BILL CLEMENT

:''For the Winnipeg city councillor, see Bill Clement (politician)''
'Bill H. Clement' (born December 20, 1950 in Buckingham, Quebec) is a retired professional ice hockey player and a broadcaster for Versus and NBC. Bill worked as a studio host for ''The NHL on NBC'' partnered with Ray Ferraro and Brett Hull, as well as covering men's ice hockey during the 2006 Winter Olympics, and The NHL on Versus Post Game Report with Keith Jones and Brian Engblom. He was partnered with Cammi Granato in coverage of the women's games at the Olympics. He also hosts the NHL on NBC Faceoff on NBCSports.com. Bill is also a daily contributor to ''In the Slot'', Home Ice's afternoon show on ''XM Satellite Radio''.

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Playing career

Post-Playing Career

See also

External links

Playing career

Prior to his career as a broadcaster, Clement was an NHL hockey player. As a native of Buckingham, he played in nearby Thurso with Guy Lafleur. He played Junior Hockey with the Ottawa 67s of the O.H.A., in their first three seasons.
Originally selected 18th (Second Round) of the 1970 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers (first pick by the Flyers), he played four seasons with the Flyers (as well as in minor league teams at Quebec City and Richmond, VA) , and was part of the Stanley Cup-winning Flyers teams of 1973-74 and 1974-75. Prior to the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft, he was traded to the Washington Capitals for their right to draft Mel Bridgman, as the first overall draft pick that year. After playing just forty-six games with the Capitals (and serving as Captain) in the 1975-76 Season, he was then traded to the Atlanta Flames for Gerry Meehan. He would play with the Flames organization in both Atlanta and Calgary, until his retirement following the 1981-82 NHL season. He played in two National Hockey League All-Star Games, in 1976 and 1978. In 719 regular season games, he scored 148 Goals, earned 206 Assists, and 383 Penalty Minutes. In 50 playoff games, 5 goals and three assists.

Post-Playing Career

After retiring from hockey, Clement worked for many years as a color commentator at ESPN for their skydiving coverage.
Clement worked alongside Jim Lampley as a studio analyst for NBC during their coverage of both the men's and women's ice hockey tournaments at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He worked as the play-by-play announcer for table tennis, pentathlon events, and badminton tournaments for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens for NBC's cable networks. He also has worked as an analyst in ESPN's Great Outdoor Games since 2001. Clement won province championships playing badminton in high school.
Clement has lent his voice for commentary for the next-gen versions of the video games NHL 07 and NHL 08 by EA Sports along with Gary Thorne.
Clement is also host of a Flyers-based radio talk show on WBCB 1490 AM in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The show includes current and former players and coaches, as well as players from the AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms and ECHL's Trenton Titans. He will be entering his 6th season as host of the show, taking over for Gene Hart.
From 1986-2004, Clement broadcast at least one game of every Stanley Cup Finals series. Where 2005 there was a lockout, and in 2006 he worked as the studio host for OLN and NBC.

★ ESPN

★ 1986:(3,4)

★ 1987-1988:All

★ 1993-1994:All

★ 1995:(2,3)

★ 1996:(2,4)

★ 1997:(2,3,4)

★ 1998:(2,3,4)

★ 1999:(1,3,4,6)

★ 2000-2004:(1,2)

★ ABC

★ 2000:(3,4,5,6)

★ 2001:(3,4,5,6,7)

★ 2002:(3,4,5)

★ 2003:(3,4,5,6,7)

★ 2004:(3,4,5,6,7)

★ SportsChannel

★ 1989-1992:All

See also

★ Captain (ice hockey)

★ List of NHL players

★ List of NHL seasons

External links

★ Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com

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