| Round | Overall |
| 2 | 26 |
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Left-hand shot
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1967-68 | St. Jerome | QJHL | 50 | 25 | 35 | 60 | -- |
| 1968-69 | Montreal | OHA | 54 | 38 | 40 | 78 | 29 |
| 1969-70 | Montreal | OHA | 53 | 43 | 51 | 94 | 62 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Named to 1969-70 OHA All-Star 2nd Team. ... Won Memorial Cup in 1969, 1970.
Career Vitals
| First contract: | 1970 |
| Debut: | December 15, 1979 (Winnipeg vs. Montreal) |
| Final NHL game: | December 28, 1979 (Winnipeg vs. Philadelphia) |
| Retired: | 1981 |
| Stanley Cup: | Never won |
| Number worn: | 18 |
Career NHL Statistics
Teams: Winnipeg
Year: 1979. Playoffs:
None
| Regular Season | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 1 year | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Stanley Cup Playoffs | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 0 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Complete statistics available at NHL.com | |||||
Career Highlights
Also played center during pro career. ... Played on first Quebec Nordiques team in WHA's inaugural 1972-73 season. ... Played on Quebec team that lost to Houston in 1975 WHA Finals. ... Won WHA AVCO World Trophy with Winnipeg in 1976. ... Played on 1977-78 Winnipeg team that won WHA regular-season title. ... Won WHA AVCO World Trophy with Winnipeg in 1978. ... Won AVCO Cup as MVP of WHA playoffs with Winnipeg in 1978. ...Won WHA AVCO World Trophy with Winnipeg in 1979. Played on first Winnipeg NHL team during Winnipeg-Phoenix franchise's inaugural 1979-80 season.
WHA's Surprise Playoff MVP
Guindon had a spring for the ages in 1978, when he led the Winnipeg Jets to their second WHA AVCO World Trophy. At age 27, Guindon was at his very best for the Jets, notching eight goals and five assists for 13 points in only nine postseason game. Winnipeg's roster also included Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull and Swedish superstars Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg, but it was Guindon who outshined them all as the Jets went 8-1 in the postseason. Guindon had at least one point in all eight of the wins, and the only time he was held off the scoresheet was in the team's lone loss -- in the opening round at Birmingham. During the 1978 WHA AVCO World Trophy Finals -- a four-game sweep of New England -- Guindon scored two goals in Game 1, one in Game 2, one in Game 3, and had an assist in Game 4. He led all WHA players in postseason plus-minus rating and scoring percentage.
Transaction History
May 1972 -- Signed WHA contract with Quebec. October 1975 -- Released by Quebec (WHA). November 1975 -- Signed with Winnipeg (WHA) as unrestricted free agent to eight-game tryout contract. Nov. 18, 1975 -- Released by Winnipeg due to team's financial concerns. February 1976 -- Signed by Winnipeg as an unrestricted free agent. June 9, 1979 -- Rights retained by Winnipeg prior to NHL Expansion Draft because Detroit opted not to reclaim him and he was already a contracted player on Winnipeg's WHA roster.
Life Outside the NHL
Full Name: Robert
Pierre Guindon
Nickname: "The
Golden Gorf"
Also Known as:
Bobby Guindon, Robert Guindon
Other Post-Draft Teams: Fort Worth (CHL); Quebec, Winnipeg (WHA); Tulsa (CHL)
Coaching Career: Served as
player-assistant coach for Tulsa (CHL) in 1979-80.
Miscellaneous:
| Selected by Quebec Nordiques in 1972 WHA Draft -- first-ever WHA Draft -- in February 1972. | Grew up in a city north of Montreal, where his father sold O'Keefe beer for a living. | Part owner of restaurant with Jaccques Demers in Quebec City during playing days. | Fulfilled childhood dream by playing first NHL game vs. Montreal at age 29. |
| SNAPSHOT '70 | |
| Total Selected: | 115 |
| Forwards: | 67 |
| Defense: | 36 |
| Goaltenders: | 12 |
| Major Junior: | 87 |
| College Players: | 18 |
| Canadian: | 109 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 0 |
| American: | 6 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 62 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 12 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 11 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 4 |
| Olympians: | 2 |
| Picks Traded: | 13 |
| 1970 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Buffalo | Chicago |
| Detroit | Los Angeles | Minnesota |
| Montreal | New York | Oakland |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| Toronto | Vancouver | |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1970