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Joe Bowen, the voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award.
The 67-year-old Sudbury, ON native has been broadcasting Leafs games on radio and television since 1982 and is being honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions as a hockey broadcaster.
Truly honoured to receive the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from @HockeyHallFame for ‘18 A privilege to join the Hewitts Gallivan Cole, Harry Neale Jiggs McDonald Dan Kelly Loyd Pettit Brian McFarlane. Thanks to all I have worked with in the booth and on the ice. Truly humbled!!!
— Joe Bowen (@BonsieTweets) June 1, 2018
Bowen joins Hewitt and son Bill, Wes McKnight, Bob Cole, Howie Meeker and Harry Neale as broadcasters or hosts of Maple Leafs games who are recipients of the award.
The New York Post’s Larry Brooks was also named the winner of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award, given "in recognition of distinguished members of the newspaper profession whose words have brought honor to journalism and to hockey" by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
Here are some of my favorite Bowen play-by-play calls:
Bless You Boys
Matthews debut
Potvin vs. Hextall
Down Goes Brown
The Comeback in Buffalo
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