Claude Larose | |||
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Born | Hearst, Ontario, Canada | March 2, 1942||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Montreal Canadiens Minnesota North Stars St. Louis Blues | ||
Playing career | 1962–1978 |
Claude David Larose (born March 2, 1942) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 943 career NHL games for the Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars and St. Louis Blues. He also served as an assistant coach for the Hartford Whalers after his retirement. He won 6 Stanley Cups during his career 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1973 (as a player with Montreal), 2006 (as a Scout) with Carolina.
Larose was born in Hearst, Ontario. He played junior hockey with the Peterborough Petes. [1]
Over a 16-year career, 10 with the Canadiens, Larose scored 226 goals and added 257 assists for 483 points in 943 NHL games. He also had 887 career penalty minutes and led the Canadiens in penalties during the 1971 Stanley Cup Playoffs, when Montreal upset both the defending champion Boston Bruins and the Chicago Black Hawks.
Playing on a line with Minnesota North Stars teammates Grant and Danny O'Shea, Larose scored the tying, the final goal in the 1969 NHL All-Star Game.
Returning from an injury in 1974, Larose was thrown onto a line with the Mahovlich brothers, Frank and Peter, and scored four goals against Pittsburgh's Gary Inness. He got a hat trick the next game while playing the right wing with Jacques Lemaire and Steve Shutt. Paired with them again, he got two goals in the following game.
Since retiring from professional hockey, Larose worked as a scout for the Carolina Hurricanes. [2]
Larose is the father of NHL player Guy Larose. [3]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1959–60 | Peterborough Petes | OHA-Jr. | 48 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | ||
1960–61 | Peterborough Petes | OHA-Jr. | 46 | 36 | 27 | 63 | 108 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 31 | ||
1961–62 | Peterborough Petes | OHA-Jr. | 50 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1961–62 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
1962–63 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1962–63 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 49 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
1963–64 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1963–64 | Omaha Knights | CPHL | 47 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 105 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 17 | ||
1964–65 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 68 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 82 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
1965–66 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 64 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ||
1966–67 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 69 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 82 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||
1967–68 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 42 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
1967–68 | Houston Apollos | CPHL | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1968–69 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 67 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 106 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1969–70 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 75 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 109 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | ||
1970–71 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 64 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 90 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
1971–72 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 77 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | ||
1972–73 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
1973–74 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 39 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
1974–75 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1974–75 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 56 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1975–76 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 67 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1976–77 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 29 | 19 | 48 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1977–78 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 69 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 943 | 226 | 257 | 483 | 887 | 97 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 143 |
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