV with
Pierre McGuire
Regis Pierre McGuire (born August 8, 1961) is an American-Canadian ice hockey executive who last served as senior vice-president of player development for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously worked as a televis ...
, who also worked the tournament for
NBC
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, and his partner
Ray Ferraro
Raymond Vincent Ferraro (born August 23, 1964) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey player and currently sports commentator, broadcaster for NHL on ESPN, ESPN/NHL on ABC, ABC and formerly of TSN Hockey, TSN. He played for 21 se ...
.
He and McGuire announcing the gold medal game between
Canada
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and the
United States
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.
Just before Canada's
Sidney Crosby
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scored the gold medal-winning goal seven minutes and forty seconds into overtime, Cuthbert said:
He then later added:
2018 Winter Olympics
Cuthbert and Ferraro returned to be the lead broadcast team for
men's ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
The pair most notably called the bronze medal match between Canada and the
Czech Republic
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and the gold medal match between
Russia
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and
Germany
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.
Sportsnet
In June 2020, Cuthbert moved from TSN to
Sportsnet
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. He said that he made the change because he will be almost 70 years old by the time that Rogers/Sportsnet's national contract with the NHL expires in 2026, and there was no guarantee that he will have any more opportunity to call ''
Hockey Night in Canada
CBC Television has aired National Hockey League (NHL) broadcasts under the ''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') brand that is primarily associated with its Saturday night NHL broadcasts throughout its hi ...
'' games again. Cuthbert called the
2020 Western Conference playoffs with
Louie DeBrusk
Louis Dennis DeBrusk (born March 19, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is currently a colour analyst for Edmonton Oilers broadcasts on Sportsnet and the late game of ''Hockey Night in Canada''.
Playing career
DeBrusk ...
,
and he called the
2021 Montreal Canadiens playoff run,
including the
2021 Stanley Cup Finals
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alongside
Craig Simpson
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.
After
Jim Hughson
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retired from broadcasting, Cuthbert took his place as the lead announcer for the
NHL on Sportsnet
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and
Hockey Night in Canada
CBC Television has aired National Hockey League (NHL) broadcasts under the ''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') brand that is primarily associated with its Saturday night NHL broadcasts throughout its hi ...
alongside Simpson, starting with the 2021–22 NHL
season.
Legacy
In 1998, Cuthbert won a
Gemini Award
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for Best Sports Broadcaster, and in 2004, was recognized by Sports Media Canada as Sportscaster of the Year. In 2006, Cuthbert received another Gemini, this time with his TSN CFL colour commentator,
Glen Suitor
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, for Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst. In 2014, Cuthbert was inducted into the media wing of the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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. A resident of
Brampton
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, he was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
References
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1957 births
Canadian colour commentators
Canadian television sportscasters
Canadian people of Scottish descent
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
People from Brampton
Olympic Games broadcasters
Sportspeople from Toronto
National Hockey League broadcasters
Canadian Screen Award winners
Living people
Figure skating commentators
Canadian Football League announcers
Canadian horse racing announcers
Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees