Bobby Rousseau

Bobby Rousseau
Date of birth	July 26, 1940
place of birth	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size	178 cm
Weight	81 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1954-1955	Québec Citadelles
1955-1956	Saint-Jean Braves
1956-1961	Hull-Ottawa Canadiens
1961-1970	Montréal Canadiens
1970-1971	Minnesota North Stars
1971-1975	New York Rangers

Joseph Jean-Paul Robert "Bobby" Rousseau (born July 26, 1940 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player (right winger) who worked for the Montréal Canadiens , Minnesota North Stars and New York Rangers in National Hockey from 1960 to 1975 League played.

Career

Rousseau played during his junior days with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in the Ontario Hockey Association and won the 1958 Memorial Cup alongside Ralph Backstrom and JC Tremblay . The team was coached by Scotty Bowman . It was with this team that he made his first experiences in the senior sector. At the 1960 Olympic Games in Squaw Valley , he played for the Canadian national team with Harry Sinden and won the silver medal for his country.

In the 1960/61 season he made his NHL debut for the Montréal Canadiens . After playing 15 games, Rousseau also went into the 1961/62 season as a rookie . Here he was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie because of his 21 goals . More important to the Canadiens, however, was the versatility that gave coach Toe Blake the opportunity to use him both outnumbered and outnumbered. In the 1965/66 season he achieved a record of 78 points and was his team's best scorer. In the NHL, he shared second place in the scorer ranking with Stan Mikita behind Chicago's Bobby Hull . He won the Stanley Cup four times with the Canadiens in the second half of the 1960s .

In 1970, the Canadiens rebuilt their team and signed Claude Larose from Minnesota. In return, Rousseau moved to the Minnesota North Stars . Shortly after the end of a poor season, he was passed on to the New York Rangers . There he was able to build on his old strength. With the Rangers he reached the final series of the Stanley Cup in the first year. With a late goal in the fifth game, he kept the series open and forced another game in which you were defeated by the Boston Bruins . After eight games in the 1974/75 season , he ended his career.

His older brothers Roland and Guy had also played two and four games for the Canadiens in the NHL.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	15th	942	245	458	703	359
Playoffs	12	128	27	57	84	69

Sporting successes

• Memorial Cup : 1958
• Stanley Cup : 1965 , 1966 , 1968 and 1969

Personal awards

• EPHL Second All-Star Team: 1961
• Calder Memorial Trophy : 1962
• NHL Second All-Star Team : 1966
• Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1965, 1967 and 1969

Web links

• Bobby Rousseau at hockeydb.com (English)
• Bobby Rousseau at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Bobby Rousseau in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )