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| 1970 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Dan Bouchard
Selected in second round
No. 27 overall by Boston Bruins
Born
December 12, 1950
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Goaltender
Height: 6-0 Weight:
175
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
London (OHA)
Birthplace:
Val d'Or, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown: LaSalle, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1968-69 |
Sorel | QJHL |
-- | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | | 1969-70 |
London | OHA |
41 | n/a |
3.89 | 2 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QJHL Plante Trophy (Lowest GAA): 1968-69 (Sorel) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 8, 1972 (Atlanta at Buffalo)
Numbers:
30 (Atlanta/Calgary); 35 (Quebec); 35
(Winnipeg)
Stanley
Cup: Never won. Playing Status: Retired 1986 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP |
W-L-T | GAA | SO | SV% |
| 1972-1986 |
ATL/CGY,
QUE, WIN | 655 |
286-232-113 | 3.26 |
27 | n/a |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | W-L | GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1974-1986 |
ATL, QUE, WIN | 43 |
13-30 | 3.46 | 1 | n/a |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NHL Goalie Games-Played Leader:
1978-79 (64 games)
NHL Wins Leader: 1978-79 (32 wins)
NHL
Playoffs Shutouts Leader: 1981 (1 shutout)
Atlanta MVP: 1972-73
(co-winner)
Atlanta/Calgary
Records: Most career shutouts (20), most shutouts in one season (5, shared),
most games played by a goaltender in one season (64, shares record)
1972-73: Played on first Atlanta
Flames team.
1980-81: Played on first Calgary Flames team.
Coaching Career: Served as Quebec goaltending coach from 1991-92 through
1993-94.
Miscellaneous: Worked as Stanley
Cup playoffs broadcaster on French-Canadian radio during his playoff days. ...
Was only member of 1972-73 Atlanta Flames to move with team to Calgary in
1980. ... Was a childhood hero of Patrick Roy, to whom he gave an autographed
game-used stick during his days in Quebec. Roy would eventually get his first
NHL shutout with Bouchard playing goal at the other end of the ice. ... Also
was childhood hero of Manon Rheaume, the first female to play in an NHL
exhibition game. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Hershey, Boston (AHL);
Oklahoma City (CHL)
Canada Cup: 1976 (first place)
World Championships:
1978 (bronze medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL All-Star First Team:
1971-72 (Boston)
World Championships All-Star Second
Team: 1978
AHL Holmes Award (lowest team GAA): 1971-72 (co-winner)
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Alberta)
AHL
Wins Leader: 1971-72 (27 wins)
AHL Minutes-Played Leader: 1971-72 (2,915
minutes)
AHL Shutouts leader: 1971-72 (4 shutouts)
1971-72: Played on AHL regular-season co-champion (Boston).
Coaching Career: Head coach of Georgia's Life University club team
from 1995-96 through 2000-01.
Personal: Older brother of former minor-league goaltender Guy Bouchard. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| EXPANSION: Boston left
Bouchard unprotected for the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft, and he was claimed by
Atlanta on June 6, 1972. |
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SNAPSHOT '70 | | Total Selected: |
115 | | Forwards: |
66 | | Defense: |
36 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Position n/a: |
1 | | Major Junior: |
87 |
| College Players: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
109 | | Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
6 |
| U.S.-Born: |
6 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
60 | | Won Stanley Cup: |
7 |
| Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
11 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
2 |
| Picks Traded: |
13 |
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