Jean Hamel

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Jean Hamel
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Hamel in the 1979–80 hockey season
Born (1952-06-06) June 6, 1952 (age 71)
Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for St. Louis Blues
Detroit Red Wings
Quebec Nordiques
Montreal Canadiens
NHL Draft 41st overall, 1972
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 1972–1984

Joseph Jean Pierre Hamel (born June 6, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 699 games over 12 seasons in the National Hockey League. He played for the St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings, Quebec Nordiques, and Montreal Canadiens. Jean is the brother of Gilles Hamel.

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Hamel was born in Asbestos, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1965 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Asbestos. [1]

Hamel retired from professional hockey in 1984, as a direct result of having sustained two serious eye injuries while playing for the Montreal Canadiens that year — the first, caused by Louis Sleigher's sucker punch during the April 20 "Good Friday Massacre", and the second, during an October 4 pre-season match. [2] [3]

When Hamel retired, the Canadiens organization hired him as an assistant coach with their new Sherbrooke Canadiens farm team in the American Hockey League (AHL). [3] Hamel served as an assistant coach, later head coach, during the entire six seasons that the Sherbrooke Canadiens existed as a franchise. During his final two years as head coach, the Sherbrooke Canadiens finished first overall in the AHL for the 1988–89 and 1989–90 AHL regular seasons. Starting the next season, Hamel served as head coach of the Drummondville Voltigeurs, in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, for four seasons. After a four-year break, Hamel returned to his birthplace as head coach with the Asbestos Aztecs, of the Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League, for one season (1999–2000).

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1969–70 Drummondville Rangers QMJHL 564111575611220
1970–71 Drummondville RangersQMJHL617233010961128
1971–72 Drummondville RangersQMJHL5962935132910148
1972–73 Denver Spurs WHL 1306622—————
1972–73 St. Louis Blues NHL 552792420000
1973–74 Denver SpursWHL1002212—————
1973–74 St. Louis BluesNHL231126—————
1973–74 Detroit Red Wings NHL2203340—————
1974–75 Detroit Red WingsNHL8051924136—————
1975–76 Detroit Red WingsNHL773912129—————
1976–77 Detroit Red WingsNHL711101163—————
1977–78 Detroit Red WingsNHL3226834700010
1977–78 Kansas City Red Wings CHL 282101229—————
1978–79 Detroit Red WingsNHL5224672—————
1979–80 Detroit Red WingsNHL4914543—————
1980–81 Detroit Red WingsNHL68571257—————
1980–81 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 713436—————
1981–82 Quebec Nordiques NHL4016732500016
1981–82 Fredericton Express AHL1624619—————
1982–83 Quebec NordiquesNHL512793840002
1983–84 Montreal Canadiens NHL7911213921502216
NHL totals69926951217663302244

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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 2019-01-04.
  2. ↑ Phillips, Randy (6 October 1984). "Injured Hamel to miss start of season". The Gazette . Montreal. p. F3. Retrieved 6 April 2012..
  3. 1 2 "Hamel retires, but gets new contract". The Gazette . Montreal. 21 December 1984. p. D1.
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