Yvon Pedneault

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Yvon Pedneault is a French Canadian sports journalist and television and radio broadcaster from Chicoutimi, Quebec who is known for his coverage of ice hockey. Pedneault is the only person to work full-time for all three French-language Montreal daily papers, as well as every French-language television station that has carried Montreal Canadiens games. In 1998, he was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award, an award given annually by the Hockey Hall of Fame to distinguished members of the newspaper profession.

[edit] Career

Yvon Pedneault joined the local newspaper in Chicoutimi in 1965 as the bowling writer. A year later, Pedneault was the sports editor for Progrès-Dimanche. In 1965, Pedneault moved to Montreal where he was hired by Jacques Beauchamp to be a hockey writer for the Montréal-Matin. With the Montréal-Matin, he covered the Montreal Canadiens and the Junior Canadiens, as well as the local horse racing scene. His work would also be published in two other daily newspapers during his career: La Presse, where he covered the Canadiens, and Le Journal de Montréal, where he was a hockey reporter and later served as their sports editor.

During his career, Pedneault would also cover the Canadiens on four different television stations in Montreal: Réseau des sports, Télévision de Radio-Canada, TVA and TQS. Because of this, Pedneault is the only person to work full-time for all three French-language Montreal daily papers, as well as every French-language television station that has carried Montreal Canadiens games.[1] Pedneault had his own radio call-in show for a few years with CKAC in Montreal. He would also cover several Olympic games.[2]

Pedneault also briefly served as the General Manager of Le Collège Français de Longueuil in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.[3]

In 1998, he was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award, an award given annually by the Hockey Hall of Fame to distinguished members of the newspaper profession.[1] Today, Pednault is a colour commentator with Réseau des sports, TSN's French equivilant. Since 2005, he has been a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee.[4][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 1998 Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
  2. ^ Yvon Pedneault (French). Réseau des sports. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
  3. ^ Yvon Pedneault (French). Radio Canada. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
  4. ^ Selection Committee By-Laws. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-12-25.
  5. ^ Canadian Press (March 29, 2005). HOF adds two to selection committee. The Sports Network. Retrieved on 2007-12-25.

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