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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Benoit Gosselin
Selected in
fifth round
No. 80 overall by New York Rangers
Born
July 19, 1957
 | Position: Left Wing
Height:
5-11 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Trois-Rivieres (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Montreal, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Shawinigan | QMJHL |
64 |
12 | 17 |
29 | 134 | | 1974-75 |
Shawinigan | QMJHL |
60 | 48 |
49 | 97 |
153 | | 1975-76 |
Sorel | QMJHL |
63 | 40 |
52 | 92 |
144 | | 1976-77 |
Trois-Rivieres | QMJHL |
74 | 64 |
62 | 126 |
145 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL All-Star Third Team: 1976-77 (Trois-Rivieres)
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
QMJHL's No. 10 prospect for the 1977 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: November 4, 1977 (N.Y. Rangers at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 11 (N.Y. Rangers)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1977-78 |
N.Y. Rangers | 7 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
33 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Fought Vancouver's Jack
McIlhargey during third period of his first NHL game. ... Signed with Winnipeg as unrestricted free agent on Sept.
25, 1979, but never played for parent team. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: New Haven (AHL); Toledo,
Kalamazoo, Dayton (IHL); Tulsa (CHL); Sherbrooke (AHL); Caen (France)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1979 (Kalamazoo)
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by Quebec,
No. 20 overall in Round 2)
Miscellaneous: Traded by Toledo to
Kalamazoo for Greg Neeld in November 1978. ... Missed part of 1981 CHL
playoffs with shoulder injury suffered in Tulsa's April 8, 1981, playoff game
at Oklahoma City.
Personal: Also known as Ben Gosselin during his
playing days. |
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SNAPSHOT '77 | | Total Selected: |
185 | | Forwards: |
104 | | Defense: |
57 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
123 | | College Players: |
51 |
| Canadian: |
141 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
5 |
| Reached NHL: |
97 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
9 |
| Picks Traded: |
37 |
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