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Mario Gosselin
Selected in third round
No. 55 overall by Quebec Nordiques
Born June
15, 1963
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Goaltender
Height: 5-8 Weight: 160
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Shawinigan (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Thetford Mines, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Thetford Mines, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | W-L-T |
GAA | SO |
SV% | | 1979-80 |
Montreal East | Que. AAA |
19 | 8-x6-0 |
4.09 | 0 |
n/a | | 1980-81 |
Shawinigan | QMJHL |
21 | 4-x9-0 |
4.96 | 0 |
n/a | | 1981-82 |
Shawinigan | QMJHL |
60 | 33-25-2 |
4.05 | 0 |
n/a |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL All-Star Second
Team: 1981-82 (Shawinigan)
QMJHL Goalie
Games-Played Leader: 1981-82 (Shaw.) (60 GP)
QMJHL Minutes
Leader: 1981-82 (Shawinigan) (3,404 minutes)
Miscellaneous: Not selected
in 1981 NHL Entry Draft despite being eligible. ... Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as
the
No. 12 overall QMJHL prospect and No. 1 QMJHL
goaltender prospect for the 1982 NHL draft. ... Grew up idolizing Rogie
Vachon, who would later become his general manager when he signed with
Los Angeles. ... Was Shawinigan's sixth-round pick in 1980 QMJHL midget
draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: February 26, 1984 (St. Louis at
Quebec)
Numbers: 33 (Quebec); 31 (Los Angeles); 31
(Hartford)
Stanley
Cup: Never won. Status: Retired 1994 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP |
W-L-T | GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1984-1993 |
Quebec, L.A., Hart. | 241 |
91-107-14 | 3.74 |
6 | .871 |
| | CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | W-L |
GAA |
SO | SV% |
| 1985-1990 |
Quebec, L.A. | 32 |
16-15 | 3.27 | 0 |
.883 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
All-Star Game: 1986 (Quebec)
Miscellaneous: Joined Quebec for balance of 1983-84 season after
competing in 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. ... Shut out St. Louis with
26 saves for Quebec in his first NHL game. ... Missed remainder of 1983-84
season with stretched ligaments in knee, an injury suffered in Quebec's March 8, 1984, game vs.
Pittsburgh.... Named Quebec Player of Month for October 1985. ... Missed
part of 1985-86 season with the flu, contracted in January 1986. ... Missed
part of 1989-90 season with the flu, contracted in October 1989. ... Started
first game for Los Angeles on Oct. 15, 1989, at Edmonton, when Wayne Gretzky
passed Gordie Howe for NHL's all-time points lead. Gosselin and the Kings
won the game 5-4 in overtime. ... Missed remainder of 1992-93 season with
back injury, suffered during Hartford's April 13, 1993, game at N.Y.
Islanders. ... Missed remainder of 1993-94
season with ligament damage in left knee, an injury suffered during Hartford's Nov. 18, 1993, game at Philadelphia. The
injury required surgery on Nov. 29, 1993, and Gosselin opted to retire
rather than pursue comeback. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Shawinigan (QMJHL); Team
Canada; Fredericton (AHL); Halifax (AHL); Phoenix (IHL); Springfield (AHL)
Olympics: 1984 (fourth place)
World Junior Championships: 1983 (bronze
medal) (spare goalie)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
QMJHL Plante Trophy (GAA Leader):
1982-83 (Shawinigan) (3.12)
QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1982-83 (Shawinigan)
QMJHL Shutouts Leader: 1982-83 (Shawinigan) (3 shutouts)
Miscellaneous:
Moved to St.-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec, and founded the Mario Gosselin
Goaltending School after his retirement, while also working as minor hockey
coach in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. ... The city of Thetford Mines, Quebec,
named its rink Mario Gosselin Center in his honor. ... The Quebec Midget AAA
league named team award for lowest goals-against average the Mario Gosselin
Trophy in his honor.
Olympic Controversy:
After playing the entire 1983-84 pre-Olympic schedule with Team Canada,
Gosselin found himself embroiled in controversy prior to the 1984 Olympics.
His eligibility for the Games came under scrutiny, because Gosselin and
Canadian teammates Mark Morrison, Don Dietrich and Dan Wood had signed pro
contracts with NHL teams. Despite these players having signed contracts,
and Morrison and Dietrich having played some NHL games, the Canadian Olympic
Association and International Ice Hockey Federation deemed them eligible for
the Olympics because none of them played more than 10 NHL games. Team USA and
Finland, however, were not satisfied with the ruling and did not feel they
should have to compete in the Olympics against players with actual NHL
experience. The Americans and Finns protested the four Canadian players'
eligibility to the International Olympic Committee on Feb. 6, 1984, just one
day before the Olympic hockey tournament was set to begin. The IOC ruled that
Morrison and Dietrich were ineligible for the Games, but Gosselin and Wood
would be allowed to play. Morrison and Dietrich, as well as some players on
the Italian and Austrian teams, were banned because the IOC classified any
player who had ever played in an NHL game to be a professional, and
therefore ineligible for the Olympics. Gosselin and Wood, who had signed NHL contracts
but never played in the NHL, did not fit this definition and were allowed to
play. The banning of Morrison, Dietrich and the others led to a re-examination of the
strict IOC eligibility rules, and by the 1988 Olympics, the amateur rule had been
abolished, allowing many former NHL players to play in Calgary.
No Fan of King: Gosselin
spoke out against Team Canada coach Dave King after the 1984 Olympics,
saying that King had shown a bias against goaltenders in general and
French-Canadians in particular. Gosselin claimed King had neglected even
speaking to his two goalies for as much as six weeks before the Olympics. He
also said King had been disrespectful of Canadian players from Quebec. In
fact, he went so far as to say that he would personally call up any Quebec
players to advise them against playing for King in future international
events.
Personal: Nicknamed "Goose" by his Canadian Olympic teammates. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| CONTRACT BUYOUT: Quebec bought out the
remainder of Gosselin's contract on June 6, 1989, making him an unrestricted free agent. He
signed with Los Angeles on June 12, 1989. |
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SNAPSHOT '82 | | Total Selected: |
252 | | Forwards: |
152 | | Defense: |
82 | | Goaltenders: |
18 | | Major Junior: |
129 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
27/4 | | College Players: |
20 | | High School: |
37 |
| Canadian: |
152 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
62 |
| European: |
35 |
| Reached NHL: |
109 |
| Stanley Cup: |
18 | | Hall of Fame: |
0 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
37 |
| Picks Traded: |
50 |
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