Jean Potvin

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Jean Potvin (1973)

Jean Potvin (1973)
Date of birth March 25, 1949
place of birth Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 85 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1967-1969 Ottawa 67's
1969-1972 Los Angeles Kings
Springfield Kings
1972-1973 Philadelphia Flyers
1973-1978 New York Islanders
1978 Cleveland Barons
1978-1979 Minnesota North Stars
1979-1981 New York Islanders

Jean Rene Potvin (born March 25, 1949 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The defender played over 600 games in the National Hockey League , most of them for the New York Islanders , where he and his brother Denis won two Stanley Cups .

Career

Jean Potvin was born in Ottawa, where he played for the Ottawa 67’s in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) in his youth . At the 67's he established himself as a solid defensive player, but was not included in any NHL amateur drafts . As a result, he joined the Los Angeles Kings from the National Hockey League (NHL) as a free agent in November 1969 , who initially used him in their farm team , the Springfield Kings , in the American Hockey League (AHL). In Springfield he won the AHL Playoffs for the Calder Cup in 1971 , while he came to his first four NHL appearances this season. At the beginning of the 1971/72 season, the defender earned a regular place in the Kings NHL squad, but was given up to the Philadelphia Flyers in January 1972 together with Eddie Joyal , Bill Flett and Ross Lonsberry . In return, Bill Lesuk , Jim Johnson and Serge Bernier moved to Los Angeles. His stay in Philadelphia was also short-lived, so in March 1973 he was given to the New York Islanders in exchange for Terry Crisp .

According to rumors, the Islanders wanted with this transfer to increase their chances of signing his younger brother Denis , whom they should select in the subsequent NHL Amateur Draft in 1973 in first overall position. They succeeded in doing just that, so that the brothers ran together in New York from then on. Jean increased his personal statistics significantly, so he reached his career best in the 1975/76 season with 72 scorer points and was only surpassed among the defenders of the league by his much more talented brother (98). Although the team reached the playoff semifinals three times during this time, major successes failed to materialize for the time being. In January 1978, Jean Potvin and Jean-Paul Parisé were finally sent to the Cleveland Barons , with the Islanders receiving Wayne Merrick , Darcy Regier and a four-round vote in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft .

The Barons merged at the end of the season with the Minnesota North Stars , where the Canadian could not build on his previous achievements and was even used at times in their farm team, the Oklahoma City Stars , in the Central Hockey League . In the summer of 1979, his expiring contract was not renewed, so he returned to the New York Islanders as a free agent. With his previous employer, who had since matured into one of the best teams in the league, the defender won the Stanley Cup in 1980 and 1981 . Potvin himself hardly played a sporting role, so he came to 32 and 18 appearances in the two years, while he was not considered in the playoffs and instead was involved as a co-commentator on the TV broadcast. Nevertheless, at the request of the Islanders, he was immortalized twice on the trophy before ending his active career after the 1980/81 season. The Islanders subsequently won two more titles in a row.

In total, Jean Potvin was on the ice in 652 NHL games and scored 298 points scorer. After his ice hockey career, he spent 25 years on Wall Street before becoming involved in charities in his adopted home, New York City .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1967/68 Ottawa 67's OHA 54 18th 17th 35 138 - - - - - -
1968/69 Ottawa 67's OHA 54 17th 23 40 116 7th 1 7th 8th 20th
1969/70 Springfield Kings AHL 61 3 5 8th 42 14th 0 2 2 24
1970/71 Springfield Kings AHL 60 9 23 32 94 12 2 10 12 17th
1970/71 Los Angeles Kings NHL 4th 1 3 4th +5 2 - - - - - -
1971/72 Los Angeles Kings NHL 39 2 3 5 -38 35 - - - - - -
1971/72 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 29 3 12 15th –6 6th - - - - - -
1972/73 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 35 3 9 12 -1 10 - - - - - -
1972/73 New York Islanders NHL 10 0 3 3 -3 12 - - - - - -
1973/74 New York Islanders NHL 78 5 23 28 -26 100 - - - - - -
1974/75 New York Islanders NHL 73 9 24 33 -2 59 15th 2 4th 6th -2 9
1975/76 New York Islanders NHL 78 17th 55 72 +16 74 13 0 1 1 -1 2
1976/77 New York Islanders NHL 79 10 36 46 +14 26th 11 0 4th 4th +2 6th
1977/78 New York Islanders NHL 34 1 10 11 +11 8th - - - - - -
1977/78 Cleveland Barons NHL 40 3 14th 17th -5 30th - - - - - -
1978/79 Oklahoma City Stars CHL 9 3 7th 10 10 - - - - - -
1978/79 Minnesota North Stars NHL 64 5 16 21st -10 65 - - - - - -
1979/80 New York Islanders NHL 32 2 13 15th –11 26th - - - - - -
1980/81 New York Islanders NHL 18th 2 3 5 -4 25th - - - - - -
OHA total 108 35 40 75 254 7th 1 7th 8th 20th
AHL total 121 12 28 40 136 26th 2 12 14th 41
NHL overall 613 63 224 287 -60 478 39 2 9 11 -1 17th

( 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 )

family

His brother Denis Potvin spent his entire NHL career with the Islanders, where he won two of his four Stanley Cups with Jean and is also a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame . Her cousin Marc Potvin (1967-2006) was also an NHL professional, but they are not related to Félix Potvin .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Allan Kreda: For Potvins, a Chance to Reflect on a Shared Islanders' Legacy. nytimes.com, March 21, 2016, accessed February 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Potvin, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Potvin, Jean Rene (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa , Ontario , Canada