Dan Bouchard

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Dan Bouchard
Daniel Bouchard Panini 1979.jpg
Born (1950-12-12) December 12, 1950 (age 74)
Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Goaltender
Shot Left
Played for Atlanta Flames
Calgary Flames
Quebec Nordiques
Winnipeg Jets
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL draft 27th overall, 1970
Boston Bruins
Playing career 19701987
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Czechoslovakia

Daniel Hector Bouchard (born December 12, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, Quebec Nordiques, and original Winnipeg Jets.

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Career

Bouchard played in the 1962 and 1963 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with his LaSalle youth team. [1] As a junior, Bouchard backstopped the Sorel Black Hawks to the 1969 Memorial Cup. Bouchard was drafted by the Boston Bruins in 1970, and after two years in the American Hockey League, made his NHL debut in 1972–73 after the Flames claimed him in the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft. [2] After eight seasons in Atlanta, the Flames franchise relocated to Calgary, Alberta in the summer of 1980. Halfway through the 1980–81 season, Bouchard was traded to the Quebec Nordiques for Jamie Hislop; at the time of the trade, Bouchard was the last original Atlanta Flames player still with the organization. He then led Quebec to their first playoff appearance since the 1979 NHL–WHA merger.

The following season was a magical one as the Nordiques lost in the Wales Conference Final to the defending champion New York Islanders, who would go on to win their third straight Stanley Cup. Along the way, Quebec disposed of the Montreal Canadiens, their most bitter rival, and then Boston in a pair of thrilling series. Each went down to the wire in the final game, but Quebec held on to win. In the 1985–86 season he was traded to the Winnipeg Jets, where he left the NHL after losing in the opening round to the Calgary Flames. He played 7 games for HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the 1986–87 season before a knee injury forced his retirement. [2]

Current life

Bouchard currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he privately trains goalies and serves as the head goalie coach at The Cooler for the Atlanta Fire Team.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLTMINGASOGAASV%
1968–69Sorel Black HawksMMJHL
1968–69 Sorel Black Hawks M-Cup 19145011406513.42
1969–70 London Knights OHA-Jr. 41245215923.89124537114804.05
1970–71 Hershey Bears AHL 3612162202910613.13
1971–72 Boston Braves AHL5027137291512242.516233111402.70
1971–72 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 110060303.00
1972–73 Atlanta Flames NHL 3491510194410023.09.907
1973–74 Atlanta FlamesNHL4619188266012352.77.90910160404.00.846
1974–75 Atlanta FlamesNHL4020155240011132.78.914
1975–76 Atlanta FlamesNHL4719178267111322.54.911202120301.50.942
1976–77 Atlanta FlamesNHL4217175237813913.51.87710160505.00.800
1977–78 Atlanta FlamesNHL58251219334015322.75.894202120703.50.851
1978–79 Atlanta FlamesNHL6432217362420133.33.889202100905.40.813
1979–80 Atlanta FlamesNHL53231910307616323.18.8974132411403.49.880
1980–81 Calgary Flames NHL144537605104.03.884
1980–81 Quebec Nordiques NHL29195517409223.17.8955232861913.99.881
1981–82 Quebec NordiquesNHL60272211357223013.86.86611476773803.37.894
1982–83 Quebec NordiquesNHL5020218294719714.01.8754132421102.73.909
1983–84 Quebec NordiquesNHL5729188337318013.20.8829545432502.76.888
1984–85 Quebec NordiquesNHL2912134173810103.49.87710160707.00.708
1985–86 Winnipeg Jets NHL3211142169610723.79.86510140507.50.773
1986–87 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NDA 7151702.78
NHL totals65528623211337,9192061273.26.890431330254914713.46.880

International

YearTeamEventGPWLTMINGASOGAASV%
1978 Canada WC 624-3442404.19.886

"Bouchard's stats". The Goaltender Home Page. Retrieved 2017-09-22.

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 2019-01-01.
  2. 1 2 "Dan Bouchard player profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-01-24.