Philip Joseph Stock (born May 26, 1975) is a

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and former professional

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player. After retiring as a player in 2004, he hosted a radio show on Montreal station Team 990 and later became a regular member of the ''

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'' broadcast team until his release in 2016. Stock also occasionally participates as a panelist on the French language show ''L'antichambre'', broadcast on the

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-based RDS sports channel.

Playing career

Stock played two years with the

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of QMJHL, where he was briefly a junior teammate of

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. Upon graduating junior, Stock entered

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in 1996. He was not drafted by an NHL team and signed as a

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with the

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in 1997. Stock spent the next three seasons playing for both the Rangers and their AHL

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, the Hartford Wolf Pack, and scored the Wolf Pack's first-ever goal on home ice at the

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in 1997. Prior to 2000–01, Stock signed a free agent contract with the

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. He played 20 games that year with the Canadiens before being traded to the

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for

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. After a brief return to New York in the following offseason, Stock was claimed by the

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in the annual waiver draft. After two full seasons in Boston, Stock was briefly sent to their Providence farm team before being loaned to the

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of the AHL. Stock totalled five goals, 26 points and 523

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in 235 NHL games before being forced to retire due to an eye injury sustained during an AHL game between Springfield and Philadelphia. Stock was being loaned to the Philadelphia Phantoms at the time.

Broadcasting career

Stock had his own show on Montreal radio called ''The Stock Exchange'' on Team 990. He presented sports on ''Montreal News at 6'' on CBMT (CBC) television on a segment named ''Stock Talk''. Being bilingual, he regularly appears in a francophone sports debate program on RDS, ''L'Antichambre''. He was also a game and studio analyst for The NHL On OLN in its first season. Stock debuted on CBC's ''

'' in 2007 as a panel member for ''The Hot Stove'' segment hosted by Ron MacLean. For the 2008–09 season, he was reassigned to handle the scores and highlights. In 2010, he became an in-studio analyst on HNIC alongside Kelly Hrudey. On December 18, 2009, Stock hosted "The Intermission with Tony Marinaro and The Stock Exchange" for the final time. On February 3, 2010, Stock joined the morning show team of Chantal Desjardins and Pete Marier on CHOM-FM in

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. Stock left the station a year later. Stock was a participant in the second season of the CBC's reality competition, ''

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'', partnered with Russian figure skater Violetta Afanasieva. In 2012, Stock was featured along with

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in a TV advertisement by Depend, an

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product brand. With the help of these two athletes, Depend supports the Canadian Cancer Society for cancers below the waist and the BC Cancer Foundation's Underwear Affair. When Rogers Media acquired the national NHL rights in November 2013, in which Sportsnet produces games airing on its Rogers-owned channels and CBC Television, Stock joined Sportsnet full-time. In June 2016, Rogers Media announced that Stock was cut from his position as a ''

'' host, due to financial reasons. For over 10 years, PJ has been an analyst on RDS, Canada's leading French Canadian Sport network. As of 2020, Stock is a producer on CBC's "Battle of the Blades" and the host of his podcast, "StockTalk".

Personal life

Stock currently lives in Montreal with his wife Jean Marie and their four children. Stock is fluently bilingual in both English and French. He has a sister named Jill and a brother named Dean, who died from ALS in 2016.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Putting Stock in a New Career : Boston.com
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