Michel Godbout is a

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. From 2006 to 2009 he anchored '' CBC News: Montreal at Six'' for

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, since taking over for Dennis Trudeau in 2006.Mike Cohen
"CTV and Global not concerned about new CBC newscast"
''The Suburban News'', official website. (2009) Retrieved December 4, 2010CBC biography of Michel Godbout
CBC, official website. Retrieved December 4, 2010 He studied

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where he also worked in

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and private radio then joined

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and played university hockey for the Moncton Blue Eagles. He moved to

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to continue to work as a journalist for Radio-Canada-RDI, before returning to

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in 1999 where he joined

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. After working as a reporter from 2000-2004 he became head news anchor for CBC News at Six. In September 2009, with the revamping of the newscast to a 90-minute format, Godbout became the senior correspondent for CBC News Montreal, working in the field as a special assignment reporter. In 2010 he moved to sports as CBC's sports journalist and anchor. In August 2011, Godbout joined the newly created

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. He was the head anchor for sports news at 11:00pm. Since 2014 he hosts the NHL broadcast on TVA Sports. He occasionally anchors newscasts at LCN and TVA.

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