Bill Gardner (ice hockey)

Bill Gardner
Born (1960-03-19) March 19, 1960
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Chicago Black Hawks
Hartford Whalers
NHL Draft 49th overall, 1979
Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career 19801993

William Scott Gardner (born March 19, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.

Gardner started his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1981. He would spend his entire career with the Blackhawks except for 26 games he played for the Hartford Whalers. During his career, he scored 73 goals, 115 assists, 188 points in 380 games.

Gardner's career as a broadcaster began in 1989 as a studio analyst on SportsChannel Chicago's Blackhawks broadcasts. In 1996, he replaced Daryl Reaugh on Hartford Whalers television broadcasts when Reaugh left to become radio analyst for the Dallas Stars when it looked as if the Whalers might leave Hartford . He followed the Whalers to North Carolina when the team relocated the next season, but left after one season return to the Chicago Blackhawks as the team's color analyst on television and radio. Gardner served as color commentator for the Blackhawks alongside Pat Foley until 2002. He now does color for television broadcasts for the Chicago Wolves.

He currently lives in Elmhurst, Illinois.


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