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MistyMountainHop · #1 Posted **Jun 5, 2008, 5:17 AM**

John Shorthouse Joins Canucks Broadcast Crew on Sportsnet Pacific
Channel Canada - Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 02:52 PM

John Shorthouse has been named the new play-by-play voice of the Vancouver Canucks on Sportsnet Pacific. The Canucks radio announcer brings a wealth of experience to the television broadcast booth having called Vancouver games since 1998.

“I’m excited to be entering this new chapter in my career," said Shorthouse. “Anyone familiar with me knows calling Canucks hockey has meant the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. I’m honoured to have been afforded the opportunity to continue – and to add to – Sportsnet’s first-class Canucks coverage.”

Shorthouse joins analyst and former Canucks stopper John Garrett in the broadcast booth. Dan Murphy rounds-out the broadcast team as host of Canucks Hockey on Sportsnet Pacific in 2008-2009.

“John’s passion and experience cannot be questioned,” said Rick Briggs-Jude, Vice-President Production, Rogers Sportsnet. “He’s a professional whose credentials make him the perfect fit to be the next voice of the Vancouver Canucks on Sportsnet Pacific.”

A graduate of the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Shorthouse began his broadcasting career in 1993 as one of the anchors of the popular Global Vancouver program, Sports Page. In 1998, with the creation of CTV Sportsnet, John began calling the play-by-play of the Canucks, sharing his duties with Jim Robson.

At the start of the 1999-2000 season, Shorthouse became the full-time radio voice of the Canucks. John, along with his wife Christina, their son William, daughter Maggie and dog Moses live in Vancouver.

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