Denis Dupéré

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CanadaCanada  Denis Dupéré Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 6, 1948
place of birth Jonquière , Quebec , Canada
date of death April 14, 2019
Place of death Jonquière , Quebec , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1964-1967 Marquis de Jonquière
1967-1968 Kitchener Rangers
1968-1969 Hockey Canada
Ottawa Nationals
1969-1970 Omaha Knights
1970-1971 Tulsa Oilers
1971-1974 Toronto Maple Leafs
1974-1975 Washington Capitals
1975 St. Louis Blues
1975-1976 Kansas City Scouts
1976-1988 Colorado Rockies
1979-1980 Nelson Maple Leafs
1980-1981 Club des patineurs lyonnais

Denis Gilles Dupéré (born June 6, 1948 in Jonquière , Québec ; † April 14, 2019 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 437 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Washington Capitals , St Louis Blues , Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . In 1975 Dupéré took part in the NHL All-Star Game as a member of the Washington Capitals .

Career

Dupéré, whose cousin Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon was a professional wrestler , first spent part of his junior years in his birthplace Jonquière in the province of Quebec . With the team of the Marquis , for which he was active between 1964 and 1967, he took part in the prestigious Memorial Cup in 1966 . For the season 1967/68 the striker finally moved to the Ontario Hockey Association , where he spent the season with the Kitchener Rangers . He had already played four games there last year.

Although he came there in 73 missions on 68 scorer points , he subsequently did not find a permanent position in the professional field, so he was initially active for the Canadian ice hockey association Hockey Canada and the Ottawa Nationals , which were based in the amateur field of the Ontario Hockey Association . It was not until the 1969/70 season that the Canadian found a place in the professional squad with the Omaha Knights from the Central Hockey League , after he had previously been committed by the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League and was used by them there. At the end of the season, he led the Knights together with Syl Apps junior and Mike Robitaille to win the Adams Cup , the championship trophy of the CHL. He was then transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs in May 1970 , with which the Rangers and Maple Leafs completed a two-month earlier transfer to Tim Horton .

In the service of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Dupéré initially found himself in the CHL, where he played for the Tulsa Oilers . In the course of the 1970/71 season , however, the winger made it into the NHL squad of Toronto. With his skills in the numbered game and face- offs , he subsequently earned a regular place, which he kept until the end of the 1973/74 season . In the course of the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft , the newly formed Washington Capitals Dupérés secured services. For the extremely weak newcomer to the league, the offensive player scored 20 goals and a total of 35 points in 53 appearances, making him the second best scorer of the team - although he was transferred to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Garnet Bailey and Stan Gilbertson in February 1975 . He also represented the team in the NHL All-Star Game .

For St. Louis, Dupéré played only 22 games by the end of the season, as he was involved again in a transfer business in June 1975. Together with Craig Patrick and an undisclosed amount of money, he moved in exchange for Lynn Powis and a second-round right to vote in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft to the Kansas City Scouts . After a season with the team in Kansas City , Missouri , the attacker moved the franchise to Denver , Colorado , where he went on the ice for the Colorado Rockies between 1976 and 1978 . He also came to sporadic missions during his time with the Rockies in the American Hockey League with the Rhode Island Reds , Philadelphia Firebirds and Hampton Gulls . After the end of the 1977/78 season , Dupéré announced the end of his active career after eight years and 437 appearances in the NHL after the new management of the Colorado Rockies did not want to present him a contract that was only valid for the NHL.

The 30-year-old then paused only a year before he sporadically ran up in the 1979/80 season with the amateur team of the Nelson Maple Leafs in the Western International Hockey League . He was most recently in the 1980/81 season at the French club of patineurs lyonnais Club in the National A active. Dupéré died in April 2019 at the age of 70 in his birthplace.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1966/67 Kitchener Rangers OHA Jr. 4th 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
1967/68 Kitchener Rangers OHA Jr. 54 35 24 59 22nd 19th 2 7th 9 20th
1968/69 Hockey Canada International Statistics not available
1968/69 Ottawa Nationals OHA-Sr. 5 4th 4th 8th 7th - - - - -
1969/70 Omaha Knights CHL 72 33 19th 52 35 12 5 7th 12 11
1970/71 Tulsa Oilers CHL 48 20th 34 54 40 - - - - -
1970/71 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 20th 1 2 3 4th 6th 0 0 0 0
1971/72 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 7th 10 17th 4th 5 0 0 0 0
1972/73 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 61 13 23 36 10 - - - - -
1973/74 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 34 8th 9 17th 8th 3 0 0 0 0
1974/75 Washington Capitals NHL 53 20th 15th 35 8th - - - - -
1974/75 St. Louis Blues NHL 22nd 3 6th 9 8th - - - - -
1975/76 Kansas City Scouts NHL 43 6th 8th 14th 16 - - - - -
1976/77 Colorado Rockies NHL 57 7th 11 18th 4th - - - - -
1976/77 Rhode Island Reds AHL 4th 3 3 6th 0 - - - - -
1977/78 Colorado Rockies NHL 54 15th 15th 30th 4th 2 1 0 1 0
1977/78 Philadelphia Firebirds AHL 12 3 2 5 10 - - - - -
1977/78 Hampton Gulls AHL 1 2 0 2 0 - - - - -
1978/79 without a contract not played after resignation
1979/80 Nelson Maple Leafs WIHL 10 2 5 7th - - - - -
1980/81 Club des patineurs lyonnais National A 18th 16 11 27 - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 58 36 25th 61 22nd 19th 2 7th 9 20th
CHL total 120 52 52 106 75 12 5 7th 12 11
AHL total 17th 8th 5 13 10 - - - - -
NHL overall 421 80 99 179 66 16 1 0 1 0

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Joe Pelletier: Toronto Maple Leafs Legends: Denis Dupere. greatesthockeylegends.com, March 2011, accessed July 14, 2019 .
  2. ^ Pierre-Alexandre Maltais: L'ancien hockeyeur Denis Dupéré s'éteint. In: lequotidien.com. Le Quotidien , April 15, 2019, accessed on July 14, 2019 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Dupéré, Denis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dupéré, Denis Gilles (full name); Dupere, Denis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Jonquière , Quebec , Canada
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2019
Place of death Jonquière , Quebec , Canada