Claude Mailhot (born January 25, 19481) is a Canadian sports television host.
He obtained a law degree from McGill University. He was admitted to the Bar in 1973. He practised as a law clerk from 1971 to 1973 and as a lawyer from 1983 to 1987.
In 1972, he became host and creator of the very first open-line radio program dedicated to sports: Les amateurs de sports. He was also a sports analyst for Radio-Canada's La Soirée du hockey, a position he held until 1982. In 1991, he became a host for the sports television network RDS. He also hosted television and radio at several Olympic Games in 1976, 1980 and 1988.
On May 11, 2005, at the age of 57, he became Assistant Deputy Minister at the Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport. Three years later, in 2008, he resigned from his position. Despite his voluntary departure, he received a severance package of $137,000.
In 2009, he returned to hosting for the RDS show "Vers Vancouver 2010". He was a news anchor at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
| NHL on RDS | |||||||||
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| Related programs | NHL on CTV - RDS Olympiques | ||||||||
| Related articles | Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium - Stanley Cup Finals television ratings | ||||||||
| Commentators | All-Star Game - Outdoor games - Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||
| Key figures | David Arsenault - Yanick Bouchard - Benoît Brunet - Guy Carbonneau - Alain Crête - Vincent Damphousse - Marc Denis - Norman Flynn - François Gagnon - Denis Gauthier - Luc Gélinas - Pierre Houde - Michel Y. Lacroix - Guillaume Latendresse - Jocelyn Lemieux - Chantal Machabée - Claude Mailhot - Mario Tremblay | ||||||||
| Music | "The Hockey Theme" | ||||||||
| Stanley Cup Finals | 2003 - 2004 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 | ||||||||
| All-Star Game | 2003 - 2004 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2011 - 2012 - 2015 | ||||||||
| Winter and Heritage Classics and Stadium Series |
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