in his play-by-play. When a player scores, it is common for him to get as excited as a South American broadcaster does when broadcasting soccer.
Singh’s latest accomplishment was winning the 2014 Canadian Ethnic Media Association Excellence in Television Award. Singh received the award at a gala in Toronto.
For the last four seasons the broadcasts have been sponsored by Chevrolet. With Chevrolet as a primary sponsor, Singh has been able to concentrate on his hockey broadcasts and make it his full-time career.
Singh would like all Canadians to know that Punjabi-speaking Canadians are just as Canadian as everybody else, and that Punjabi-speaking Canadians love Canada. Hockey, according to Singh, is “a universal language that brings Canadians together.” In the future, Singh would like to broadcast more hockey games in Punjabi during the season, and also to broadcast Hockey Night in Canada in English.
Singh also tells me a story of how generations of Punjabispeaking families are uniting around the television set to watch his broadcasts every Saturday night. “A most rewarding experience was when I met a grand-mother from Toronto. She had a walker and was dressed in a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey over her traditional Punjabi dress. She was over 90 years old, and told me that she had nothing in common with her grand-children because of the cultural gap. Since the broadcasts, she can understand hockey and spends every Saturday night with her grandchildren. We are hearing stories that our broadcasts are the only thing that brings families together. I did not know that our show would have this type of an impact.” Hockey has also been a large part of Singh’s personal life. His wife, Sukhjeet, is a huge fan of the Calgary Flames. Harnarayan and Sukhjeet were married at the hockey arena at the Acadia Recreation Complex in southeast Calgary in 2011. They had a Stanley Cup shaped wedding cake, had their wedding guests wear hockey jerseys, and had their wedding photos taken at the Scotiabank Saddledome with Kelly Hrudey! Hrudey has become a friend and mentor for Singh. According to Singh, Hrudey was one of the people to recommend to CBC executives to have a Punjabispeaking Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, and suggested Singh be the play-by-play announcer. Hrudey has helped Singh with preparation tips for the broadcasts.
Congratulations to players, coaches & parents for a great season LINDA DUNCAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT EDMONTON-STRATHCONA www.LindaDuncanMP.ca LindaDuncanMP 780-495-8404
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