Robert Cecil "Bob" Cole, is a Canadian television announcer. Cole has been the primary play-by-play announcer for Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) on CBC, usually for Toronto Maple Leafs games, since 1980, when he took over from Bill Hewitt. Aside from Leafs games, he is also a staple for the CBC during the Stanley Cup playoffs. He had broadcast every Stanley Cup Finals since 1989 and at least one game in each Final from 1980 until 2008, when he was replaced by Jim Hughson.

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  • Robert Cecil "Bob" Cole, is a Canadian television announcer. Cole has been the primary play-by-play announcer for Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) on CBC, usually for Toronto Maple Leafs games, since 1980, when he took over from Bill Hewitt. Aside from Leafs games, he is also a staple for the CBC during the Stanley Cup playoffs. He had broadcast every Stanley Cup Finals since 1989 and at least one game in each Final from 1980 until 2008, when he was replaced by Jim Hughson. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1996 as the recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for broadcasting excellence. Cole received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's in 2002.
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  • Robert Cecil "Bob" Cole, is a Canadian television announcer. Cole has been the primary play-by-play announcer for Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) on CBC, usually for Toronto Maple Leafs games, since 1980, when he took over from Bill Hewitt. Aside from Leafs games, he is also a staple for the CBC during the Stanley Cup playoffs. He had broadcast every Stanley Cup Finals since 1989 and at least one game in each Final from 1980 until 2008, when he was replaced by Jim Hughson.
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  • Bob Cole (announcer)
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