Here’s what I can share about the latest news on Alain Crête right now.
- Retirement announcement: Multiple outlets report that Alain Crête is retiring after a long tenure with RDS, with his final Canadiens game broadcast in mid-April 2026 and retirement effective after the IIHF World Championship assignments in May 2026. This marks more than 30 years at RDS.
- Replacement news: Reports indicate that Andrée-Anne Barbeau is slated to replace Crête as the Canadiens game announcer on RDS following his retirement. The transition coincides with Crête’s final on-air assignments.
If you’d like, I can pull the most up-to-date details from these outlets and summarize the key dates (final Canadiens game on RDS, dates of World Championship duties, and the official retirement date) with direct quotes.
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It's official. Alain Crête, who has been hosting the Canadiens' games (pre-game and intermission segments on RDS) for a long time, has confirmed that he is retiring.
www.yardbarker.comTonight, the Canadiens play their final game of the regular season. It's also their final game of the season broadcast on RDS… and, as a result, it's also Alain Crête's last game as a play-by-play announcer.
www.yardbarker.comalain crête is nearing a career-ending moment that lands at a notable inflection point for RDS and for viewers who have followed his long run on hockey coverage. The network said Thursday that he will retire after more than 30 years with the Réseau des sports, closing a chapter that has stretched across generations of …
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www.985fm.caTonight, the Canadiens play their final game of the regular season. It’s also their final game of the season broadcast on RDS… and, as a result, it’s also Alain Crête’s last game as a play-by-play announcer. As a reminder, last week he confirmed that he would be retiring at the end of the season. That […]
dose.caMontréal, le 9 avril 2026. – RDS annonce aujourd’hui qu’Alain Crête prend sa retraite au terme d’une carrière remarquable de plus de 30 ans au sein du Réseau des sports. Alain animera un dernier match des Canadiens de Montréal le mardi 14 avril. Ce printemps, il animera également certains matchs du championnat mondial masculin de l’IIHF; le dimanche 31 mai, le match pour la médaille d’or de ce tournoi sera sa dernière affectation à RDS. « Pendant plus de...
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