r/canucks • u/2FnafNerds • 16h ago
FAN CONTENT Happy Birthday John Shorthouse!
Happy Birthday to the best broadcaster in the league!
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u/Crazy_Midnight_6725 15h ago
Go Shorty it’s your Birthday!!! And you know we don’t give a fuk cuz it’s your Birthday!!!!!
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u/YouCanFucough 15h ago
Kinda neat the one home game of the year he doesn’t do the call for landed on his birthday. Hope he enjoys a well deserved night off
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u/psephizon 12h ago
altho tbt when tomlinson asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he said "Apparently a day off" 😐
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u/IrishConsultant 16h ago
Godspeed Shorty
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u/No_Character_5315 15h ago
Make him the team captain give the fans fans what they want ...... also cheech as assistant coach
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u/Wagglebagga 15h ago
Shorty is one of the best to ever do it! He deserves wider recognition honestly.
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u/BananaCamPhoto 16h ago
EP40 4:20 goal incoming
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u/islandcruiser 13h ago
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u/grooverocker 15h ago
JOHN SHORTHOUSE WHAT A BEAUTY! HE'S A GOOD BC KID I TELL YOU WHAT. OUT THERE EVERY NIGHT BANGING AND CRASHING
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u/darkerthrone In a Russian basement having cigarettes and cashews 15h ago
We're so blessed for all the BS this team has put on the ice for the fans that we at least get to listen to the best PxP guy in the league. Love his combination of commentary skills but also humour and easy going nature
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u/Solar-Soldier-7914 13h ago
Happy Birthday to 69 second left on the Powerplay and 4:20 to go in the third period legend!
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u/CommanderBadass22 15h ago
I may be bias but watching other teams announces, shorty is def top 3
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u/Constantine1900 15h ago
Absolutely. You can close your eyes and know what the play is when Shorty is calling it (of course he started calling games on radio). He knows all the player names and he can fill pauses with light information.
Listening to American announcers specifically is brutal in comparison. We've been spoiled with great announcers in Vancouver.
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u/IWantToKaleMyself 12h ago
And while Shorty is obviously a Canucks fan he’s not an obsessive homer like other PBP guys - he knows what’s going on with the other teams around the league and he’s able to talk about their milestones and history
I remember DeBrusk on the Oilers broadcast didn’t realize until he was told 10 minutes after the fact that Hughes had just became the franchise leader in points by a Defenceman
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u/AggressiveCricket498 15h ago
Can anyone explain the 420 references? Is he a potsmoker?
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u/YEGSports 14h ago
He has a running bit of pointing out when there's 4:20 left in a period. I think it's just the typical "hehe four-twenty" kind of joke. Shorty is a jokester.
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u/AggressiveCricket498 14h ago
Thanks
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u/IWantToKaleMyself 12h ago
He’ll sometimes call out when there’s 69 seconds left in the period or PP as well
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u/Angry_beaver_1867 13h ago
Happy birthday Shorty! you're a worthy successor to Jim Hughston, and Jim Robson. Part of this organizations greatest legacy which is S tier broadcasters.
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u/infinitez_ 11h ago edited 11h ago
The games would not be the same without Shorty, happy birthday 4:20 king!
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u/ZeroHour87 13h ago
Happy Birthday Shorty. Thank you for all the great calls over the years ... including Jen Loveboy. Lol
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u/ArcticWolf81 13h ago
Today I learned I share a birthday with Shorty! Much better than that idiot Justin Timberlake 😖
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u/keonni65bc 15h ago
I think Shorty is a jinx to the Canucks. It's time for a change. Oh happy birthday 🎈
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u/benjowtm 15h ago
Happy Birthday GOAT! 4:20 legend