Bill Clement

Bill Clement
Date of birth	December 20, 1950
place of birth	Buckingham , Quebec , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1970 , 2nd round, 18th position Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1967-1970	Ottawa 67's
1970-1971	Québec Aces
1971-1975	Philadelphia Flyers
1975-1976	Washington Capitals
1976-1980	Atlanta Flames
1980-1982	Calgary Flames

William H. Clement (born December 20, 1950 in Buckingham , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey striker and currently active as a commentator at the games of the Philadelphia Flyers from the National Hockey League .

Player career

Bill Clement began his career in 1967 in the Canadian Junior League OHA , where he played for the Ottawa 67’s . For three years he presented himself there as a solid defensive striker and was finally selected in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round at position 18. The following year and a half he spent with the Quebec Aces and the Richmond Robins in the second-rate AHL before he was called up during the 1971/72 season in the NHL squad of the Flyers.

At the Flyers, Clement was able to establish himself with his defensive game and won the Stanley Cup with them in 1974 and 1975 . After winning the championship for the second time, he was transferred to the Washington Capitals , which appointed him the same team captain. However, he stayed only briefly in Washington, as he was sent to the Atlanta Flames in a transfer business in January 1976 . In Atlanta he had his personal best season in 1977/78 , when he scored 50 points in 70 games. In 1980 the franchise moved to Calgary and was henceforth called Calgary Flames . Clement played two more seasons in Calgary before retiring in 1982.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	11	719	148	208	356	383
Playoffs	10	50	5	3	8th	26th

Achievements and Awards

• Stanley Cup : 1974 and 1975
• Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1976 and 1978

Television career

After the end of his active career, Bill Clement was an analyst for NHL games in 1986 at the television station ESPN , before he joined the television team of the Philadelphia Flyers in 1988 and there acted as a co-commentator on their games. In 1992 he returned to ESPN and commented and analyzed the NHL games for the station. In addition to his work in the NHL, Clement was active as an expert for the television station NBC at the Olympic ice hockey tournament in 2002 and as a commentator at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the sports of table tennis , modern pentathlon and badminton .

In 2005 he left ESPN and was the moderator of studio coverage for national broadcasts in the USA for NBC and Versus for the next two years , where he worked with experts such as Mark Messier , Ed Olczyk , Ray Ferraro and Brett Hull . In the fall of 2007, he rejoined his former team, the Philadelphia Flyers, as an analyst for their games.

Bill Clement also hosts a radio show on the Philadelphia Flyers.

Web links

• Bill Clement at hockeydb.com (English)
• Bill Clement at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Bill Clement at hockeydraftcentral.com