Yvon Pedneault

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.

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.

Pedneault was host of one of North America's longest running sports talk, radio call-in shows, called "Les amateurs de sports" in the '70s on CKAC in Montreal (the program airs to this day).

Pedneault would also cover several Olympic games. [cite web|url=http://www.rds.ca/chroniqueurs/expert_yvonpedn.html|title=Yvon Pedneault (French)|accessdate=2008-01-02|publisher=Réseau des sports]

Pedneault also briefly served as the General Manager of Le Collège Français de Longueuil in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. [cite web|url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/allosaltlake/olympiques/equipe/yvon_pedneault.asp|title=Yvon Pedneault (French)|accessdate=2008-01-02|publisher=Radio Canada]

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.cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/ind98.htm|title=1998 Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees |accessdate=2008-01-02|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame]

Since 2005, he has been a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee.cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/indselect.htm|title=Selection Committee By-Laws|accessdate=2007-12-25|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame] [cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=119843&hubname=|title=HOF adds two to selection committee|accessdate=2007-12-25|date=March 29 2005|author=Canadian Press|publisher=The Sports Network]

Pedneault's highest profile work has been as colour commentator for Le Réseau des sports, TSN's French equivalent for the last ten years. Prior to the commencement of the 2008-2009 hockey season, RDS decided not to renew his contract and replace him with former Canadiens player Benoit Brunet who previously provided intermission commentary.

CBC has announced Pedneault will provide commentary on some of the Hockey Night in Canada Canadiens games. [http://habsinsideout.com/main/9123]

References

External links

* [http://www.rds.ca/chroniqueurs/expert_yvonpedn.html Yvon Pedneault] at Réseau des sports (French)