Majority owner Ron Toigo says he was a legend..“No question about it we won the lottery when John Ashbridge got involved with the Vancouver Giants.”He also made his mark in various newsrooms across B.C., including at CKNW where he started as a news anchor in 1965. On Hockey Night in Canada, he also used to make a statement prior to the opening face-off regarding team uniform colors, for example, "tonight it's the Vancouver Canucks at the Calgary Flames, the Flames in home jerseys- trimmed in gold & white; the Canucks in road jerseys- trimmed in black & yellow". Greg Adams! The most up-to-date breaking news for the Vancouver Canucks including highlights, roster, schedule, scores and archives. A well-known voice in Vancouver, John Ashbridge, has died at age 71. The Canucks have released a statement saying the organization is “deeply saddened  to learn about the passing of John Ashbridge.”He began working with the Canucks as their public address announcer in 1987. For the first seven years, he usually worked alone. Adams shoots, SCORES! The Vancouver Canucks are going to the Stanley Cup Final!The pass, right on the stick of Tonelli. During his time with the NHL, he worked through two Stanley Cup appearances.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.“The one thing that stands out is that iconic voice of his that people from around here, and his years at the coliseum with the Canucks and at Rogers Arena, like Vin Scully is to baseball,” he said.John McKitrick worked side by side with Ashbridge on the CKNW news desk.A well-known voice in Vancouver, John Ashbridge, has died at age 71.“That voice that John has for hockey is something that we’re all going to miss a lot.”“He was always a pleasure to work with because he was a happy go lucky type of workman. I mean he was very serious, he was very thorough as well in his work, but at the same time it was always a pleasure to be on the desk with him,” said McKitrick.And Dan Russell who hosted “SportsTalk” on CKNW remembers him fondly.“He was a part of our family for many years. Coaches & Staff behind the Vancouver Canucks organization.

John Ashbridge, the voice of the Vancouver Canucks for almost 1,000 games, is back in action Wednesday night after a health scare sidelined him for the final games of the regular season. Get the latest Vancouver Canucks news, photos, rankings, lists and more on Bleacher Report Adams gets the winner fourteen seconds into the second overtime! The notion of 'trimmed' was Robson's unique quote among HNIC play-by-play announcers. Vancouver Canucks When the Vancouver Canucks became an NHL expansion team in 1970, Robson moved to CKNW to announce the team's games; he was popularly known as the "Voice of the Canucks" for nearly three decades. Coming in with Nystrom, Tonelli to Nystrom, HE SCORES! Vancouver Canucks forward Micheal Ferland, a 28-year-old Cree, was born in Swan River, Man. Greg Adams! READ MORE: The time 3 streakers ran on the ice at a Canucks game Jim Hughson, himself a veteran voice of the Canucks, told McComb that Robson set … Potvin has trouble with it.

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