| 1985 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Yvon Corriveau
Selected in first round
No.
19 overall by Washington Capitals
Born
February 8, 1967
 | Position:
Left Wing
Height: 6-1 Weight: 195
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Toronto (OHL)
Birthplace:
Welland, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Welland, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1983-84 |
Welland | Jr. B |
36 | 16 |
21 | 37 |
51 | | 1984-85 |
Toronto | OHL |
59 | 23 |
28 | 51 |
65 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Ranked by NHL Central Scouting Bureau as No. 15 overall
prospect for the 1985 NHL draft. ... Was Toronto's first-round pick, No. 13
overall, in 1984 OHL priority selection. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season
with shoulder injury, suffered in March 1985. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 5, 1986 (N.Y. Rangers at
Washington)
Numbers: 26 (Washington); 20, 11
(Hartford); 21, 11 (San Jose)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 2005 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986-1994 |
Wash., Hartford, S.J. | 280 |
48 | 40 |
88 | 310 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1986-1992 |
Washington, Hartford | 29 |
5 | 7 |
12 | 50 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Joined Washington for balance of 1985-86 season and entire
1986 playoffs after his Toronto team was eliminated from OHL playoffs in
early April 1986. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with charley horse,
suffered in Washington's Oct. 28, 1988, game at Calgary. He did not return
to action until Washington's Nov. 15, 1988, game vs. Minnesota. ... Missed
part of 1990-91 season with bruised foot, an injury suffered in Hartford's
Oct. 8, 1990, game at Montreal. He did not return to action until Hartford's
Oct. 16, 1990, game at Quebec. ... Wore No. 9 in Washington's 1992 training
camp. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season with back spasms, an injury suffered
in San Jose's Oct. 26, 1992, game at St. Louis. He did not return until San
Jose's Nov. 21, 1992, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed part of 1992-93 season
with re-aggravation of back injury, suffered during San Jose's Nov. 21,
1992, game vs. Chicago. He did not return until San Jose's Dec. 30, 1992,
game vs. Philadelphia. ... Sent by San Jose to Hartford on Jan. 21, 1993, to
complete an Oct. 7, 1992, trade in which Hartford traded Michel Picard to
San Jose for future considerations. At the time of the Picard deal, the
teams agreed Corriveau would complete the trade, but under NHL rules, he had to play
20 games with San Jose before joining Hartford because the Sharks took him in the waiver draft. Due to injury problems, he did not
reach his 20th game until Jan. 21, 1993. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Toronto (OHL); Binghamton (AHL); Springfield (AHL); Minnesota, Detroit (IHL);
Berlin Polar Bears, Berlin Capitals, Berlin Prussians (Germany)
World Junior Championships: 1987
(team disqualified)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1991
(Springfield)
IHL Turner Cup: 1997 (Detroit)
AHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1991 (Springfield) (10 goals, tie)
1996-97: Played on IHL regular-season champion (Detroit).
Miscellaneous: Played on Canadian
team that was disqualified from 1987 World Junior Championships for
participating in a bench-clearing brawl during its Jan. 4, 1987, game vs.
Soviet Union. ... Played on Washington team that held 1989 training camp in
Sweden before joining Calgary for 1989 NHL Friendship Tour in Soviet Union.
The Capitals faced four Soviet teams on the tour. ... Scored two goals and
had three assists in Springfield's March 10, 1991, AHL game at Maine. ...
Coached youth baseball team in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, during
off-seasons of his playing days. ... Returned to Hartford area after his
retirement and worked as a youth hockey coach.
Falsely Accused: Corriveau
spent 18 days in a Swedish jail prior to the 2003-04 season after a
20-year-old Swedish woman accused Corriveau and Berlin Polar Bears teammate
Brad Bergen of raping her in Tyringe, Sweden on Aug. 23, 2003. Bergen and
Corriveau were both adamant that these accusations were false, but local
authorities jailed them as they pondered charges. The situation came as a
shock to all who knew Corriveau, including his wife, who flew from Canada to
Sweden to show support for her husband. In the end, Corriveau and Bergen
were entirely vindicated. No charges were ever filed and both were released
from jail on Sept. 10, 2003. There was evidence that the woman had visited
both men in their hotel room on Aug. 22, 2003-- while both players were in
Sweden for training camp--but investigators found no evidence of any forced
sexual encounter. The woman herself dropped the charges at around the time
the players were released.
Personal: Full
name is Yvon Rene Corriveau. ... Older brother of former minor-leaguer Rick
Corriveau. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE/WAIVER DRAFT:
Washington traded Corriveau to Hartford for Mike Liut on March 6, 1990. Just
over two years later, Washington got Corriveau back when Hartford sent him
to the Capitals to complete the future considerations portion of an earlier
trade in which Hartford sent Mark Hunter and future considerations to
Washington in exchange for Nick Kypreos. The Kypreos trade took place on
June 15, 1992, and Corriveau was sent to Washington on August 20, 1992. Just
over one month later, Washington lost Corriveau a second time when the Caps
left him unprotected for the 1992 NHL Waiver Draft and he was claimed by San
Jose on October 4, 1992. |
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