Carol Vadnais

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Carol Vadnais
Date of birth September 25, 1945
place of birth Montréal , Québec , Canada
date of death August 31, 2014
Place of death Laval , Quebec , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1963-1964 Montréal NDG Monarchs
1964-1966 Canadien junior de Montréal
1966-1968 Canadiens de Montréal
Houston Apollos
1968-1972 California / Oakland (Golden) Seals
1972-1975 Boston Bruins
1975-1982 New York Rangers
1982-1983 New Jersey Devils

Carol Marcel Vadnais (born September 25, 1945 in Montréal , Québec ; † August 31, 2014 in Laval , Québec) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 1193 games for the Canadiens de Montréal during his active career between 1964 and 1983 , Oakland Seals and California Golden Seals , Boston Bruins , New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League on the position ofDefender has denied. With the Canadiens de Montréal and Boston Bruins, the multiple national player celebrated the greatest success of his playing career by winning the Stanley Cup . In addition, Vadnais worked as a trainer between 1983 and 1987.

Career

Vadnais played during his junior years between 1963 and 1964 for the Montréal NDG Monarchs , with whom he moved into the Memorial Cup , and from 1964 and 1966 for the Canadien junior de Montréal in the Ontario Hockey Association . From there, the trained striker switched to the professional field and was used between 1966 and 1968 for both the Houston Apollos in the Central Professional Hockey League and the Canadiens de Montréal in the National Hockey League . With the Canadiens he won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 1968 .

Before the 1968/69 season , in which he took part in his first of a total of six NHL All-Star Games , the Canadian, now used as a defender, was selected by the Oakland Seals in the intra-league draft . For the franchise , which played under the name California Golden Seals from 1970 , Vadnais acted as team captain from the beginning of the 1970/71 season until his move to the Boston Bruins in February 1972 . Together with Vadnais, Don O'Donoghue moved to Boston, while Reggie Leach , Rick Smith and Bob Stewart were sent to the Golden Seals. In the 1971/72 season , Vadnais celebrated winning the Stanley Cup with the Bruins. Over the next three seasons, the defender was extremely successful with the Bruins led by Bobby Orr and collected 74 scorer points in the 1974/75 season . Shortly after the beginning of the following season, Vadnais was transferred to the New York Rangers with Phil Esposito , while Brad Park , Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi moved to Boston. For the Rangers, Vadnais played another seven seasons until the summer of 1982 in the NHL. Before the 1982/83 season he was then selected in the NHL Waiver Draft by the New Jersey Devils and spent his last year as an active player before ending his career at the age of 37.

Following the end of his career, Vadnais worked between 1983 and 1985 as an assistant coach for his ex-New York Rangers team under head coach Herb Brooks . After that, he was primarily responsible for the Canadien junior de Verdun from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec for two years before he retired completely from ice hockey and worked as a real estate agent in the vicinity of his native Montréal . He died on August 31, 2014 at the age of 68 in Laval of complications from cancer .

International

Vadnais played for his home country at the 1977 World Cup in the Austrian capital of Vienna . There he was used in all ten tournament games and collected four scorer points . Among them were three goals, with which he contributed to reaching fourth place. In addition, Vadnais was a defender in the 1976 Canada Cup , which the Canadians won. However, he was not used in the course of the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1963/64 Montréal NDG Monarchs MMJHL 44 39 49 88 90 17th 7th 15th 22nd 34
1964 Montréal NDG Monarchs Memorial Cup 13 13 11 24 12
1964/65 Canadien junior de Montréal OHA Jr. 56 9 16 25th 74 7th 1 0 1 13
1965/66 Canadien junior de Montréal OHA Jr. 48 9 14th 23 184 10 1 4th 5 24
1966/67 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 11 0 3 3 35 1 0 0 0 2
1966/67 Houston Apollos CPHL 21st 5 5 10 45 - - - - -
1967/68 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 31 1 1 2 31 1 0 0 0 0
1967/68 Houston Apollos CPHL 36 5 21st 26th 178 - - - - -
1968/69 Oakland Seals NHL 76 15th 27 42 151 7th 1 4th 5 10
1969/70 Oakland Seals NHL 76 24 20th 44 212 4th 2 1 3 15th
1970/71 California Golden Seals NHL 42 10 16 26th 91 - - - - -
1971/72 California Golden Seals NHL 52 14th 20th 34 106 - - - - -
1971/72 Boston Bruins NHL 16 4th 6th 10 37 15th 0 2 2 43
1972/73 Boston Bruins NHL 78 7th 24 31 127 5 0 0 0 8th
1973/74 Boston Bruins NHL 78 16 43 59 123 16 1 12 13 42
1974/75 Boston Bruins NHL 79 18th 56 74 129 3 1 5 6th 0
1975/76 Boston Bruins NHL 12 2 5 7th 17th - - - - -
1975/76 New York Rangers NHL 64 20th 30th 50 104 - - - - -
1976/77 New York Rangers NHL 74 11 37 48 131 - - - - -
1977/78 New York Rangers NHL 80 6th 40 46 115 3 0 2 2 16
1978/79 New York Rangers NHL 77 8th 37 45 86 18th 2 9 11 13
1979/80 New York Rangers NHL 66 3 20th 23 118 9 1 2 3 6th
1980/81 New York Rangers NHL 74 3 20th 23 91 14th 1 3 4th 26th
1981/82 New York Rangers NHL 50 5 6th 11 45 10 1 0 1 4th
1982/83 New Jersey Devils NHL 51 2 7th 9 64 - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 104 18th 30th 48 258 17th 2 4th 6th 37
CPHL total 57 10 26th 36 223 - - - - -
NHL overall 1087 169 418 587 1813 106 10 40 50 185

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1976 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold Without any effort
1977 Canada WM 4th Place 10 3 1 4th 33
Men overall 10 3 1 4th 33

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Vadnais, Carol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vadnais, Carol Marcel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Montréal , Québec
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2014
Place of death Laval , Quebec