 Jim Robson also worked for CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada", mostly covering games in western Canada.It was for "HNIC" that he broadcast the Canucks' first NHL game, a 3–1 home loss to the Los Angeles Kings on October 9, 1970.His reputation as one of the top broadcasters in the business earned him assignments to cover the Stanley Cup Finals in , , (in which the Canucks faced the New York Islanders), and .