What's the hardest sport to do play-by-play? Jim Robson has his take

Flipping through the channels to catch the various sporting events this past weekend and listening to all the broadcasts got us thinking about what the hardest sport to call play-by-play for might be … and that in turn got us thinking about Jim Robson. Article content

Robson is synonymous with the Vancouver Canucks . His calls over the franchise’s first 30 years in the NHL — led by “he’ll play … you know he’ll play … he’ll play on crutches,” regarding a clearly wounded and weary Trevor Linden during the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals — remain catchphrases in the Canuck fans’ lexicon. Article content Article content

He was also the play-by-play man for all seasons, for a time. There was a stint where he called the action for the then-WHL Canucks, the CFL’s B.C. Lions and the Pacific Coas