Jim Robson has passed away at the age of 91. (Image Credit: BC Sports Hall of Fame)

By Vernon Matters Staff

Veteran announcer

Legendary Canucks broadcaster Jim Robson passes away

Feb 11, 2026 | 6:19 AM

The man known as the voice of the Vancouver Canucks for 30 years has died.

Legendary broadcaster Jim Robson began his run as the Canucks’ play-by-play announcer in 1970, when the team debuted as part of an N-H-L expansion.

During his career, he called some of the franchise’s most memorable moments including the team’s run to the Stanley Cup Final in 1982 and in 1994.

Robson was named recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award and was honoured by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992, was inducted into the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998 and went into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.

The broadcast booth in Vancouver’s Rogers Arena is named in his honour.

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Robson started his career at 17, covering senior men’s basketball for a radio station in Port Alberni.

He was 91.

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-With files from the Canadian Press