Harnarayan Singh

Harnarayan Singh (born December 21, 1984) is a Canadian sports announcer and journalist.

Singh was the first Punjabi-language broadcaster in the National Hockey League, having called games for Hockey Night in Canada: Punjabi Edition (initially for CBC Sports, and later Omni Television), and having since participated in Sportsnet's overall English-language coverage as well since 2016.

Early life Singh was born on December 21, 1984, in Brooks, Alberta. His parents immigrated to Canada in the 1960s from India. Singh was an avid hockey fan as a child; he and his siblings were fans of Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers, and would do mock announcing using toy microphones. He studied broadcasting at Mount Royal University in Calgary, where he hosted a hockey talk show on the student radio station. Singh was accepted into an internship at TSN in 2004. In 2009, Singh began announcing National Hockey League games in the Punjabi language for Hockey Night in Canada, marking the first ever NHL broadcasts in the language. He continued his work at CBC Calgary to pay for his weekly flights to Toronto, but the CBC eventually found out and paid for his travel. In November 2016, Singh joined Sportsnet's broadcast crew for a game between the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs, making him the first Sikh-Canadian to participate in an English-language NHL broadcast. On January 13, 2021, Singh made his English play-by-play debut, calling the Vancouver Canucks' season opening game against the Edmonton Oilers for Sportsnet. At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, Singh won the award for Best Sports Play-by-Play. The Punjabi edition of hockey night ended in 2026 due to being cancelled by Rogers Sportsnet.

Personal life On June 1, 2022, Singh was given an honorary Doctorate of Law by his alma mater Mount Royal University. He resides in Calgary and is married with two children.