The 2023 Canadian Screen Award winners in the Sports Programming categories were announced Tuesday afternoon. Presented by TSN, the awards were hosted by Sportscentre anchor Jermain Franklin and presented live at Meridian Hall in Toronto on the first official day of Canadian Screen Week 2023. Presenters included Kayla Gray and Perdita Felicien.
The winners are:
Best Sports Opening
Toronto Raptors Season Opening
TSN (Bell Media)
Simon Garan, Jacob Frenkel, Kevin Fallis, James Judges
Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer
2022 IIHF World Junior Gold Medal Game
TSN (Bell Media)
Gord Miller
Best Sports Feature Segment
Left Behind
TSN (Bell Media)
Josh Shiaman, Rick Westhead, Nigel Akam, Darren Oliver, Michael Banani
Best Sports Analyst
Hockey Night in Canada
Sportsnet (Rogers Sports & Media)
Craig Simpson
Best Direction, Live Sports Event
2022 Stanley Cup Final Game 6
Sportsnet (Rogers Sports & Media)
John Szpala
Best Live Sports Event
2022 IIHF World Junior Gold Medal Game
TSN (Bell Media)
Paul Graham, Chris Edwards
Best Sports Host
2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games
CBC
Andi Petrillo
Best Sports Program or Series
2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games
CBC
Sherali Najak, Chris Irwin, Paul McDougall, Karen Sebesta, Mike Dodson, Glen MacDonald, Joel Darling, Judy Dine, Milan Maglov, Sunil Thakolkaren
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