Richard Brodeur

Last updated
Richard Brodeur
RichardBrodeur.png
Born (1952-09-15) September 15, 1952 (age 73)
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Quebec Nordiques
New York Islanders
Vancouver Canucks
Hartford Whalers
NHL draft 97th overall, 1972
New York Islanders
Playing career 1972–1988

Richard Brodeur (born September 15, 1952), is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was one of a select group of goaltenders to play in every season of the seven-year existence of the World Hockey Association, doing so with the Quebec Nordiques. Nicknamed "King Richard" and "Kermit", Brodeur was the starting goaltender for each of Quebec's runs to the Avco Cup Final, where they lost in 1975 and won in 1977. [1] He moved over to the National Hockey League in 1979, playing just two games before being moved to the Central Hockey League. He then was moved over to the Vancouver Canucks in 1980, where he played the next eight seasons and led the team to their first ever Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 1982. He closed out his career with six games behind the net with the Hartford Whalers in 1987 and play with their American Hockey League affiliate in Binghamton in 1988.

Contents

Early life

Brodeur was born in Longueuil, Quebec and grew up in Montreal, Quebec.

Playing career

Brodeur was selected in the 1972 NHL entry draft by the New York Islanders, but chose instead to play in the World Hockey Association with the Quebec Nordiques, for whom he played for seven seasons. The 1975–76 season was his best; he played 69 games and won 44 of them. In 1976–77, he helped his team win the Avco World Trophy.

When the WHA folded following the 1978–79 season, he was protected as one of the Nordiques' priority selections, then was traded to the Islanders for Göran Högosta. [2] However, he only played two games for them as he was the third goalie behind Billy Smith and Chico Resch, and was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in 1980. In his second season with the Canucks, he guided the team during their playoff run to the finals, which they lost to Brodeur's old team, the Islanders.

Brodeur was selected to play in the 1983 All-Star Game, but couldn't play due to an ear injury suffered in Toronto three days earlier. He remained with the Canucks for almost eight seasons, then was traded near the end of the 1987–88 NHL season to the Hartford Whalers, where he ended his NHL career. He was the last active NHL player from the WHA's inaugural season, and the last to have played in all seven seasons of the WHA's existence. In his professional career between two leagues, he went 296–289–74 as goaltender.

After his retirement, he founded his own hockey school in the Vancouver area. He also briefly worked as an analyst on Quebec Nordiques French TV telecasts.

He has been noted as the goaltender on whom Wayne Gretzky scored the most goals, with 29. [3]

Awards

[4]

Personal life

Brodeur is an artist, using oil on canvas, and has had several shows at Diskin Galleries in Vancouver. [5]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLTMINGASOGAASV%
1970–71 Verdun Maple Leafs QJHL 61413604707.83.813—————————
1970–71 Cornwall Royals QJHL35———210014404.11.879—————————
1971–72 Cornwall RoyalsQMJHL58———348117052.93.9141612319604402.75.922
1971–72 Cornwall Royals M-Cup —————————321—179411.34—
1972–73 Quebec Nordiques WHA 245142128810204.75.861—————————
1973–74 Quebec NordiquesWHA301512116078913.32.901—————————
1973–74 Maine Nordiques NAHL 1610519274703.04——————————
1974–75 Quebec NordiquesWHA5129210293818803.90.8921587—9064813.18.913
1975–76 Quebec NordiquesWHA6944212396724423.69.890514—2992204.41—
1976–77 Quebec NordiquesWHA5329182290616723.45.88017125—10075513.28.882
1977–78 Quebec NordiquesWHA3618152196212103.70.8921155—6223813.67—
1978–79 Quebec NordiquesWHA4225133243312633.11.901302—1141407.37—
1979–80 New York Islanders NHL 210080604.50.829—————————
1979–80 Indianapolis Checkers CHL 4622195272213142.88—633—3571212.02—
1980–81 Vancouver Canucks NHL52171816302417703.51.884303—1851304.22.852
1981–82 Vancouver CanucksNHL52201812301016823.35.89117116—10894902.70.917
1982–83 Vancouver CanucksNHL5821268329120803.79.873303—1931304.04.849
1983–84 Vancouver CanucksNHL3610215211014114.01.868413—2221213.24.896
1984–85 Vancouver CanucksNHL5116276293022804.67.855—————————
1984–85 Fredericton Express AHL 43012491303.13.898—————————
1985–86 Vancouver CanucksNHL6419328354124024.07.861202—1201206.00.848
1986–87 Vancouver CanucksNHL5320255297217813.59.872—————————
1987–88 Vancouver CanucksNHL113626684904.40.859—————————
1987–88 Fredericton ExpressAHL201099804.85.862—————————
1987–88 Hartford Whalers NHL64203391502.65.894413—1991203.62.862
1988–89 Binghamton Whalers AHL61202222105.68.824—————————
WHA totals3051651141217,101103783.64.889512623—294817733.60—
NHL totals3851311756221,966141063.85.872331330—200811113.32.894

"Brodeur's stats". The Goaltender Home Page. Retrieved 2017-09-28.

References

  1. ↑ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search" . Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League . Total Sports. p.  1615. ISBN   0-8362-7114-9.
  3. ↑ Kreiser, John (26 January 2011). "A look at 'The Great One' by the numbers". Edmonton Oilers - Features. NHL.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "WHA Hall of Fame Members" . Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Richard [Brodeur]". Diskin Galleries. May 9, 2006. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.