Overview
- Daughter Jennifer Butler confirmed the death to CBC News, saying Robson died after a short illness at age 91.
- The Canucks issued an official statement mourning his passing, with executive Michael Doyle praising his passion and impact on the franchise.
- Robson called more than 2,000 NHL games over a 47-year career and became the team’s play-by-play voice from its 1970 NHL debut for nearly three decades.
- His last radio call was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Final before moving fully to television; he retired in 1999, and the Rogers Arena broadcast booth bears his name.
- He received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 1992 and multiple hall of fame inductions, while tributes from peers and public figures, including Brendan Batchelor and Michael Bublé, poured in as one outlet’s report of cancer conflicted with the family’s description.