Harnarayan Singh

Harnarayan Singh is a Canadian sports announcer and journalist. He hosts the Punjabi-language broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada.

Early life

Singh was born in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. His parents immigrated to Canada in the 1960s from India.[1] Singh was an avid hockey fan as a child; he and his siblings were fans of Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers, and would do mock announcing using toy microphones. He studied broadcasting at Mount Royal University in Calgary, and was accepted into an internship at the TSN sports television network in 2004.

Broadcasting career

After leaving TSN, Singh worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's news service in Calgary. Singh came to the attention of fellow CBC employee, former NHL goalie, and announcer Kelly Hrudey; Hrudey recommended Singh to the network as a possible new announcer. In 2008, Singh began announcing National Hockey League games in the Punjabi language for the Hockey Night in Canada program. Singh had one of his games turn into a viral video in 2016 when he made an energetic call of goal-scorer Nick Bonino's name.[2] He was the first person to announce an NHL game in Punjabi for television, and, in 2016, became the first Sikh Canadian to broadcast an NHL game in English.[3] He also hosts a weekly online segment for the Calgary Flames organisation.

On January 13, 2021, Singh made his English play-by-play debut, calling a regular season game between the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers for Sportsnet.[4][5]

References
  1. "How Harnarayan Singh found his calling". Macleans.ca. 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  2. "Harnarayan Singh becomes first Sikh to broadcast in English at Maple Leafs-Flames". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  3. "Sikh play-by-play announcer makes English debut in NHL broadcast tonight | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  4. "Harnarayan Singh calling play-by-play of tonight's Canucks-Oilers game". Daily Hive Vancouver. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  5. "Hockey Night in Punjabi's Harnarayan Singh to call first game in English with Canucks season opener against the Oilers". Vancouver is Awesome. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
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