Canadiens Broadcaster Recipient Of Foster Hewitt Memorial Award

The Montreal Canadiens fans celebrated the induction of their former captain, Shea Weber, into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night.

However, one of the weekend's other special moments belonged to legendary Canadiens broadcaster Pierre Houde. He won the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for his legendary hockey career, which began with RDS in 1989.

At the time of his hiring, Montreal was just three seasons removed from winning its 23rd Stanley Cup title in 1986. The team included future Hall of Famers Patrick Roy, Chris Chelios, and Guy Carbonneau.

In the decades calling Canadiens games, Houde saw the closing of the Montreal Forum in 1996, the royal-like funeral of hockey legend Maurice Richard in 2000, and the entirety of Carey Price's career, cumulating with an appearance in the 2021 Stanley Cup Final.

Houle has one of the game's most iconic calls, yelling "Le tir, et le buuuut," which translates to "the shot and the goal." However, Houle's unique spin on dragging out the "but" part has been all too familiar to Canadiens fans across a generation.

A professional on and off the screen, Houle has learned from the very best and has had close friendships with other broadcasting icons and Foster Hewitt Memorial Award winners like Dick Irvin, Jr, and Bob Cole.

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Together, the trio represents more than a half-century of hockey calls in Canada.

Annually, the NHL Broadcasters' Association determines the merits of winning the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award.

Houle becomes the latest in a long line of Canadian broadcasters to win the award. Several, like Danny Gallivan, Rene Lecavalier, Doug Smith, Richard Garneau, and Gillies Tremblay, covered the Canadiens exclusively.

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