Don Beaupre

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CanadaCanada  Don Beaupre Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 19, 1961
place of birth Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Bobo
size 173 cm
Weight 68 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 33
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1980 , 2nd round, 37th position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
1978-1980 Sudbury Wolves
1980-1988 Minnesota North Stars
1988-1994 Washington Capitals
1994-1996 Ottawa Senators
1996 Toronto Maple Leafs
1996-1997 St. John's Maple Leafs
1997 Utah grizzlies

Donald William "Don" Beaupre (born September 19, 1961 in Kitchener , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who played 739 games for the Minnesota North Stars , Washington Capitals , Ottawa Senators and Toronto in the course of his playing career between 1978 and 1997 Has played in the Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL). Beaupre, who stood with the Minnesota North Stars in his rookie season in the final series of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1981 , took part in the NHL All-Star Game twice during his career .

Career

Beaupre spent his junior years between 1978 and 1980 with the Sudbury Wolves in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL). There the goalkeeper was number 1 between the posts in both years and completed 113 of 136 possible games in the regular season . At the end of the 1979/80 season he was elected to the First All-Star Team of the OMJHL and then in the NHL Entry Draft 1980 in the second round in 37th place - and thus the first goalkeeper of the draft ever - by the Minnesota North Stars from the National Hockey League (NHL) selected.

The 19-year-old then took part in the North Stars training camp in the late summer of 1980 and impressed those responsible so much that at the beginning of the 1980/81 season he outpaced the experienced Gilles Meloche and Gary Edwards and guarded the goal of Minnesota in the NHL. During his rookie season , Beaupre shared the post of goalkeeper with Meloche and both led the team as an almost equal duo in the final series of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1981 , which was lost to the New York Islanders . In addition, the Canadian took part in the NHL All-Star Game during the season, where he set an NHL record as the youngest starter in the goalkeeping position. In the choice of the Calder Memorial Trophy for the best newcomer to the league of the year , he finished third behind the eventual winners Peter Šťastný and Larry Murphy . In the following seven years, Beaupre remained loyal to the North Stars and formed a goalkeeper team with Meloche until 1985, although the team did not succeed in nearly repeating the success of 1981. After Meloche's move to the Pittsburgh Penguins , the keeper shared the post in goal with Jon Casey and Kari Takko from 1985 onwards , before moving to the Washington Capitals shortly after the start of the 1988/89 season in exchange for the transfer rights to the drafted college player Claudio Scremin was delivered.

In the franchise from the US state capital, Beaupre had to be content with third place in the goalkeeper rotation behind the established Clint Malarchuk and Pete Peeters and the arduous route via the Baltimore Skipjacks farm team from the American Hockey League (AHL), so that he in Over the course of the season, the Caps guarded the goal only eleven times . It was not until the following game year, after Malarchuk had left the club as a free agent via transfer and Peeters , that the now 28-year-old took over the position of goalkeeper at the capital city, which he held until the end of the 1993/94 season . Meanwhile, Mike Liut , Jim Hrivnak and Rick Tabaracci served as his back-ups . Beaupre had his best years in the 1990/91 and 1991/92 seasons , when he set up interim franchise records for the lowest average goal conceded , the highest catch rate , the most victories of the season, played season games and played minutes. In addition, he was league leader in 1991 with five achieved shutouts and took part in 1992 for the second time in his career in the NHL All-Star Game .

Before the start of the 1994/95 season , which began late due to the lockout , the goalkeeper was given in a transfer to the Ottawa Senators in January 1995 , which he moved from the US to the Canadian capital. At the time of the move, Beaupre held numerous other franchise records, including most games, wins, and total shutouts. The Senators only gave their future goalkeeper a five-round vote in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft . Beaupre only stayed a good year with the Sens , who were the worst of all 26 NHL franchises in both game years between 1994 and 1996. In the 1995/96 season he was part of a five-player transfer business in which he was given to the New York Islanders together with Martin Straka and Bryan Berard . In return, the Islanders sent Wade Redden and Damian Rhodes , his successor in the gate, to Ottawa. To complete the previous transfer of New York with the Toronto Maple Leafs , in which they had received Rhodes and Ken Belanger , Beaupre was sent to Toronto with Kirk Muller on the same day . In the rest of the season and at the beginning of the following year, however, he came there only to 13 missions because he could not prevail against Félix Potvin . Ultimately, he found himself on the farm team St. John's Maple Leafs in the AHL and also - towards the end of the season - also played a few games for the Utah Grizzlies in the International Hockey League (IHL). With no prospect of a contract offer from the NHL, Beaupre finally ended his active career after the end of the season at the age of 35, in which he stood 739 times in the NHL between the posts.

International

Although not eligible to play as a Canadian citizen, Beaupre took part in the training camp of the US team in the run-up to the 1981 Canada Cup . He was not nominated due to the lack of eligibility to play. The goalkeeper also did not play any international matches for his home country Canada.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
1978/79 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 54 3248 260 2 4.78 10 5 5 600 44 0 4.40
1979/80 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 59 28 29 2 3447 248 0 4.32 87.9 9 5 4th 552 38 0 4.13
1980/81 Minnesota North Stars NHL 44 18th 14th 11 2585 138 0 3.20 89.5 6th 4th 2 360 26th 0 4.33 88.1
1981/82 Minnesota North Stars NHL 29 11 8th 9 1634 101 0 3.71 88.9 2 0 1 60 4th 0 4.00 85.2
1981/82 Nashville South Stars CHL 5 2 3 0 299 25th 0 5.02 85.7 - - - - - - - -
1982/83 Minnesota North Stars NHL 36 19th 10 5 2011 120 0 3.58 88.5 4th 2 2 245 20th 0 4.90 85.3
1982/83 Birmingham South Stars CHL 10 8th 2 0 599 31 0 3.11 90.6 - - - - - - - -
1983/84 Minnesota North Stars NHL 33 16 13 2 1791 123 0 4.12 87.3 13 6th 7th 782 40 1 3.07 89.5
1983/84 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 7th 2 5 0 419 30th 0 4.30 - - - - - - - -
1984/85 Minnesota North Stars NHL 31 10 17th 3 1770 109 1 3.69 88.3 4th 1 1 184 12 0 3.91 85.0
1985/86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 52 25th 20th 6th 3073 182 1 3.55 89.2 5 2 3 300 17th 0 3.40 89.2
1986/87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 47 17th 20th 6th 2622 174 1 3.98 87.9 - - - - - - - -
1987/88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 43 10 22nd 3 2284 161 0 4.23 87.2 - - - - - - - -
1988/89 Minnesota North Stars NHL 1 0 1 0 59 3 0 3.03 88.0 - - - - - - - -
1988/89 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 3 1 2 0 179 9 1 3.02 - - - - - - - -
1988/89 Washington Capitals NHL 11 5 4th 0 578 28 1 2.91 89.6 - - - - - - - -
1988/89 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 30th 14th 12 2 1715 102 0 3.57 88.1 - - - - - - - -
1989/90 Washington Capitals NHL 48 23 18th 5 2793 150 2 3.22 89.0 8th 4th 3 401 18th 0 2.69 90.3
1990/91 Washington Capitals NHL 45 20th 18th 3 2572 113 5 2.64 89.7 11 5 5 624 29 1 2.79 90.1
1990/91 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 2 2 0 0 120 3 0 1.50 94.2 - - - - - - - -
1991/92 Washington Capitals NHL 54 29 17th 6th 3108 166 1 3.20 88.4 7th 3 4th 419 22nd 0 3.15 89.6
1991/92 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 3 1 1 1 184 10 0 3.26 86.5 - - - - - - - -
1992/93 Washington Capitals NHL 58 27 23 5 3282 181 1 3.31 88.2 2 1 1 119 9 0 4.55 86.2
1993/94 Washington Capitals NHL 53 24 16 8th 2853 135 2 2.84 88.0 8th 5 2 429 21st 1 2.94 89.0
1994/95 Ottawa Senators NHL 38 8th 25th 3 2161 121 1 3.36 89.6 - - - - - - - -
1995/96 Ottawa Senators NHL 33 6th 23 0 1770 110 1 3.73 87.7 - - - - - - - -
1995/96 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 8th 0 5 0 336 26th 0 4.64 84.7 2 0 0 20th 2 0 5.88 84.6
1996/97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 0 3 0 110 10 0 5.46 83.3 - - - - - - - -
1996/97 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 47 24 16 4th 2623 128 3 2.93 89.8 - - - - - - - -
1996/97 Utah grizzlies IHL 4th 2 2 0 238 13 0 3.27 87.7 7th 3 4th 438 17th 1 2.32 92.4
OMJHL overall 103 6675 508 2 4.54 87.9 19th 10 9 1152 82 0 4.27
CHL total 22nd 12 10 0 1317 86 0 3.92 89.0 - - - - - - - -
AHL total 82 41 29 7th 4642 243 3 3.14 89.2 - - - - - - - -
IHL total 7th 3 4th 0 417 22nd 1 3.16 87.7 7th 3 4th 438 17th 1 2.32 92.4
NHL overall 667 268 277 75 37392 2151 17th 3.45 88.5 72 33 31 3943 220 3 3.35 88.8

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joe Pelletier: Greatest Hockey Legends.com: Don Beaupre. greatesthockeylegends.com, September 2009, accessed March 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Beaupre, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beaupre, Donald William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitchener , Ontario , Canada