Greg Ray Theberge is a retired Canadian ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player, and is the grandson of former NHL

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 player and Hall of Famer Dit Clapper

Dit Clapper

Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper was a Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player....

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A defenceman, Theberge was drafted 109th overall in 1979 by the Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup...

. He played his entire NHL career with the Capitals, also playing for their AHL farm team affiliate the Hershey Bears

Hershey Bears

The Hershey Bears Hockey Club is a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League, and is currently the top affiliate of the NHL Washington Capitals. The hockey club is based in the unincorporated town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, located within Derry Township some 14 miles east of...

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Greg spent his OHL

Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

 career with the Peterborough Petes

Peterborough Petes

The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league.-History:...

, and his son, Brett, is carrying on the tradition as a current member of the Petes.

It was announced that Theberge will join the broadcast team as a colour commentator for TVCogeco

TVCogeco (North Bay, Ontario)

TVCogeco is a local cable television channel based in North Bay, Ontario, seen on cable channel 12 on Cogeco systems in North Bay and the surrounding area.- External links :*...

 covering the Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey team

Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey team

The Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey team is the ice hockey team that represents Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. It was granted membership in the OUA's men's ice hockey circuit in 2009.-Season-by-Season Results:...

, along side play-by-play man Ranjan Rupal.

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