Randy Hahn

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Randy Hahn (born October 21, 1958) is a Canadian-American play-by-play commentator for the

2K Sports' NHL 2K9, NHL 2K10,[1] and NHL 2K11
.

Early life

Hahn was born in 1958[2] in Edmonton but moved to Whitehorse, Yukon at the age of 14.[3] He attended F. H. Collins Secondary School[2] with mayor Ernie Bourassa.[4] At the age of 15, Hahn was hired for a weekend shift as a disc jockey at CKRW.[5] His first live play-by-play was covering the Sourdough Rendezvous dog races on Dandelion Heights, which he refers to as a "paw by paw." During his tenure with the station, Bob Sudeyko and him interviewed their friends to pass the time while stuck in the transmitter shack on Grey Mountain, and said at the end of the night they even interviewed a chipmunk.[3] After graduating from high school, Hahn attended the University of British Columbia where he accepted a job offer from a Vancouver radio station working broadcasts for the National Hockey League and Canadian Football League teams. This eventually led to a play-by-play job with the Edmonton Drillers soccer team.[5]

Career

Drew Remenda, Hahn and Bret Hedican at the San Jose Sharks Opening Night Street Rally in 2013

His 1980s TV work included Ivy League Game of the Week football broadcasts.

Hahn and

SportsChannel America
in November 1991.

Some of his other TV and

San Diego Sockers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, and Edmonton Oilers
.

Shortly before the Sharks were formed, Hahn was vice president of a non-profit organization known as Pro Hockey San Jose. The purpose was to draw attention to the newly approved arena in the city, and hopefully acquire an NHL team for San Jose (both the team and the arena did come to fruition, with the San Jose Arena opening in 1993 and the Sharks beginning play at the Cow Palace in 1991).

Personal life

Hahn was married to Roberta Gonzales, a current meteorologist for KTVU-TV (Fox 2) Oakland, CA.

On June 8, 1995, Hahn was arrested on a charge of drug possession after signing for a package containing

amphetamines that was delivered to his home in Orland Park, Illinois.[6] The charges were dropped a week later after the police realized that Hahn had been set up by a stalker who was after his wife, who was then the morning meteorologist for WMAQ-TV in Chicago.[7]

On October 17, 2021, Randy married Andrea Buswell Hahn, owner of Frost Cupcake Factory in San Jose. They had a private ceremony at their home in Gilroy, California.

In July 2022, Randy obtained United States Citizenship, after 40 years of broadcasting and living in the US.[8]

External links

References

  1. ^ Hartjen, Ray (2013-07-17). "Five Reasons NorCal Fans Love the San Jose Sharks". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2013-07-18.
  2. ^ a b Korenko, Jeff (June 9, 2000). "From dog-sledding to the NHL and an Emmy award". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b White, Dave (July 7, 1995). "Randy Hahn knows way to San Jose". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Ross, Echo (May 12, 2004). "Yukoners begrudgingly cheering for "those damn Flames"". Whitehorse Daily Star. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "Yukon Nuggets". old.hougens.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  6. ^ "Sharks announcer Hahn arrested". Times-Advocate. June 15, 1995. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sharks TV guy gets inside look at jail". Edmonton Journal. March 10, 1996. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ @SanJoseSharks (July 29, 2022). "After 40 years of broadcasting and living in the United States, @sharkvoice is officially a U.S. citizen!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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