Pierre Larouche

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Pierre Larouche
Born (1955-11-16) November 16, 1955 (age 69)
Taschereau, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for New York Rangers
Hartford Whalers
Montreal Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL draft 8th overall, 1974
Pittsburgh Penguins
WHA draft 30th overall, 1974
Houston Aeros
Playing career 1974–1988

Pierre Roland Larouche (born November 16, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers, and New York Rangers between 1974 and 1988. He was a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Canadiens.

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Hockey career

As a youth, Larouche played in the 1965, 1966 and 1968 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Amos, Quebec. [1]

Larouche played junior ice hockey with the Sorel Éperviers of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During the 1973–74 QMJHL season, Larouche won the Jean Béliveau Trophy as the league's top scorer, with 94 goals, 157 assists, for a total 251 points. Larouche set the Canadian Hockey League record at the time, which is now second only to Mario Lemieux's 282 points ten years later.

Larouche was drafted 8th overall by the Penguins in the 1974 NHL amateur draft. In 1976, he became the 16th player to reach the 50-goal mark. At the time he was the youngest player to hit the 50-goal and 100-points plateau. [2] His record was broken by Wayne Gretzky in 1980. He was first player to score 50 goals in a season for Pittsburgh (scoring 53 in 1975–76) and is the only NHL player to have scored more than 45 goals with three different teams, also scoring 50 with Montreal in 1979–80 and 48 with the New York Rangers in 1983-84.

Larouche is also one of the few players to score at least a point-per-game average in his final NHL season. He had 12 points in 10 games, during the 1987–88 NHL season, his last in the league. He won two Stanley Cups with Montreal, in 1978 and 1979.

In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, the authors ranked Larouche at No. 94 all-time of the 901 New York Rangers who had played during the team's first 82 seasons. [3]

On December 31, 2010 he served as one of the coaches for the alumni game of the 2011 NHL Winter Classic at Heinz Field between the Penguins and Washington Capitals.

Records and accomplishments

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1972–73 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 20671320—————
1972–73 Sorel Black Hawks QMJHL434754101241076132
1973–74 Sorel Black HawksQMJHL6794157251531315183320
1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 793137685292572
1975–76 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7653581113330110
1976–77 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL652934631430330
1977–78 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL2065110—————
1977–78 Montreal Canadiens NHL441732491152134
1978–79 Montreal CanadiensNHL3691322461340
1979–80 Montreal CanadiensNHL735041911691782
1980–81 Montreal CanadiensNHL612528532820220
1981–82 Montreal CanadiensNHL22912210—————
1981–82 Hartford Whalers NHL4525255012—————
1982–83 Hartford WhalersNHL381822408—————
1983–84 New York Rangers NHL774833812253142
1984–85 New York RangersNHL652436608—————
1985–86 Hershey Bears AHL 3222173916—————
1985–86 New York RangersNHL282072741689172
1986–87 New York RangersNHL732835631263254
1987–88 New York RangersNHL10391213—————
NHL totals8123954278222376420345416

[4]

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1977 Canada WC 10781516

Golf career

After retiring from hockey, Larouche took up golf. He was a winning player on the Celebrity Player Tour and he nearly qualified for the U. S. Open in 1993. [2]

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  2. 1 2 Podnieks, pp. 478-479
  3. ↑ Cohen, Russ; Halligan, John; Raider, Adam (2009). 100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes and Colorful Characters. John Wiley & Sons. p. 24. ISBN   978-0470736197 . Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  4. ↑ Diamond et al. 1998, p. 1209.
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