Claude Verret

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Claude Verret
Born (1963-04-20) April 20, 1963 (age 61)
Lachine, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
NHL draft 163rd overall, 1982
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1983–1999

Claude Verret (born April 20, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted in the eighth round, 163rd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

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Biography

Verret was born in Lachine, Quebec, but grew up in Quebec City, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1975 and 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Beauport, Quebec. [1]

In the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, he tallied 462 points in 200 games over three seasons with the Trois-Rivières Draveurs, winning the Jean Beliveau Trophy in 1981–82 as the league's leading scorer. He scored another 183 points in 141 games during his first two seasons in the American Hockey League with the Sabres' farm club, the Rochester Americans, and won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award in 1983–84 as the league's top rookie.

Despite this success at the junior and minor league levels, Verret did not make much impact in the National Hockey League. He played in just fourteen games with the Sabres, eleven in 1983–84 and three in 1984–85. He scored two goals and added five assists.

Verret began playing in Europe in 1987, spending many seasons playing in France and Switzerland before retiring in 1999.

Awards

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1978–79Sainte–Foy CouillardQMAAA38131124463250
1979–80Sainte–Foy GouverneursQMAAA3829477681248120
1980–81 Trois–Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 6839731124191324377
1981–82 Trois–Rivières DraveursQMJHL645410816214231335484
1982–83 Trois–Rivières DraveursQMJHL68731151882043694
1983–84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 112572—————
1983–84 Rochester Americans AHL 6539519041859144
1984–85 Buffalo SabresNHL30000—————
1984–85 Rochester AmericansAHL764053931252570
1985–86 Rochester AmericansAHL5219325114—————
1986–87 EHC Kloten NDA 1213041012
1986–87 Rochester AmericansAHL36131225283360
1987–88 HC Rouen FRA 2829366520—————
1988–89 HC RouenFRA3848581066579164
1989–90 HC RouenFRA31313566442240
1990–91 HC RouenFRA2819375649714210
1991–92 Français Volants FRA.2 141692536—————
1992–93 HC RouenFRA314043836—————
1993–94 HC RouenFRA8417211242680
1993–94 Lausanne HC CHE.2 191819376131110214
1994–95Lausanne HCCHE.2364445896111020306
1995–96 Lausanne HCNDA19108182—————
1996–97 Genève–Servette HC CHE.2423145766—————
1997–98Genève–Servette HCCHE.24023466916—————
1998–99Lausanne HCCHE.2231324371210220
1999–2000Lausanne HCCHE.232172946830220
AHL totals22911114825932311017274
FRA totals16417122639752221831494
CHE.2 totals192146208354542821345510

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References

  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
Preceded by
Inaugural winner
 Winner of the Michel Bergeron Trophy
1980–81		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy
1980–81 and 1981–82		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Jean Beliveau Trophy
1981–82		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
1983–84 		Succeeded by


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