John Shorthouse
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John Shorthouse (aka "Shorty") is a Canadian radio sports broadcaster, based in Vancouver. He is the lead play-by-play commentator for the Vancouver Canucks on radio station CKST ("The Team 1040") and also on the pay-per-view television broadcasts.
Shorthouse began his broadcasting career on CKVU-TV in 1993. He was one of the anchors of a popular late-night sports program called Sports Page. He called his first NHL hockey game as a substitute on a Canucks pay-per-view broadcast in March 1998 against the New York Islanders. This game was significant because it featured the return of popular ex-Canucks Trevor Linden and Gino Odjick. The following season, with the inception of CTV Sportsnet (now Rogers Sportsnet), the Canucks greatly expanded their television coverage and Shorthouse was hired to split play-by-play duties with Jim Robson. He also filled in on radio broadcasts when Jim Hughson was assigned to national Sportsnet telecasts. The following year, Robson retired, and Shorthouse became the permanent radio play-by-play man, while Hughson moved to television full-time.
He has now been the radio voice of the Canucks since the 1999-2000 season and works alongside colour commentator Tom Larscheid. The two moved over from rival radio station CKNW after that station lost the Canucks broadcasting rights in 2006.
Shorthouse is often seen as the more even-handed of the two in comparison with his exuberant colleague Larscheid.
