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Jim Hughson, Table Hockey Enthusiast

Hockey Night in Canada icon Jim Hughson schools Pucked in the Head founder Jason Kurylo in table hockey and microphone etiquette. Photo by Andrew Delbaere for Pucked in the Head.
Hockey Night in Canada icon Jim Hughson schools Pucked in the Head founder Jason Kurylo in table hockey and microphone etiquette. Photo by Andrew Delbaere for Pucked in the Head.

VTHE Registrtation

Earlier this week, we were lucky enough to hang out with Jim Hughson, the voice of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. We talked about table hockey, his start in broadcasting, and his love of storytelling. Then he schooled me on the correct way to hold a microphone, and I called him by someone else’s name.

I tell ya, I’m a pro.

Hey, click on that fancy graphic to the right –>

The Vancouver Table Hockey Extravaganza is just two days away, and you could win a boatload of prizes. (At the time of writing, we have more prizes than registrants, so it’s a dang fine idea to get your name in the hat, y’all.) It’s only $25 and it benefits hungry people (Five Hole for Food) and sick children and their families (Canuck Place). Make a deposit in the karma bank, people, and you’ll reap rewards forever!

Five Hole for Food – a hockey team worth following

Richard Loat (@mozy19 on the mighty Twitter) and the rest of the Five Hole for Food crew set to go bigger and better yet again in 2013. Photo ripped indelicately from the FHFF Facebook timeline.

In a year overshadowed by the greed and stupidity of hockey’s biggest players, let’s focus on the admirable work of less prominent, but far more important, hockey teams.

Like this one that generates thousands upon thousands of pounds of food for folks who need it most (not to mention at least that many smiles along the way!) Okay, okay, it sounds cheesy — mmmmmm, cheese — but in this case, it’s true. Five Hole for Food has quickly become one of Canada’s most inspirational charitable drives, and it encourages each and every one of us to get up off the couch and pick up a hockey stick to make the deal even sweeter.

Main website: http://www.fiveholeforfood.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FiveHoleForFood
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fiveholeforfood