| Round | Overall |
| 15 | 117 |
Rich Coutu
Selected by
Minnesota from Rosemont (QMJHL)
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5-foot-11, 175 pounds
Left-hand catcher
Goaltender
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | W-L-T | GAA | SO | SV% | ||
| 1968-69 | Montreal | QJHL | -- | -- | -- | - | -- | ||
| 1969-70 | Rosemont | QMJHL | 38 | 17-13-3 | 4.62 | 1 | n/a | ||
| 1970-71 | Rosemont | QMJHL | 58 | 22-33-1 | 5.36 | 1 | n/a |
Pre-Draft Notes
Named to QMJHL All-Star Second team with Rosemont in 1968-70 and 1970-71.
Canadian • Born May
3, 1951 in Montreal, Quebec • Hometown:
Montreal, Quebec
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL
Miscellaneous
- Grew up in Montreal idolizing Hall of Fame goalie
Jacques Plante.
- Signed first pro contract with
Minnesota organization on Oct. 5, 1971.
- Loaned by Minnesota to Toledo (IHL)
for balance of 1971-72 season in November 1971
-
Planned to play for Loyola College (QUAA) in 1972-73 season but was
ruled ineligible to play college hockey in Canada (CIAU) because he
had already played in a professional league with Cleveland (AHL).
- Signed WHA
contract with Chicago on Oct. 12, 1973, after making team out of
training camp.
- Claimed by Cincinnati from Chicago in WHA dispersal draft of
players from Chicago and Baltimore teams that folded at end of
1974-75 season (21st overall pick) on June 19, 1975.
- Played on first Cincinnati Stingers (WHA) team in franchise's inaugural 1975-76 season.
Additional Facts
Full Name:
Richard Norman Coutu
Also Known as: Richard Coutu
Post-Draft Teams: Cleveland (AHL); Toledo (IHL); Bridgeport (CanAm); Long Island (NAHL); Chicago
(WHA); Hampton (SHL); Cincinnati (WHA)
Education: Attended Loyola
College in Montreal, which later became part of Concordia, on a Hockey
Canada scholarship.
| SNAPSHOT '71 | |
| Total Selected: | 117 |
| Forwards: | 63 |
| Defense: | 45 |
| Goaltenders: | 9 |
| Major Junior: | 84 |
| College Players: | 19 |
| Canadian: | 107 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 2 |
| American: | 8 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 50 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 5 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 10 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 5 |
| Olympians: | 4 |
| Picks Traded: | 18 |
| 1971 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Buffalo | California |
| Chicago | Detroit | Los Angeles |
| Minnesota | Montreal | New York |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| Toronto | Vancouver | |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1971