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Foster Hewitt Memorial Award

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Annual radio and television award

This article is about the award presented by the Hockey Hall of Fame. For the discontinued award that was presented by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, seeACTRA Foster Hewitt Award.

Foster Hewitt Memorial Award
Awarded for	"to recognize distinguished members of the radio and television industry who made outstanding contributions to their profession and the game during their career in hockey broadcasting."^[1]
Location	Hockey Hall of Fame,Toronto, Ontario
Country	Canada
Presented by	Hockey Hall of Fame
Reward	Glass plaque
First award	1984
Currently held by	Daryl Reaugh (2025)

TheFoster Hewitt Memorial Award is an annual accolade honoringice hockey broadcasters inNorth America.^[1] It was named for the Canadian hockey radio broadcaster and newspaper journalistFoster Hewitt,^[2] and it has been presented every year at a media luncheon ceremony that occurs late in the year at theHockey Hall of Fame inBCE Place,Toronto,Ontario, Canada since 1984.^[3]^[4] The winner is chosen by a committee of members composed of radio and television figures that make up the NHL Broadcasters' Association.^[3]^[5] It is given "to recognize distinguished members of the radio and television industry who made outstanding contributions to their profession and the game during their career in hockey broadcasting."^[1] Each recipient receives a glass plaque,^[6] which is put on display in the Hall of Fame's media section.^[4] The ceremony associated with the award is staged separately to the induction of players into the Hockey Hall of Fame because media honorees are not considered full inductees.^[7]^[8]

The first four winners wereFred Cusick,Foster Hewitt,Danny Gallivan andRené Lecavalier in 1984. The award was given out twice in two further consecutive years to bothBudd Lynch andDoug Smith in 1985 andWes McKnight andLloyd Pettit the following year.^[9] It has presented posthumously on four occasions, to Smith in 1985, McKnight the following year,Dan Kelly in 1989 andBill Hewitt in 2007.^[9]^[10]Dave Strader was named the recipient in April 2017 but he died of a rare form of bile duct cancer calledcholangiocarcinoma on October 1, 2017 before the ceremony to commemorate his career that was held the following month.^[11] His three children accepted the award on his behalf.^[12] It has been presented to broadcasters who have been affiliated with theCBC Television sports programHockey Night in Canada seven times, followed by theMontreal Canadiens and theToronto Maple Leafs on six occasions.

Inductees

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Key
†	Indicates posthumous award

Recipients of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award^[9]
Year	Image	Recipient	Affiliation	Ref
1984	—	Fred Cusick	Boston	^[9]
		Foster Hewitt	Toronto
	—	Danny Gallivan	Montreal
		René Lecavalier	Montreal
1985	—	Budd Lynch	Detroit	^[13]
1985	—	Doug Smith†	Montreal	^[9]
1986	—	Wes McKnight†	Toronto
1986	—	Lloyd Pettit	Chicago
1987	—	Bob Wilson	Boston
1988	—	Dick Irvin Jr.	Montreal
1989	—	Dan Kelly†	St. Louis,CBS,Hockey Night in Canada
1990	—	Jiggs McDonald	Atlanta,New York Islanders,Los Angeles	^[14]
1991	—	Bruce Martyn	Detroit	^[15]
1992		Jim Robson	Vancouver,Hockey Night in Canada	^[16]
1993	—	Al Shaver	Minnesota	^[17]
1994	—	Ted Darling	Buffalo	^[18]
1995	—	Brian McFarlane	Hockey Night in Canada	^[9]
1996		Bob Cole	Hockey Night in Canada	^[19]
1997	—	Gene Hart	Philadelphia	^[20]
1998		Howie Meeker	Hockey Night in Canada,TSN	^[9]
1999	—	Richard Garneau	Montreal	^[9]
2000		Bob Miller	Los Angeles	^[21]
2001		Mike Lange	Pittsburgh	^[22]
2002		Gilles Tremblay	Montreal	^[9]
2003		Rod Phillips	Edmonton	^[23]
2004		Chuck Kaiton	Hartford/Carolina	^[24]
2005	—	Sal Messina	New York Rangers	^[25]
2006	—	Peter Maher	Calgary	^[26]
2007	—	Bill Hewitt†	Toronto	^[10]
2008		Mike Emrick	Philadelphia,New Jersey,ESPN/ABC,Fox,NBC/NBCSN,Versus	^[27]
2009	—	John Davidson	New York Rangers,Hockey Night in Canada, ESPN/ABC, Fox,MSG Network, NBC	^[28]
2010	—	Ron Weber	Washington	^[29]
2011	—	Mickey Redmond	Detroit	^[30]
2012	—	Rick Jeanneret	Buffalo	^[31]
2013	—	Harry Neale	Buffalo,Hockey Night in Canada, Toronto	^[32]
2014	—	Pat Foley	Chicago	^[6]
2015	—	Nick Nickson	Los Angeles	^[4]
2016	—	Sam Rosen	New York Rangers, Fox, ESPN	^[33]
2017	—	Dave Strader	Detroit,Florida,Phoenix,Dallas, ESPN/ABC, NHL International, NBC/NBCSN	^[34]
2018		Joe Bowen	Toronto	^[35]
2019	—	Jim Hughson	Vancouver, Toronto,Hockey Night in Canada,Sportsnet, TSN	^[36]
2020	—	Rick Peckham	Hartford,Tampa Bay	^[37]
2022	—	Bill Clement	Philadelphia, ESPN/ABC, NBC	^[38]
2023	—	Dan Rusanowsky	San Jose	^[39]
2024	—	Pierre Houde	Montreal,RDS	^[40]
2025	—	Daryl Reaugh	Hartford, Dallas	^[41]