Hockey World Show Archive
 BILL CLEMENT: NHL
Analyst
Bill Clement is a former National Hockey League All-Star
who played 11 years in the NHL with Philadelphia (Broad
Street Bullies), Washington, and Calgary and has been
the face & the voice of nationally televised hockey
since 1986. He is also a successful actor, entrepreneur
and professional speaker.
Most recently, Bill served
as Studio Host for the “NHL on NBC” and for “Hockey
Central” on the Versus Network. He can be seen on
Comcast Sportsnet’s coverage of the FLYERS and can be
heard on XM Satelite Radio as well as NHL Radio. Bill
recently expanded his electronic media portfolio to
include Broadcast Coaching & Consulting.
For 15 years, Bill was the
lead game-analyst for ESPN's extensive schedule of
National Hockey Night telecasts. He also worked select
games on ESPN2 and from 2000-2004 served as the lead
analyst for ABC Sports' NHL telecasts. Clement has
worked every Stanley Cup Final telecast since 1986. From
1999-2005 he did play-by-play for ESPN’s Great Outdoor
games and in 2004 & 2005 was the host of ESPN’s
Bassmaster Classic. He was a guest host on ESPN2’s talk
show, Cold Pizza in 2005 and has also worked as the
studio analyst for CTV’s coverage of the Canada Cup.
Bill Clement has televised 5
Olympiads. In 1992 he did game analysis for both TNT TV
and CBS Radio’s hockey coverage at the Winter Olympics
in Albertville, France. At the Salt Lake City Winter
Olympics in 2002 he was NBC’s studio analyst. In Athens
he shifted gears during the 2004 Summer Olympics and
worked for NBC as an expert analyst for Badminton &
Table Tennis, and as a play-by-play man for the Modern
Pentathalon. At the 2006 Torino, Italy Winter Olympics
Bill was NBC’s host for all hockey coverage and for the
2008 Beijing Games he called NBC’s Shooting Sports and
Table Tennis.
Clement has won a Cable”ACE”
Award as the best analyst in any sport and in a 1996
reader survey conducted by The Hockey News was voted
"Favorite Hockey Personality on TV." His acting credits
include work on the ABC daytime drama All My Children
and more than 250 television ads for clients such as
Chevrolet, Deep Woods Off and NAPA Auto Parts. In early
1990, Clement entered the world of human development
presentations and is now making corporate and
association presentations on an international basis.
The former center began his
pro hockey career with the Philadelphis Flyers and won
two Stanley Cup championships with the "Broad Street
Bullies." He then moved to Washington and after one
season with the Capitals, in which he played in his
first NHL All-Star Game, was traded to the Atlanta
Flames where he played for five seasons and was selected
to his second All-Star Game . In 1980, he moved with the
Flames to Calgary, where he finished his career in 1982.
Clement is a native of
Thurso, Quebec, the same Canadian town that produced
Hall of Famer, Guy Lafleur. Clement and Lafleur both
have streets in their hometown named after. He is
married with four children and currently lives in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania.
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