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| 1971 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Rich Leduc
Selected in
third round
No. 29 overall by California Golden Seals
Born August 24, 1951
 | Position:
Center
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Trois Rivieres (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Ile Perrot, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Ile Perrot, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Trois Rivieres | QMJHL |
55 |
61 | 90 |
151 | 253 | | 1970-71 |
Trois Rivieres | QMJHL |
59 | 56 |
76 | 132 |
195 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1970-71 (Trois
Rivieres)
QMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1969-70 (Trois Rivieres)
Miscellaneous: Played for Sorel in 1969 Memorial Cup tournament. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 11,
1973 (Minnesota at Boston)
Numbers: 18 (Boston); 10 (Quebec)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1981 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1973-1981 |
Boston, Quebec | 130 |
28 | 38 | 66 |
69 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
1974 | Boston | 5 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
9 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
1979-80: Played on first Quebec Nordiques NHL team.
Miscellaneous: Re-entered NHL in 1979 when Quebec protected his
rights as part of the WHA-NHL merger. ... Signed with Minnesota as free agent
in Februrary 1981 but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Cleveland, Boston (AHL);
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Quebec (WHA); Rochester (AHL); Oklahoma
City (CHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA All-Star Game: 1977
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by
Quebec)
1971-72: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Boston).
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1973-74 season with broken wrist. ... Voted Cleveland (WHA) MVP by fans after
1974-75 season. ... Scored 52 goals and 107 points for Cincinnati (WHA) in
1976-77. ... Was one of Wayne Gretzky's first pro
hockey teammates in Indianapolis (WHA), and scored goal on Gretzky's first pro
assist on Oct. 18, 1978. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: California traded Leduc and Chris
Oddleifson to Boston in exchange for Ivan Boldirev on November 17, 1971. Leduc
was the future considerations portion of the original trade. |
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SNAPSHOT '71 | | Total Selected: |
117 | | Forwards: |
63 | | Defense: |
45 | | Goaltenders: |
9 | | Major Junior: |
84 | | College Players: |
19 |
| Canadian: |
107 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
8 | | U.S.-Born: |
8 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
50 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
3 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
10 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
4 |
| Picks Traded: |
18 |
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