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Foster Hewitt obituary
"He shoots, he scores!" With those words, legendary hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt united Canada each Saturday night. From his inauspicious first broadcast (shouting into a telephone from a foggy glass booth in 1923) to the momentous Summit Series of 1972 and beyond, Hewitt was Canada's voice of hockey for half a century.
Program: The National
Broadcast Date: April 21, 1985
Guest(s):
Reporter: Terry Walker
Duration: 2:31
Last updated: January 11, 2013
Page consulted on March 27, 2013
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A wartime hockey broadcast includes a description of a thrown fish, an...
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A multitalented Hewitt covers sports from every angle.
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A tour of Foster Hewitt's home and introductions to his family.
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Foster Hewitt has worked in arenas all over the world. So where are th...
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In this biographical interview, Hewitt shows a rare flash of irritatio...
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For some, it's sheer terror, but for Foster Hewitt it's the catbird se...
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At a banquet, hockey legend Clancy takes advantage of being in front o...
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Hewitt spoofs himself doing a cultural broadcast for a satire called "...
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Foster Hewitt is clearly the most popular of the 35 distinguished Cana...
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Foster Hewitt gives Peter Gzowski his views on how hockey has changed ...
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Remembering Mr. Hockey Night in Canada, Foster Hewitt.
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The broadcasting legend dies at age 82.
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Foster Hewitt's death evokes fond memories and moving tributes from ho...
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Listening to Foster Hewitt on winter Saturday nights made life bearabl...
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Hockey Night in Canada's Bob Cole receives the Foster Hewitt Award, an...
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"He shoots, he scores!" With those words, legendary hockey broadcaster...
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Remembering Mr. Hockey Night in Canada, Foster Hewitt.