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| 1984 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Luc Robitaille
Selected in
ninth round
No. 171 overall by Los Angeles Kings
Born
February 17, 1966
 | Position:
Left Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180
Shoots: Left
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Hull (QMJHL)
Birthplace:
Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1982-83 |
Bourassa | Que. AAA |
48 | 36 |
57 | 93 |
-- | | 1983-84 |
Hull | QMJHL |
70 | 32 |
53 | 85 |
48 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Hull's first-round pick, No. 4 overall, in 1983 QMJHL
midget draft. ... Grew up in Montreal as an avid fan of the Canadiens and
Oilers, because his favorite player was Wayne Gretzky. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 9, 1986 (St. Louis at Los
Angeles)
Numbers: 20 (Los Angeles); 20
(Pittsburgh); 20 (NYR); 20(Detroit)
Stanley Cup: 2002.
Playing Status:
Active |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | |
1986-2005 |
LA, PIT, NYR, DET | 1,380 |
658 | 720 |
1,378 | 1,133 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1987-2003 |
LA, PIT, NYR, DET | 159 |
58 | 69 |
127 | 174 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME:
Inducted 2009
Calder
Trophy: 1986-87 (Los Angeles)
NHL
MAC (Most Assists for Children) Award: 1991-92 (Los Angeles)
Hockey News Rookie of Year: 1986-87 (Los Angeles)
NHL All-Star First Team: 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91,
1992-93
(Los Angeles)
Sporting News All-Star First Team: 1987-88, 1988-89,
1989-90, 1990-91, 1992-93 (Los
Angeles)
Hockey News All-Star First Team: 1987-88 (Los Angeles)
NHL All-Star Second Team: 1986-87, 1991-92, 2000-01 (L.A.)
Sporting News All-Star Second Team: 1986-87, 1991-92 (L.A.)
Hockey News
All-Star Second Team: 1986-87 (L.A.)
Hockey Digest
All-Star Second Team: 1986-87 (L.A.)
NHL All-Rookie Team: 1986-87 (Los Angeles)
All-Star Game: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999,
2001
(Los Angeles)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1993 (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Libby
Award (MVP): 1992-93, 1998-99, 2000-01
Los Angeles Most Popular Player: 1987-88, 1991-92, 1998-99
Los Angeles Community Services Award: 1991-92, 1992-93 (quad-winner),
1997-98
Los Angeles Captain: Oct. 6, 1992, to Jan. 2, 1993 (interim captain
while Wayne Gretzky was out with injury)
NHL Records: Most career goals by a left wing (653), most points in season by a left wing (125 for Los
Angeles in 1992-93), most goals in season by left wing (63 for Los
Angeles in 1992-93), most consecutive 40-goal seasons by a left wing (eight,
from 1986-87 through 1993-94)
Los Angeles Records: Most career
playoff games (94), most career playoff goals (41), most career power-play goals (208), most career regular-season
overtime goals (5), most career points by a left wing (1,137), most career goals by a left
wing (546), most career assists by left wing (591), most points in one
season by a left wing (125 in 1992-93), most assists in one season by a left
wing (63 in 1992-93), most goals in game (4 vs. Hartford on Feb. 6,
1992, and at Quebec on Nov. 25, 1993, shares record), most career playoff
power-play goals (13), most career playoff game-winning goals (9), most power-play
goals in one season (26 in 1991-92), most games played in one season (84 in
1992-93, shares record), most
points by a rookie in one season (84 in 1986-87), most goals by a rookie in
one season (45 in 1986-87), most goals in one playoff year (12 in 1991),
most power-play goals in game (4 at Quebec on Nov. 25, 1993), most goals
in one playoff game (3 vs. Edmonton on April 26, 1991, shares record), most
power-play goals in a game (2 vs. Vancouver on April 12, 1991, and vs.
Montreal on June 1, 1993, shares record), most goals
in playoff series (8 vs. Edmonton in 1991, shares record), most
power-play goals in one period of one playoff game (2 vs. Vancouver on April
12, 1991, shares record), most times
named to a post-season All-Star team (8), most 40-goal seasons (8, shares
record), most 30-goal seasons (11, shares record)
100-Point Seasons: 1987-88 (Los Angeles) (111), 1989-90 (Los Angeles)
(101), 1991-92 (Los Angeles) (107), 1992-93 (L.A.) (125)
50-Goal Seasons: 1987-88 (Los Angeles) (53), 1989-90 (Los Angeles)
(52), 1992-93 (Los Angeles) (63)
NHL
Shooting Percentage Leader: 1989-90 (Los Angeles) (24.8)
Los Angeles Points
Leader: 1986-87 (84), 1987-88 (111), 1992-93 (125), 1998-99 (74),
1999-00 (74), 2003-04 (51)
L.A. Goals Leader: 1986-87 (45),
1989-90 (52), 1990-91 (45, tie), 1991-92 (44), 1992-93 (63), 1993-94 (44),
1998-99 (39), 1999-00 (36)
Los Angeles Assists
Leader: 1987-88 (58), 1992-93 (62), 1998-99 (35), 2000-01 (51, tie),
2003-04 (29, tie)
Los Angeles Playoffs Points
Leader: 1991 (16), 1992 (7, tie), 1998 (3, tie), 2000 (4, tie)
Los
Angeles Playoffs Goals
Leader: 1990 (5, tie), 1991 (12), 2000 (2, tie), 2001 (4, tie)
Detroit Playoffs Goals
Leader: 2003 (1, tie)
Miscellaneous: Scored goal in his first NHL game, on his first NHL shift,
on his first NHL shot. The goal, at 16:59 of
the first period, beat St. Louis goaltender Rick Wamsley to give Los Angeles
a 2-0 lead in a game St. Louis went on to win 4-3. The goal, a redirection
of a pass by Marcel Dionne, gave Dionne an assist that was his 1,600th
career point. ... Played on line with Marcel Dionne and Bryan Erickson for
Los Angeles in 1986-87. ... Missed part of 1986-87 season with sprained
right knee, an injury suffered during Los Angeles' Nov. 29, 1986, game vs.
New Jersey. ... Named NHL Rookie of Month for February 1987. ... Tied for
Los Angeles lead with 18 power-play goals in 1986-87. ... Led all NHL
rookies with 84 points and 45 goals for Los Angeles in 1986-87. ... Became
first rookie to lead Los Angeles Kings in scoring when he achieved feat with
84 points in 1986-87. ... Became first Los Angeles player to win Calder
Trophy as NHL Rookie of Year when he achieved that feat in 1986-87. ...
Voted by fans as Campbell Conference starting left wing for NHL All-Star
Game at St. Louis on Feb, 9, 1988. ... Named second star of the 1988 NHL
All-Star Game after scoring two goals and adding assist. ... Set Los Angeles
single-season records (since broken) for points by a left wing (111) and
assists by a left wing (58) in 1987-88. ... Led all NHL left wings with 111
points in 1987-88. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with sprained knee, an
injury suffered in Los Angeles' Oct. 22, 1988, game vs. Minnesota. ...
Voted by fans as Campbell Conference starting left wing for 1989 NHL
All-Star Game at Edmonton. ... Led all NHL left wings with 98 points in
1988-89. ... Voted by fans as Campbell Conference starting left wing for
1990 NHL All-Star Game at Pittsburgh. He scored two goals in that game ...
Led all NHL left wings with 101 points in 1989-90. ... Led Los Angeles with
20 power-play goals and seven game-winning goals in 1989-90. ... Became
first Los Angeles player to be named to the NHL All-Star First Team in three
consecutive seasons when he achieved feat in 1989-90. ... Suspended by NHL
for four games during 1990-91 season for cross-checking Craig Simpson from
behind at 8:31 of the second period of Los Angeles' Nov. 10, 1990, game vs.
Edmonton. Robitaille received a match penalty for attempting to injure
Simpson, prompting an automatic review by NHL. On Nov. 15, 1990, the NHL
ruled that Robitaille had been retaliating for a previous, open-ice check by
Simpson and would be suspended for four games, even though Simpson wasn't
hurt on the play. Robitaille, who admitted to the retaliation hit, did not
return to action until Los Angeles' Nov. 29, 1990, game at St. Louis. ...
Voted by fans as Campbell Conference starting left wing for 1991 NHL
All-Star Game at Chicago. ... Passed Charlie Simmer to set Los Angeles
record for career goals by a left wing when he recorded his 223rd career
goals during Los Angeles' Feb. 2, 1991, game vs. Vancouver. ... Led Los
Angeles with 44 playoff shots on goal and five playoff power-play
goals in 1991. ... Led all NHL left wings with 91 points in 1990-91. ... Led
Los Angeles with 229 shots on goal in 1990-91. ... Named NHL Player of Month
for February 1992. ... Led Los Angeles with 240 shots on goal in 1991-92.
... Finished second in NHL with 26 power-play goals in 1991-92. ... Voted by
fans as Campbell Conference starting left wing for 1992 NHL All-Star Game at
Philadelphia. ... Became Los Angeles' all-time leading playoff goal-scorer
when he passed Dave Taylor by scoring his 24th career playoff goal during
1992 playoffs. ... Scored his 300th career NHL goal during Los Angeles' Nov.
8, 1992, game at San Jose. ... Named NHL Player of Week for the week ending
Nov. 8, 1992. ... Voted by fans as Campbell Conference starting left wing
for 1993 NHL All-Star Game at Montreal. ... Scored at least one goal in 10
consecutive games for Los Angeles from Feb. 27, 1993, to March 20, 1993. ...
Named NHL Player of Week for the week ending March 7, 1993. ... Broke Steve
Shutt's NHL record for goals in one season by a left wing when he scored his
61st goal of the 1992-93 season during Los Angeles' April 8, 1993, game vs.
San Jose. The goal, scored on a rebound of a Wayne Gretzky shot with 4:21
remaining in the game, gave Los Angeles a 2-1 win after Robitaille had
pulled the Kings into a 1-1 tie with his record-tying 60th goal earlier in
the period. ... Broke Kevin Stevens' NHL record for points in one season by
a left wing when he registered his 124th point of the 1992-93 season in the
second period of Los Angeles' April 15, 1993, regular-season finale vs.
Vancouver. Robitaille had four points in the game on a goal and three
assists to tie and break Stevens' record. ... Finished ninth in NHL with 125
points in 1992-93. ... Led Los Angeles in power-play goals (24),
game-winning goals (8), shots on goal (265), and shooting percentage (23.8
percent) in 1992-93. ... Was Los Angeles' nominee for 1992-93 Masterton
Trophy. ... Had longest streak of consecutive 40-goal seasons by any NHL
player between the years 1986-87 and 1993-94, scoring at least 40 each
season in becoming the only player to achieve that feat. ... Missed part of
1993-94 season with sore ankle, an injury suffered during Los Angeles' Jan.
24, 1994, game vs. Anaheim. ... Had the second assist on Wayne Gretzky's
record-breaking 802nd career NHL goal during Los Angeles' March 23, 1994,
game vs. Vancouver. ... Had off-season surgery to repair slight fracture in
right ankle on June 15, 1994. ... Suspended by NHL for two games during 1995
season for swatting Bruce Driver with a one-handed chop of his stick during
overtime of Pittsburgh's Feb. 5, 1995, game at New Jersey. Robitaille
received a high-sticking penalty on the play, and the NHL announced the
suspension on Feb. 6, 1995. He did not return to action until Pittsburgh's
Feb. 11, 1995, game. ... Scored his 400th career NHL goal for Pittsburgh on
Feb. 19, 1995, vs. Buffalo. ... Missed part of 1995-96 season with stress
fracture in left ankle, an injury suffered during one of N.Y. Rangers' games
in early December 1995. Robitaille continued to play for at least one week
with pain from the injury before the fracture was diagnosed on Dec. 14,
1995. He did not return to action until N.Y. Rangers' Dec. 26, 1995, game
vs. Ottawa. ... Missed remainder of 1996-97 regular season with broken left
foot, an injury suffered as he boarded N.Y. Rangers' team bus on March 14,
1997, in Ottawa. He had unknowingly suffered a stress fracture in the foot
during N.Y. Rangers' March 12, 1997, game vs. Washington, and two days later
it finally turned into a full break. He did not return to action until Game
1 of N.Y. Rangers' first-round playoff series at Florida on April 17, 1997.
... Scored his 1,000th career NHL point with an assist in Los Angeles' Jan.
29, 1998, game vs. Calgary. He became only the sixth left wing in NHL
history to score 1,000 points. ... Missed part of 1987-88 season with strained right groin and abdomen, an
chronic injury re-aggravated during Los Angeles' Feb. 7, 1998, game at Anaheim. The
injury required surgery to insert a mesh lining into Robitaille's abdominal
wall on March 2, 1998, and Robitaille did not return to action until Los
Angeles' April 16, 1998, game vs. St. Louis. ... Tied for Los Angeles lead
with seven game-winning goals in 1997-98. ... Scored his 500th career NHL
goal for Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 1999, vs. Buffalo. ... Led Los Angeles with
11 power-play goals, seven game-winning goals, and 292 shots on goal in
1998-99. ... Named NHL Player of Week for week ending Oct. 10, 1999. ...
Missed part of 1999-00 season with broken left foot, an injury suffered
during Los Angeles' Nov. 3, 1999, game at Detroit. He did not return to
action until Los Angeles' Dec. 3, 1999, game at Anaheim. ... Played in his
1,000th career NHL game for Los Angeles on Jan. 4, 2000, at St. Louis. ...
Led Los Angeles with 13 power-play goals in 1999-00. ... Led Los Angeles
with 16 power-play goals in 2000-01. ... Finished second in NHL with 45
power-play points in 2000-01. ... Signed two-year, $8 million contract with
Detroit as a Group III unrestricted free agent on July 2, 2001. The contract
included a club option for a third year. ... Scored
his 600th career NHL goal for Detroit on Nov. 9, 2001, at Anaheim. It was
the game's only goal in a 1-0 Red Wings victory. ... Tied Bobby Hull's NHL
record for the most career goals by a left wing with his 610th goal in
Detroit's Jan. 9, 2002, game vs. Vancouver. ... Passed Bobby Hull to become
the all-time leading goal-scorer among NHL left wings with his 611th career
goal in Detroit's Jan. 18, 2002, game vs. Washington. ... Led Detroit with
13 power-play goals in 2001-02. ... Scratched by head coach Dave Lewis for
Detroit's Jan. 16, 2003, game at Colorado, marking the first time in his NHL
career that Robitaille was a healthy scratch due to performance. ... Became
Group III unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2003, after Detroit declined to
pick up his option for 2003-04 season. ... Signed
one-year, $1.1 million contract with Los Angeles as a Group III unrestricted
free agent on July 24, 2003. The contract included bonus clauses that could
take his 2003-04 salary up to $2.5 million. ... Signed one-year contract
with Los Angeles as Group III unrestricted free agent on June 30, 2004. ...
Represented by player agent Pat Brisson during his NHL career. ... Missed
part of 2005-06 season with groin injury, suffered during Los Angeles' Oct.
13, 2005, game vs. Detroit. He did not return to action until Los Angeles'
Oct. 19, 2005, game at Colorado. ... Missed part of 2005-06 season with
fracture in right leg, an injury aggravated for the final time during Los
Angeles' Oct. 29, 2005, game vs. St. Louis. The injury was diagnosed with an
MRI on Nov. 2, 2005, and Robitaille did not return to action until Los
Angeles' Nov. 22, 2005, game at St. Louis. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Hull (QMJHL)
Canada Cup: 1991
(first place)
World Championships: 1994 (gold medal)
World Junior Championships: 1986
(silver medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Canadian Major-Junior Player of Year:
1985-86 (Hull)
Molson-Cooper QMJHL Player
of Year: 1985-86 (Hull)
QMJHL Lafleur
Trophy (Playoff MVP): 1986 (co-winner)
Memorial
Cup All-Star First Team: 1986 (Hull)
QMJHL All-Star First Team:
1985-86 (Hull)
QMJHL All-Star Second Team: 1984-85 (Hull)
Canada World Championships Captain: 1994
Memorial
Cup Records: Most goals in one tournament (8 for Hull in 1986, shares
record)
Memorial
Cup Goals Leader: 1986 (Hull) (8 goals)
QMJHL Points Leader: 1985-86 (Hull) (191 points, tie)
QMJHL Assists Leader: 1985-86 (Hull) (123 assists)
QMJHL
Playoffs Points Leader: 1986 (Hull) (44 points)
Miscellaneous: Never played in
minor leagues. ... Also played center and right wing in major junior
career. ... Led Hull (QMJHL) in points (148), goals (55), and assists (94)
in 1984-85. ... Tied for most points in QMJHL in 1985-86 with 191, but lost
scoring title to Hull teammate Guy Rouleau, who had more goals than
Robitaille. ... Led Hull to 15-0 record in winning 1986 QMJHL playoff title.
... Lived with Marcel
Dionne's family in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., as a rookie with Los Angeles in 1986-87.
He moved out after that year and later purchased his own home in
Sherman Oaks, Calif. ... Scored overtime shootout goal in championship game vs.
Finland to win gold medal for Canada at 1994 World Championships in Italy.
... Ran hockey camp in Los Angeles in off-seasons
of playing days. ... Bought partial ownership stake in Iceoplex, the Los
Angeles Kings' practice facility, in 1993. ... Organized own
annual off-season charity hockey game at Iceoplex to benefit cancer and AIDS
research. ... Organized charity hockey game and blood drive in summer of
1999 to raise money for "Help Luc and Troy Help Others ... Gearing up
for Life" foundation. ... Active in charitable causes during playing days, including
work with Ronald McDonald House, Music Cares, the Starlight Foundation, and
the U.S. Marine Corps' "Toys for Tots" program. ... Spent
off-seasons in Park City, Utah, during latter NHL playing days. ... Appeared in the 1994 Disney film D2: The Mighty Ducks and the 1995
film Sudden Death.
Personal:
Nicknamed "Lucky." ... husband of singer-songwriter Stacia Rae
Robitaille. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE/FREE AGENCY:
Los Angeles traded Robitaille to Pittsburgh in exchange for Rick Tocchet and
1995 second-round pick (Pavel Rosa) on July 29, 1994. Three years later, Los
Angeles got Robitaille back when the Kings traded Kevin Stevens to N.Y.
Rangers in exchange for Robitaille on August 28, 1997. Four years later,
Los Angeles lost Robitaille again when he signed with Detroit as a Group III
unrestricted free agent on July 5, 2001. Two years after that, Los Angeles
got Robitaille back a second time when he signed with the Kings as a Group
III unrestricted free agent on July 24, 2003. |
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SNAPSHOT '84 | | Total Selected: |
250 | | Forwards: |
142 | | Defense: |
88 | | Goaltenders: |
20 | | Major Junior: |
110 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
16/9 | | College Players: |
23 | | High School: |
47 | | Midget: |
4 | | U.S. Junior B: |
1 |
| Canadian: |
145 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
62 | | U.S.-Born: |
63 |
| European: |
41 |
| Reached NHL: |
102 |
| Stanley Cup: |
20 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
18 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
31 |
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