Garry Lariviere

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CanadaCanada  Garry Lariviere Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 6, 1954
place of birth St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1974 , 5th lap, 83rd position
Buffalo Sabers
WHA Amateur Draft 1974 , 3rd lap, 39th position
Chicago Cougars
Career stations
1971-1974 St. Catharines Black Hawks
1974-1975 Tulsa Oilers
1975-1977 Phoenix Roadrunners
1977-1981 Nordiques de Québec
1981-1983 Edmonton Oilers
1983-1986 St. Catharines Saints

Garry Joseph Lariviere (born December 6, 1954 in St. Catharines , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 233 games for the Nordiques de Québec and Edmonton Oilers in the National between 1971 and 1986 Hockey League (NHL) and 327 other games for the Phoenix Roadrunners and Nordiques de Québec in the World Hockey Association (WHA) on the position of defender . Lariviere celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Nordiques de Québec, with whom he won the Avco World Trophy of the WHA in 1977 .

Career

Lariviere spent his junior years between 1971 and 1974 with the St. Catharines Black Hawks from his hometown St. Catharines in the province of Ontario . With the team he took part in the game operations of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). The defender spent three successful years with the Black Hawks, during which he stood out for both his presence in the offensive game and his robust style of play. At the end of the 1973/74 season he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup , the championship trophy of the OHA, with St. Catharines . He then played with the team in the prestigious Memorial Cup . As a result, his junior career came to an end after 182 missions, in which he had collected 100 points and 428 penalty minutes. In the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft Lariviere was selected in the fifth round in 83rd place by the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League (NHL). Likewise, the Chicago Cougars from the World Hockey Association (WHA), which was then competing with the NHL, secured his rights in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft . There they pulled him in the third lap in 39th position.

Contrary to many other talents, however, Lariviere decided against a commitment in the NHL. After the Phoenix Roadrunners had bought his WHA transfer rights in September 1974 from the Chicago Cougars, he signed a contract there for the 1974/75 season . The Roadrunners first used the Canadian in the Central Hockey League (CHL) with their farm team Tulsa Oilers . There the rookie had a good season, which, in addition to being elected to the First All-Star Team of the league, also brought him some appearances for Phoenix in the WHA. With the beginning of the 1975/76 season , the defender was then a regular in the squad of the Roadrunners. In 79 missions he came to 24 points. He clearly exceeded this value in the course of the following game year. However, Phoenix was not financially able to bind Lariviere long-term and so they sold him in March 1977 to the title contender Nordiques de Québec . With the French Canadians he won the Avco World Trophy at the end of the playoffs in 1977 , to which he contributed ten assists in 17 appearances. In the final series, the Nordiques beat the Winnipeg Jets 4: 3. In the following two seasons, Lariviere developed into one of Québec's playmakers. He set up a career record with 56 points scorer in the 1977/78 season and scored more than 35 points the following year.

Due to the dissolution of the WHA and the inclusion of the Nordiques de Québec in the NHL for the 1979/80 season , a conflict of interests arose between the Nordiques and the New York Islanders in the run-up to the NHL Expansion Draft in 1979 , the Larivieres NHL transfer rights as early as February 1975 in exchange for Gerry Desjardins from the Buffalo Sabers. The Islanders initially invoked their prerogative and requested the services of the Canadian, but Québec then decided to protect the defender as one of their three possible priority selections , so that he remained their property beyond the expansion draft and thus with the team in its first NHL season went. Finally, the defensive player was active in Québec City until March 1981 , before he was transferred in a transfer between three franchises, initially in exchange for Mario Marois to the Vancouver Canucks , who immediately handed him over to the Edmonton Oilers together with Ken Barry . In return, the Canucks received Blair MacDonald and the transfer rights to the Swedish young talent Lars-Gunnar Pettersson .

With the Edmonton Oilers, to which Wayne Gretzky also belonged at the time , Lariviere ended the 1980/81 season and was subsequently part of the Oilers' squad for two more years. However, the 28-year-old only made 18 appearances in the 1982/83 season . Following the game year, he then left the NHL and moved to the lower class American Hockey League (AHL), where he went on the ice for the St. Catharines Saints in his hometown. He had an impressive year that ended for the Saints with an increase of 20 points over the previous year. He was also awarded the Eddie Shore Award as best defender and - together with Mal Davis of the Rochester Americans  - the Les Cunningham Award as most valuable player in the league. He was also appointed to the AHL First All-Star Team . His many years of professional experience and outstanding position in the team gave Lariviere - in addition to his obligations as a player - a position as assistant coach at the beginning of the 1985/86 season , which he held in parallel until the end of his career and the relocation of the Saints franchise in the summer of 1986.

Because the Saints were in cooperation with the Toronto Maple Leafs from the NHL, Lariviere remained connected to the Toronto organization beyond his retirement. Between 1986 and 1990 he worked as an assistant coach under John Brophy , Chief Armstrong and Doug Carpenter before he retired completely from ice hockey.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1971/72 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 62 4th 19th 23 114 5 0 2 2 21st
1972/73 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 55 5 32 37 140 - - - - -
1973/74 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 60 3 35 38 153 - - - - -
1974 St. Catharines Black Hawks Memorial Cup 3 0 1 1 21st
1974/75 Tulsa Oilers CHL 76 15th 38 53 168 - - - - -
1974/75 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 4th 0 1 1 28 1 0 0 0 0
1975/76 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 79 7th 17th 24 100 5 0 2 2 2
1976/77 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 61 7th 23 30th 48 - - - - -
1976/77 Nordiques de Québec WHA 15th 0 3 3 8th 17th 0 10 10 10
1977/78 Nordiques de Québec WHA 80 7th 49 56 78 11 3 2 5 4th
1978/79 Nordiques de Québec WHA 50 5 33 38 54 4th 0 1 1 2
1979/80 Nordiques de Québec NHL 75 2 19th 21st 56 - - - - -
1980/81 Nordiques de Québec NHL 52 3 13 16 50 - - - - -
1980/81 Edmonton Oilers NHL 13 0 2 2 6th 9 0 3 3 8th
1981/82 Edmonton Oilers NHL 62 1 21st 22nd 41 4th 0 1 1 0
1982/83 Edmonton Oilers NHL 17th 0 2 2 14th 1 0 1 1 0
1983/84 St. Catharines Saints AHL 65 7th 35 42 41 7th 0 3 3 2
1984/85 St. Catharines Saints AHL 72 4th 32 36 47 - - - - -
1985/86 St. Catharines Saints AHL 52 0 9 9 10 6th 0 1 1 6th
OHA total 177 12 86 98 407 5 0 2 2 21st
AHL total 189 11 76 87 98 13 0 4th 4th 8th
NHL overall 219 6th 57 63 167 14th 0 5 5 8th
WHA total 289 26th 126 152 316 38 3 15th 18th 18th

( 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 Lariviere, Garry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lariviere, Garry Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada