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Foster Hewitt Memorial Award

Annual radio and television award

Summary

Annual radio and television award

FieldValue
nameFoster Hewitt Memorial Award
awarded_for"to recognize distinguished members of the radio and television industry who made outstanding contributions to their profession and the game during their career in hockey broadcasting."
locationHockey Hall of Fame, Toronto, Ontario
countryCanada
rewardGlass plaque
presenterHockey Hall of Fame
year1984
holderDaryl Reaugh (2025)

The Foster Hewitt Memorial Award is an annual accolade honoring ice hockey broadcasters in North America. It was named for the Canadian hockey radio broadcaster and newspaper journalist Foster Hewitt, and it has been presented every year at a media luncheon ceremony that occurs late in the year at the Hockey Hall of Fame in BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada since 1984. It is given "to recognize distinguished members of the radio and television industry who made outstanding contributions to their profession and the game during their career in hockey broadcasting."

The first four winners were Fred Cusick, Foster Hewitt, Danny Gallivan and René Lecavalier in 1984. The award was given out twice in two further consecutive years to both Budd Lynch and Doug Smith in 1985 and Wes McKnight and Lloyd Pettit the following year. It has presented posthumously on four occasions, to Smith in 1985, McKnight the following year, Dan Kelly in 1989 and Bill Hewitt in 2007. His three children accepted the award on his behalf. It has been presented to broadcasters who have been affiliated with the CBC Television sports program Hockey Night in Canada seven times*,* followed by the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs on six occasions.

Inductees

Indicates posthumous award
YearImageRecipientAffiliationRef
1984—Boston
[[File:Foster Hewitt.JPG100pxalt=A black and white photograph of Foster Hewitt sitting on a chair in front of a desk]]Toronto
—Montreal
[[File:Radio. Petit Train René Lecavalier BAnQ P48S1P23402.jpg100pxalt=Rene Lecavalier on the right speaking to a colleague to his right on a 1947 radio program]]
1985—Detroit
—Montreal
1986—Toronto
—Chicago
1987—Boston
1988—Montreal
1989—St. Louis, CBS, Hockey Night in Canada
1990—Atlanta, New York Islanders, Los Angeles
1991—Detroit
1992[[File:Jim Robson Heritage Classic.jpg100pxalt=A side view of Jim Robson speaking to a crowd and holding a microphone in his right hand]]Vancouver, Hockey Night in Canada
1993—Minnesota
1994—Buffalo
1995—Hockey Night in Canada
1996[[File:Bob Cole sportscaster.JPG100pxalt=Bob Cole looking at the camera while wearing a black baseball cap on his head and spectacles over his eyes]]
1997—Philadelphia
1998[[File:Howie Meeker Calder.jpg100pxalt=Howie Meeker in Toronto Maple Leafs uniform holding a trophy in his right hand in a black and white photograph]]Hockey Night in Canada, TSN
1999—Montreal
2000[[File:Bob Miller-Kings.jpg100pxalt=Bob Miller]]Los Angeles
2001[[File:Mike Lange 1 2011-12-03.JPG100pxalt=Mike Lange at a questions and answers session in 2011]]Pittsburgh
2002[[File:Chex Gilles Tremblay.jpg100pxalt=Gilles Tremblay in Montreal Canadiens uniform]]Montreal
2003[[File:Rod Phillips.jpg100pxalt=Rod Philips wearing black sunglasses talking to a crowd on a podium with a microphone]]Edmonton
2004[[File:Chuck kaiton.JPG100pxalt=Chuck Kaiton sitting in the back seat of an open top car with both his arms extended out]]Hartford/Carolina
2005—New York Rangers
2006—Calgary
2007—Torontodate=May 29, 2007title=Hockey Hall of Fame to honour Bill Hewittpublisher=CBC Newsagency=The Canadian Pressurl=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockey-hall-of-fame-to-honour-bill-hewitt-1.636117access-date=May 28, 2021archive-date=April 3, 2019archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403220013/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockey-hall-of-fame-to-honour-bill-hewitt-1.636117url-status=live}}
2008[[File:Mike "Doc" Emrick (2014).jpg100pxalt=Mike Emrick smiling while holding a microphone in his right hand]]Philadelphia, New Jersey, ESPN/ABC, Fox, NBC/NBCSN, Versus
2009—New York Rangers, Hockey Night in Canada, ESPN/ABC, Fox, MSG Network, NBC
2010—Washington
2011—Detroit
2012—Buffalo
2013—Buffalo, Hockey Night in Canada, Toronto
2014—Chicagolast=Kucfirst=Christitle=For Pat Foley, Hall of Fame career in his hometown is perfecturl=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/blackhawks/ct-pat-foley-blackhawks-bits-spt-1118-20141117-story.htmlwork=Chicago Tribunedate=November 17, 2014accessdate=May 28, 2021archive-date=June 2, 2021archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213011/https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/blackhawks/ct-pat-foley-blackhawks-bits-spt-1118-20141117-story.htmlurl-status=live}}
2015—Los Angeleslast=Elliottfirst=Helenetitle=Kings radio voice Nick Nickson wins Hockey Hall of Fame awardurl=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-kings-nick-nickson-hall-of-fame-award-20150604-story.htmlwork=Los Angeles Timesdate=June 4, 2015accessdate=May 28, 2021archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604212110/http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-kings-nick-nickson-hall-of-fame-award-20150604-story.htmlarchivedate=June 4, 2015}}
2016—New York Rangers, Fox, ESPN
2017—Detroit, Florida, Phoenix, Dallas, ESPN/ABC, NHL International, NBC/NBCSN
2018[[File:JOE BOWEN.jpg100pxalt=Joe Bowen looking to the right of the camera and speaking into a microphone]]Toronto
2019—Vancouver, Toronto, Hockey Night in Canada, Sportsnet, TSN
2020—Hartford, Tampa Bay
2022—Philadelphia, ESPN/ABC, NBC
2023—San Jose
2024—Montreal, RDS
2025—Hartford, Dallas

Statistics

NameWinsHockey Night in CanadaMontrealTorontoDetroitBuffaloESPN/ABCLos AngelesNBCNew York RangersFoxBostonChicagoHartfordTSNVancouverRDS
7
7
6
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1

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