Claude Quenneville is a
Canadian
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sports commentator
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in Quebec. He served as the French-language radio voice of the
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...
of the
National Hockey League
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. He began his career at the age of 14 at radio station CJMT-AM in
Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada.
It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...
and was later hired by the
CBC as an announcer in 1971. In 1973-74, he hosted a weekly variety show, called ''Tempo''.
He became well known by becoming the announcer for radio broadcasts for games played by the
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...
from 1982 to 1990. He also hosted the popular show ''
La Soirée du hockey
''La Soirée du hockey'' (literally translated to ''The Night of Hockey'') was a Canadian ice hockey television show. It was the French language Radio-Canada equivalent of the English Canadian CBC show ''Hockey Night in Canada''. The show used "T ...
'' on
SRC, and been a long-time commentator on Olympic events; including weightlifting events at the
1976 Olympics in
Montreal
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, diving events at the
1984 Olympics in
Los Angeles
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, gymnastics events at the
1988 Olympics in
Seoul
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, athletics in
Atlanta
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at the
1996 Olympics
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and ice hockey in
Nagano Nagano may refer to:
Places
* Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan
** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture
*** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics
*** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano
*** Nagano Universi ...
at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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. Quenneville has also covered the
Commonwealth Games
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of Edmonton (1978), of Edinburgh (1986) and Victoria (1994).
His work as sports commentator has earned him two
Gémeaux Awards - the first in 1991 for the best sports commentator and the second in 1994 with
Gilles Tremblay for ''La Soirée du Hockey''.
[http://www.radio-canada.ca/allosaltlake/olympiques/equipe/claude_quenneville.asp (archive)]
References
Canadian sports announcers
National Hockey League broadcasters
Montreal Canadiens announcers
Toronto Maple Leafs announcers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Olympic Games broadcasters
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