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| 1969 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rejean Houle
Selected in first round
No. 1 overall by
Montreal Canadiens
Born October
25, 1949
 | Position: Left Wing
/ Right Wing
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Montreal (OHA)
Birthplace: Rouyn, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Montreal, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1966-67 |
Thetford Mines | QJHL |
43 | 30 |
30 | 60 |
80 | | 1967-68 |
Montreal | OHA |
45 | 27 |
38 | 65 |
102 | | 1968-69 |
Montreal | OHA |
54 | 53 |
55 | 108 |
76 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1969 (Montreal)
OHA All-Star First Team:
1968-69 (Montreal)
OHA Tilson Trophy (MVP): 1968-69 (Montreal)
OHA
Powers Trophy (Points Leader): 1968-69 (Montreal)
OHA Kaminsky Award (Sportsmanship): 1968-69 (Montreal) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 1969. Numbers:
11, 14, 15 (Montreal)
Stanley Cup: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979
Status: Retired September 1983 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1969-1983 |
Montreal | 635 |
161 | 247 | 408 |
395 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1971-1983 |
Montreal | 90 | 14 |
34 | 48 | 66 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Management Career: Named Montreal Vice
President and General Manager on Oct. 21, 1995 and held position until Nov.
20, 2000. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Montreal (AHL); Quebec
(WHA)
WHA Summit Series: 1974
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1969-70: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Montreal).
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Quebec)
WHA
All-Star Game: 1974, 1975, 1976
WHA
All-Star Game MVP: 1975
WHA Playoff Goals Co-leader:
1975 (Quebec) (10 goals)
WHA 50-goal season: 1975-76 (Quebec) (51
goals)
Miscellaneous: Nicknamed "Reggie."
... Worked as sales representative for Molson-O'Keefe Brewery after retirement from hockey and became
Molson Director of Public Relations in 1986. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA DEFECTION: Houle jumped to the WHA for the 1973-74
season but returned to the Canadiens as a free agent on June 10, 1976. |
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SNAPSHOT '69 | | Total Selected: |
84 | | Forwards: |
58 | | Defense: |
18 | | Goaltenders: |
8 | | Major Junior: |
68 | | College Players: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
78 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
1 | | USA Citizens: |
4 | | U.S.-Born: |
4 |
| European: |
1 |
| Reached NHL: |
49 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
7 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
2 |
| Picks Traded: |
11 |
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