Richard DeitschMEDIA CIRCUS Jun 3, 2008
Emrick at the Hockey Hall of Fame with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for contributions to the sport as a broadcaster while Stevens will receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award, which recognizes print reporters who have brought honor to journalism and the game of hockey. 5. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Sweden keeps tabs on Stanley Cup Finals May 30, 2008
NBC/Versus announcer Mike Emrick will be honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame as winner of the broadcasters' Foster Hewitt award. Former Canadian Press reporter Neil Stevens won the writers' Elmer Ferguson award. (USA Today)
Day off a good and bad break for Penguins May 30, 2008
" Slap shots Mike (Doc) Emrick, one of the game's most-respected and knowledgeable play-by-play men, will receive the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for his contribution to hockey broadcasting, while Canadian Press reporter Neil Stevens will receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for print journalism. Both honors are bestowed in connection with the Hockey Hall of Fame. ... NBC's broadcast of Game 3 earned a 2.8 overnight rating and a 5 share, the best overnight rating for a Game 3 since 2002.... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Leafs whip Hurricanes, 5-4 Jan 16, 2008
John Ferguson in attendance in the Leaf box up in the Foster Hewitt Gondola saw his team beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4 while hanging on to his job with a thread. Its probably too little, too late. (Toronto Star)
Capsule look: Messier leads Hall of Fame's Class of '07 Nov 12, 2007
The late Bill Hewitt, the voice of Hockey Night in Canada for more than three decades, won the broadcasters' Foster Hewitt Award, which is named after his father. Share this story. (USA Today -- Sports)
Son rises in Washington Nov 11, 2007
Bill Hewitt, ex- of "Hockey Night in Canada," will be the posthumous honoree with the Foster Hewitt Award, named after his father. Coming this way Carl Soderberg, the 6-foot-3-inch Swedish center whom the Bruins obtained in July when they sent Hannu Toivonen to St. Louis, likely will be in Boston's training camp next September, according to general manager Peter Chiarelli. (Boston Globe)
Lange inks 1-year deal as Pens' radio voice Jul 27, 2007
He received the Foster Hewitt Award for hockey broadcasting from the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001. Lange is best known for his colorful phrases, including "Scratch my back with a hacksaw" and "Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one, too.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
Lange signs 1-year Penguins radio deal Jul 27, 2007
"It's been an unbelievable treat for me to work with a Hall of Famer like that," Bourque said of Lange, who in 2001 received the Foster Hewitt Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame. "We have fun, and I think that translates to the on-air product. We have good chemistry, but that doesn't just develop in one year. I think it's going to take a while for that to get to where we want it to be. "Of course, I think the team being that good made us sound better together in our first year. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Senators aim for top-line improvement May 30, 2007
Bill Hewitt, the voice of Hockey Night in Canada, will receive the Foster Hewitt Award for his broadcasting contributions. That award is named for his father. (USA Today -- Sports)
Dropped from TV, Lange towork Pens radio Aug 4, 2006
In 2001, the Hockey Hall of Fame Lange gave Lange the Foster Hewitt Award for outstanding work as an NHL broadcaster. Lange credits the award to trademark phrases like "Scratch my back with a hacksaw!" and the good fortune of working during 's Hall of Fame career, including Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
Lange loses job as Penguins TV announcer Jun 30, 2006
In 2001, the Hockey Hall of Fame Lange honored Lange with the Foster Hewitt Award for outstanding work as an NHL broadcaster. Lange was known for idiosyncratic calls such as "smiling like a butcher's dog" and "Michael, Michael motorcycle!" Other memorable Lange-isms included "Scratch my back with a hacksaw!" and "Look out Loretta!". (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NHL)
Cow-kicked: FSN fires Lange as Penguins' TV voice Jun 30, 2006
" Lange did radio exclusively until 1979, at which point the team began to simulcast games. In the mid-1990s, when the team began doing two broadcasts, he switched almost exclusively to television. In 2001, Lange was honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame with the prestigious Foster Hewitt Award for excellence in sports broadcasting. For Steigerwald, who grew up wanting to be a hockey play-by-play announcer, this is the continuation of a dream come true. He started out working in the Penguins'... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Cuban says involvement with Pens would be minimal Jun 30, 2006
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Hewitt award bypasses great men of the mike Jun 6, 2006
Calgary Flames play-by-play voice Peter Maher was recently announced as the winner of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, which honours excellence in broadcasting and confers Hockey Hall of Fame media status. This is not meant as a knock on Maher, who's a fine announcer, but consider some of the people who have never won the award. (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
Maher and Morrison win Hockey Hall media awards May 26, 2006
Maher, the radio voice of the Calgary Flames, will receive the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for his outstanding work as an NHL broadcaster. Morrison, managing editor of hockey at Rogers Sportsnet, will receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for a career of distinguished hockey writing. (Globe and Mail -- Sports)
