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Pierre Houde (born July 14, 1957) is a Canadian play-by-play sports announcer for RDS. He has announced broadcasts of Montreal Canadiens games since 1989. Over the years he was partnered with Pierre Bouchard and Yvon Pedneault. From 2007 to 2011, his partner was former Canadiens' player Benoit Brunet. In 2010-11 Joël Bouchard was his partner in the booth, but when Bouchard left for the Blainville Armada in 2011, he was replaced by former NHL goaltender Marc Denis. Houde also broadcasts Formula One Races at the same station along with Bertrand Houle.
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Houde's goal call is "Le tir, ET LE BUT!" (A shot, AND THE GOAL!) after every Canadiens goal, though depending on the moment he stretches "but" out for several seconds ("Le tir, ET LE BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT!!!!!!!!!"). Other calls are "Eh bien, coup de théâtre, ma parole!" which he often uses when unbelievable situations occur and "Les rouges s'éteignent... ET ON ROULE !!!" at the start of a Formula One Grand Prix.
Houde does hockey play by plays on Le Hockey Du Samedi Soir Coors Light, Le Hockey Du Mardi Soir Subway, Le Hockey Du Jeudi Soir Subway and any other days the Canadiens play.
Houde has called baseball games for the same network since 1987 and EA Sports since 1994. His home run call is "Le lancer, le baseball ET LE HOMER!" (The pitch, the baseball AND THE HOMER) He also uses it for the Baseball series for EA Sports.
Houde has acquired a fairly large following among the Canadiens' anglophone fans, many of whom watch his telecasts rather than those on Hockey Night in Canada.
The only English Canadiens games Houde called was on December 2, 1995 on CJAD, the infamous game the Canadiens lost 11-1 to the Detroit Red Wings and became the last game of Patrick Roy with the team before being traded to the Colorado Avalanche. Houde had previously been considered for the play-by-play spot with the Avalanche.
Houde started his broadcasting career at CKOI-FM as a weekend DJ when he was 20 years old and still going to École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal (HEC Montréal) .
His first sports broadcasting was doing half-time NFL broadcasts in French as a freelancer. Houde was one of the original staff at RDS when it started in September 1989.
Houde is from Saint-Laurent, Quebec, now a borough in the city of Montreal.
He is married to Sylvie Allard since 1992.