André Pronovost

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Flag of Canada (1921–1957) .svg  André Pronovost Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 9, 1936
place of birth Shawinigan Falls , Quebec , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1953-1956 Canadien junior de Montréal
1956-1960 Canadiens de Montréal
1960–1962 Boston Bruins
1962-1964 Detroit Red Wings
1964-1967 Pittsburgh Hornets
Memphis Wings
1967-1968 Minnesota North Stars
Memphis South Stars
1968-1969 Phoenix Roadrunners
1969 Baltimore Clippers
1969-1971 Muskegon Mohawks
1971 Jersey Devils

André Joseph Armand Pronovost (born July 9, 1936 in Shawinigan Falls , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach , who played 626 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , Boston Bruins , Detroit Red during his active career between 1953 and 1971 Wings and Minnesota North Stars in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger . During his ten seasons in the NHL, Pronovost won the Stanley Cup four times  - all consecutively between 1957 and 1960 with the Canadiens de Montréal. In addition, as a result of the four cup wins, he took part in the NHL All-Star Game just as often .

Career

Pronovost spent his junior years between 1953 and 1956 with the Canadien junior de Montréal in the Ligue de hockey junior du Québec , the predecessor league of the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . Trained there, the striker made his professional debut for the Cataractes de Shawinigan from his native city in the Ligue de hockey senior du Québec in the 1955/56 season .

For the 1956/57 season , the young player was signed by the reigning Stanley Cup winner Canadiens de Montréal , who began to rejuvenate his squad despite the cup victory. Pronovost immediately received a regular place in the squad of the Habs and subsequently formed the third storm row, which consisted of the defensive strikers Phil Goyette and Claude Provost . As a result, the team won the Stanley Cup four more times between 1957 and 1960. Due to the constellation that the reigning champions completed the NHL All-Star Game against a composed team of the remaining teams, Pronovost took part in the selection game just as often during this time. All the more surprising, the attacker was transferred to the Boston Bruins shortly after the beginning of the 1960/61 season in exchange for Jean-Guy Gendron , which was one of the weaker teams.

Pronovost considered resigning after the move, but then spent two years in Boston until December 1962 before he was transferred to the Detroit Red Wings . In order to secure the services of the Canadian, they gave Forbes Kennedy to the Bruins. With the Detroit Red Wings, who were trying to put together a powerful team for a Stanley Cup win, Pronovost stayed only one and a half game years and completed his last games in November 1964 for the team. Then Pronovost found himself in the minor leagues for the time being . There he ran until the summer of 1967 for the farm teams of the Red Wings, the Pittsburgh Hornets in the American Hockey League and the Memphis Wings in the Central Professional Hockey League . Since Pronovost had become replaceable for Detroit, they left the striker unprotected in the upcoming NHL Expansion Draft in 1967 as the league expanded.

As part of the expansion draft, he was finally selected by the Minnesota North Stars , who brought an experienced player into their squad. During the 1967/68 season , however, the offensive player played only eight games, also his last in the NHL, for the North Stars. Instead, he continued to play mainly in the CPHL for the Memphis South Stars farm team . In the following seasons he let his career end in the lower divisions. So he played one year each for the Phoenix Roadrunners in the Western Hockey League and the Baltimore Clippers in the AHL, where he had been transferred in exchange for Bob Cunningham . This was followed by two seasons in the International Hockey League . In the service of the Muskegon Mohawks , the almost 34-year-old managed a season with 107 scorer points , which earned him a nomination for the league's First All-Star team in 1970. After another season, he left the club and completed a handful of games for the Jersey Devils of the Eastern Hockey League . He then ended his active career at the age of 35.

Pronovost then returned to his home province of Québec , where he ran a restaurant in Longueuil . He was also in the 1973/74 season head coach of the Dynamos de Shawinigan from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1953/54 Canadien junior de Montréal LHJQ 54 31 46 77 28 8th 3 2 5 2
1954/55 Canadien junior de Montréal LHJQ 42 22nd 13 35 60 5 1 3 4th 4th
1955/56 Canadien junior de Montréal LHJQ
1955/56 Cataractes de Shawinigan LHSQ 3 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
1956 Canadien junior de Montréal Memorial Cup 10 1 4th 5 12
1956/57 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 64 10 11 21st 58 8th 1 0 1 4th
1956/57 Cataractes de Shawinigan LHSQ 7th 2 2 4th 11 - - - - -
1957/58 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 66 16 12 28 55 10 2 0 2 16
1958/59 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 70 9 14th 23 48 11 2 1 3 6th
1959/60 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 69 12 19th 31 61 8th 1 2 3 0
1960/61 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 21st 1 5 6th 4th - - - - -
1960/61 Boston Bruins NHL 47 11 11 22nd 30th - - - - -
1961/62 Boston Bruins NHL 70 15th 8th 23 74 - - - - -
1962/63 Boston Bruins NHL 21st 0 2 2 6th - - - - -
1962/63 Detroit Red Wings NHL 47 13 5 18th 18th 11 1 4th 5 6th
1963/64 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 7th 16 23 54 14th 4th 3 7th 26th
1964/65 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1964/65 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 22nd 2 5 7th 4th - - - - -
1964/65 Memphis wings CPHL 55 23 38 61 75 - - - - -
1965/66 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 72 25th 21st 46 64 3 0 1 1 0
1966/67 Memphis wings CPHL 70 25th 42 67 85 7th 1 1 2 19th
1967/68 Minnesota North Stars NHL 8th 0 0 0 0 8th 0 1 1 0
1967/68 Memphis South Stars CPHL 60 20th 18th 38 43 3 2 1 3 0
1968/69 Phoenix Roadrunners WHL 51 18th 14th 32 31 - - - - -
1968/69 Baltimore Clippers AHL 25th 1 4th 5 2 4th 0 0 0 0
1969/70 Muskegon Mohawks IHL 71 50 57 107 55 6th 0 3 3 8th
1970/71 Muskegon Mohawks IHL 60 18th 24 42 24 6th 2 0 2 2
1971/72 Jersey Devils EHL 5 2 1 3 2 - - - - -
LHJQ total 96 53 59 112 88 13 4th 5 9 6th
LHSQ total 10 2 3 5 15th - - - - -
CPHL total 185 68 98 166 203 10 2 3 5 19th
AHL total 119 28 30th 58 70 7th 0 1 1 0
IHL total 131 68 81 149 79 12 2 3 5 10
NHL overall 556 94 104 198 408 70 11 11 22nd 58

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

family

Pronovost comes from a family deeply rooted in ice hockey. His two older brothers Marcel (1930-2015) and Claude (* 1935) and his younger brother Jean (* 1945) also played in the National Hockey League alongside him . Marcel was the most successful of the four with a total of five Stanley Cup wins and 1240 games. Jean brought it to a little more than 1000 games and two appearances in world championships , while Claude came as a goalkeeper to only three appearances. His grandson Anthony Mantha also made it to the NHL.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joe Pelletier: Montreal Canadiens Legends: Andre Pronovost. greatesthockeylegends.com, May 2007, accessed January 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Pronovost, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pronovost, André Joseph Armand (full name); Pronovost, Andre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Shawinigan Falls , Quebec