Taylor was the longtime co-host of
CKVU's nightly sports news show
Sports Page from 1985 to 2000 and was also briefly a
radio broadcaster with
CKNW. He hosted
Sportsnet Pacific's nightly sports news program
Sportsnet Connected from 2001 During his nearly three decades on television, Taylor was known for his canned delivery of the nightly sports highlights, which consisted largely of a set of recurring themes including: • Referring to obscure players or players with unusual names. For example, Taylor might refer to
Brad Isbister as "The Isbisterian One". • Similarly, Taylor might refer to a play by the same player as having been performed "in Isbisterian fashion." • Taylor also facetiously inflates the esteem of groups of lesser-known players. For example, a line of players named Adams, Barrett and Carnegie might be referred to as the "dreaded Adams-Barrett-Carnegie line" when they score a goal. • Describing the colours of either the home or visiting teams jerseys in unusual levels of detail. For example, he might refer to the
Anaheim Ducks as "wearing their home blacks with white and gold trim". • Associating current players of a particular jersey number with another player from the same team who wore the same number during an earlier era. For example, Taylor might refer to former
Vancouver Canucks goaltender
Jacob Markström as "wearing
Richard Brodeur's old number 35" or former
Vancouver Canucks defenceman
Kevin Bieksa as "wearing
Doug Bodger's old number 3". The trivia is typically related to long-retired players or little-known players, especially with a Canadian or west coast connection. • Associating a play in terms of particular qualities of an obscure or long-forgotten player, especially for goaltenders. For example, Taylor might describe a goaltender's performance as being "like a modern-day
Gerry Cheevers". • Taylor is also known for his lacking, yet recognizable, imitation of
Jerry Lewis's babbling when describing frantic plays (usually in front of the net in
hockey). • Remarking, "the mesh ripples" or "top shelf where mom keeps the peanut butter" when a goal is scored. • Describing a goaltender as having saved the puck, "in rapier-like fashion" or "it was a scintillating save", in honour of legendary
Montreal Canadiens broadcaster
Danny Gallivan. • He will also mimic the voice of former
Maple Leaf Gardens public address announcer Paul Morris. • Referring to Canadian sportscasters
Jim Van Horne's moustache and
Hazel Mae as imaginary referees in deciding the victor of a hockey fight • During basketball highlights, Taylor often imitated
Marv Albert's signatures "Yes!" "and it was a gorgeous move!" Taylor also provided
colour commentary for different hockey
video games, including
NHL 2002,
NHL 2003, as well as
NHL Rock the Rink, all of which were released by
EA Sports. ==Personal life==