Guy Lapointe

Guy Lapointe
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1993
Date of birth	March 22, 1948
place of birth	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1965-1967	Verdun Junior Maple Leafs
1967-1968	Montréal Junior Canadiens
1968-1969	Houston Apollos
1969-1970	Montréal Voyageurs
1970-1982	Montréal Canadiens
1982-1983	St. Louis Blues
1983-1984	Boston Bruins

Guy Gerard Lapointe (* 22. March 1948 in Montreal , Quebec ) is a retired, Canadian hockey player (defender) and coach, who from 1968 to 1984 for the Montreal Canadiens , St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League played .

Career

As a junior, he played with the Montreal Junior Canadiens in the Ontario Hockey Association .

In the 1968/69 season he made his debut with the Montreal Canadiens , but mostly he still played with the Houston Apollos in the Central Hockey League and with the Montreal Voyageurs in the American Hockey League .

In the 1970/71 season he made his breakthrough in the NHL. At the beginning there were still concerns about whether his performance was too changeable, but he quickly brought consistency into his performance and developed into an excellent defender. In his first full season he won the first Stanley Cup . He was appointed to the Canadian team for the 1972 Summit Series , which defeated the Soviet Union in a gripping series. Along with Larry Robinson and Serge Savard he formed with the Canadiens, the "Big Three". By the end of the 1970s, he won the Stanley Cup six times with the Canadiens. At the Challenge Cup 1979 he again represented the NHL against the Soviet Union.

During the 1981/82 season he realized that it was difficult to assert himself in the strong defense of the Canadiens. He asked for a move to forestall possible efforts by the team. In exchange for a second-round draft law, for which the Canadiens later got Sergio Momesso , he moved to the St. Louis Blues . Here a broken cheekbone threw him back. For the 1983/84 season he moved for one season to the Boston Bruins , who tried to close the gap from Brad Park at short notice.

After the end of his active career, he worked for several years as an assistant coach with the Quebec Nordiques and the Calgary Flames .

In 1993 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . His number 5 has been banned from the Canadiens since November 8, 2014.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	16	894	171	451	622	893
Playoffs	13	123	26th	44	70	138

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1971 , 1973 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 and 1979

Personal awards

• NHL First All-Star Team : 1973
• NHL Second All-Star Team : 1975, 1976 and 1977
• AHL First All-Star Team : 1970

Web links

• Guy Lapointe in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Guy Lapointe at hockeydb.com (English)