This is such a dream come true.
Getting love from the league that I grew up watching as a kid and imagined being a part of someway, somehow. Grateful for all the love, support and mentorship along the way ๐๐พ
#RepresentationMatters
#HockeyisforEveryone
Randip Janda has been hired as the first South Asian full-time radio color commentator in the NHL, replacing Corey Hirsch on the Canucks 650 broadcast this season.
#RepresentationMatters
#HockeyisforEveryone
Behind every kidโs
@NHL
dream is the sacrifice of their parents.
This is Arshdeep Bainsโ father Kuldip, who is at every one of his sonโs home games along with his wife Harvinder. Tonight, heโll watch his son make his NHL debut in Denver.
Congratulations to the Bains family ๐๐พ
The last time Lebron James missed out on the
#NBA
playoffs in April 2005: Candy Shop by 50 Cent was the top song on the
@billboard
music charts.
#PlayoffsWithoutLBJ
Respect to these young men
They helped save 2 hikers, who were stranded on a rock near a river in Golden Ears Park in BC earlier this month. They untied their turbans to make a rope along with their jackets.
Salute to Kuljinder Singh and his friends ๐๐พ
The Sopranos premiered 23 years ago today.
Drama & comedy. The show had it all. So many amazing scenes.
This one from Pine Barrens is one of my favourites.
Whatโs your favourite scene from the ๐?
Congratulations to
@IceSinghHNIC
! Heโs making his English PXP debut on
@Sportsnet
tonight!
Heโs put in a lot of work over years to get here. A proud moment.
Go get em, H ๐๐พ
Arshdeep Bains writes โBibiโ & โBabaโ on every one of his hockey sticks paying respect to his grandma & his late grandpa.
#Punjabi
@HkyNightPunjabi
A special night for the Surrey kid making his home debut at Rogers Arena tonight.
@Canucks
Nick Suzuki: 7 goals in 18 career playoff games
Jesperi Kotkianiemi: 8 goals in 17 career playoff games
The young kids are stepping up for the
@CanadiensMTL
Arshdeep Bains is on the ice for warm up & taking line rushes with Blueger & Garland.
Official: The kid from Surrey will be making his
@NHL
debut for his hometown
#Canucks
tonight.
Undrafted in Junior & the NHL, Arshdeep has worked tirelessly for this. A proud moment
#Punjabi
#Canucks
sign Arshdeep Bains of Surrey BC. 21 year old Bains is tied for 1st in scoring in the WHL. Great to see another
#Punjabi
kid get an opportunity in the NHL.
Family & history is my connection to the
#FarmersProtest
in India. My parents, family & ancestors tilled that soil. Being a farmer & growing food on their land is their identity. Iโm proud of this history.
#NoFarmersNoFood
For all the ๐ฐ, โค๏ธ & clout we gave Bollywood actors over the years, they showed their true colours during the
#FarmersProtests
.
They are not worthy of my hard earned money or my attention.
Bollywood, youโre officially cut.
#IStandWithFarmers
Read the replies to this tweet.
They are disgusting and no one deserves to go through this and be talked to in this way.
Donโt be like these guys.
Proud to be
@AmritG
โs colleague and will not stand for any of this.
While the repeal of the farm laws is a positive development, we have a responsibility for the future.
Never forget the contribution of our elders who fought for this.
Never forget the over 600+ farmers that died over the past year during the peaceful protests.
#FarmersProtest
The Oilers lost last night, but there is still a reason to celebrate for one Oilers family.
This is Edmonton resident,
@HkyNightPunjabi
viewer &
@EdmontonOilers
fan Karam Singh Janda, who celebrated his 97th birthday with his family on Saturday wearing
@cmcdavid97
โs
#97
.
Something special going on in India today as the country wakes up this AM. A countrywide strike by people to support the
#FarmersProtest
& their fight against the new farm laws that could cripple small farmers.
Time to give this media coverage!
#BharatBandh
#supportfarmers
I asked Connor Bedard if heโs been watching the
#Canucks
start to the season:
He laughed & said: โI try to watch as many games as I can, Iโm obviously a big fan since I was a kid. Iโve been watching a bit, weโve been pretty busy so Iโve missed a few games. Been trying to watchโ
29 year old Manjeet Singh didnโt think twice before jumping into the Kings River Wednesday night when three kids were swept away. But he drowned trying to save their lives. One of the kids- an 8 yr old was underwater for 15 mins and is now on life support. The others made it out.
Tomorrow is
#Diwali
and the
@Canucks
will be celebrating the special night with the South Asian community as they take on the
@Canes
! I have 2 tickets to giveaway courtesy of
@Rogers
. Hit this tweet with a like โค๏ธ to enter! The winner will be selected at random & contacted via DM
Abbotsford Canucks Forward and Surrey BC native Arshdeep Bains has been called up to the Vancouver Canucks, as announced by GM Patrik Allvin earlier today.
#HockeyNightPunjabi
Connor Bedard says heโs been texting and picking the brain of Mat Barzal about the NHL Draft experience. The
#Isles
star has served as a role model for Bedard.
@danriccio_
Dan, youโre a real one. Proud to work with you every day & call you a friend. Thanks for learning about the issue & supporting farmers โ๐พ
#IStandWithFarmers
Rick Tocchet on Arshdeep Bainsโ play through 3 games:
โI like him a lot. Heโs earned his spot.โ
Talked about how other
#Canucks
players have liked playing with him & told Tocchet to put Bains in certain spots.
@Sportsnet650
@HkyNightPunjabi
Our community started off by having concerts and performances at community gyms & banquet halls.
Tonight,
#Punjabis
sold out
@bcplace
. Congratulations to
@diljitdosanjh
,
@livenationwest
& the entire community โ๐พ
Called my very first playoff game in English & my first
@Canucks
playoff game on
@Sportsnet650
for my hometown team.
Very special to say the least ๐๐ฝ
Congratulations to the Nijjar Family from California, who are minority owners of the
@GoldenKnights
.
A family of Punjabi & Latino heritage, the Nijjar Family represent the growing diversity in the game of hockey and are now
#StanleyCup
Champions.
ICYMI: 5 young men who saved 2 hikers in Golden Ears Park using their turbans & jackets were recognized at the
#Canucks
game on Friday.
Respect to Kuljinder, Ajay, Gagandeep, Gurpreet & Arvindjeet๐๐ฝThe nicest young men youโll meet.
Congratulations to
#SurreyBC
โs own Juvy Kooner on signing for
@SCBragaOficial
in Portugal ๐ต๐น
Always great to see local kids doing big things. Go get em, Juvy ๐๐พ
โUnfortunately itโs something Iโve been dealing with for a very long...Itโs a big deal, I try to act like itโs not.โ Nazem Kadri on receiving racist messages & threats.
Incidents like this bring racism into the public view, but it happens every damn day. We got a long way to go.
This is my mom. She loves watching hockey in Punjabi
Our entry points to it are different, but hockey connects us all
@Molson_Canadian
Hockey Night in Canada will be streamed in 7 additional languages this Saturday! Visit to learn more
#EveryonesGame
#Ad
JT Miller responding to the reaction to his exchange with Collin Delia at the end of last nightโs game vs the Jets.
Watch the full chat with
@ryanlesliemedia
at:
Just a couple of
#Punjabi
kids living the hockey dream ๐
@IceSinghHNIC
& I started working together on
@HkyNightPunjabi
10 years ago. So it was pretty damn cool to kick off the 2023-2024 season calling the same Oilers vs Canucks game in English. Him on TV, me on radio.
Sat's 100% right. They aren't new at all. We used to be called terrorists in the early days of Hockey Night Punjabi and received racist DMs all the time. Still do.
There's a long way to go. But highlighting and addressing it is key. Thank you to Sat &
@Bik650
for doing so.
Appreciate the replies & people reaching out privately.
Unfortunately these racist messages aren't new but this time it went farther than usual and had to be addressed.
I know it hurt other people of colour for having to hear it while they're trying to enjoy Canucks talk
A better idea: send it back to the country you stole it from. It was taken from a child, Duleep Singh (son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh).
The Kohinoor diamond was the prized possession of a number Indian rulers before the English took it & cut it down from 186 carats to 106.
Ok hear me out: if the
#NHL
comes back on January 1st, a traditional winter classic at a stadium ๐ (without crowds) wonโt be possible.
So letโs change it up. What Iโd like to see: an actual outdoor game. Pond hockey/Mystery Alaska style.
Possible location: Banff
The Norris Trophy to the
#NHL
's best defensive defenseman.
The Bobby Orr Trophy to the
#NHL
's best offensive defenseman.
Make it happen this offseason.
Shocking stat of the day: no Swedish born player has had consecutive 100 point seasons in
#NHL
history.
Elias Pettersson could be the first. He is on pace for 108 points this season.
#Canucks
๐จ๐ฆโs Leylah Annie Fernandez will face ๐ฌ๐งโs Emma Raducanu in the
#USOpen
Final
Either way, there will be a Canadian born winner. Raducanu was born in Toronto ๐จ๐ฆ
Started off the day interviewing Arshdeep Bains, the most recent player of South Asian heritage to sign a NHL deal.
Ending off the night hanging with the OG, Robin Bawa ๐๐ฝ
I had to take Ian Cole to Tasty Bistro. The real ones know!
Great sitting down with
#82
to chat some hockey & Vancouver over
#Punjabi
food from a local institution.
โI cover the sport, you play in it, and weโre hanging out over cool food and the sport of hockey.โ
Watch as Ian Cole sits down with
@Sportsnet
โs Randip Janda to talk hockey and community ahead of the Canucks Diwali Night.
@Rogers
|
#Canucks
Quinn Hughes heads into tonight's game vs the
@mnwild
sitting at 198 assists through 261 career games.
He has a chance to become the fastest defenceman in
#NHL
history to hit 200 assists. The current record holder is Brian Leetch who did it in 264 games.
@Sportsnet650
Thatcher Demko says that it was frustrating to hear reports that he wanted out of Vancouver. Saying itโs not true & that he has never said that.
@Sportsnet650
Rick Tocchet says heโs in favour of Nathan MacKinnonโs suggestion to move up the
#NHL
Trade Deadline. Says it gives a team more time to gel & sets your roster earlier.