Réjean Tremblay, a longtime friend of Yvon Pedneault, will remember him as a “fierce but very friendly competitor”.
The two sports journalists from Chicoutimi became friends and spoke to each other regularly.
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“We talked to each other every week. I spoke to him myself in the last week of June. He looked tired. He had asked the newspaper for a few weeks’ leave,” Réjean Tremblay said on LCN, adding that he had, however, had a conflicting conversation with Yvon Pedneault last month.
For Réjean Tremblay, the 77-year-old was an “old comrade-in-arms” who had a true love of ice hockey.
“That means something: Hall of Famer. It means years, it means a deep love for hockey, it means that all international hockey players respected him,” he said, nicknamed his friend “the Templar.”[lerespectait»at-ilmentionnéluiquisurnommaitsonami«letemplier»[lerespectait»a-t-ilmentionnéluiquisurnommaitsonami«letemplier»
Réjean Tremblay highlighted the various moments he shared with Yvon Pedneault, adding: “He’s part of the little gang that just left.”