Jean Pronovost

Canada Jean Pronovost

Date of birth	December 18, 1945
place of birth	Shawinigan Falls , Quebec , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	75 kg

position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right

Career stations

1964-1966	Niagara Falls Flyers
1966-1968	Oklahoma City Blazers
1968-1988	Pittsburgh Penguins
1978-1980	Atlanta Flames
1980-1982	Washington Capitals

Jean Joseph Denis Pronovost (* 18th December 1945 in Shawinigan Falls , Quebec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and - coaches , who in his active between 1964 and 1982, including for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Atlanta Flames and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League has played. His brothers Claude , André and Marcel were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Jean Pronovost began his career as a hockey player with the Niagara Falls Flyers, for which he was active from 1964 to 1966 in the junior league of the Ontario Hockey Association . The winger then played for two years for the professional team of the Oklahoma City Blazers in the Central Professional Hockey League . From 1968 to 1978 he was on the ice for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League , where he was one of the leading players and regularly - as part of the " Century Line " with Lowell MacDonald and Syl Apps junior - one of the top scorers within the team. During his time in Pittsburgh, he took part in the NHL All-Star Game four times in a row (1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978). On September 6, 1978 he was transferred to the Atlanta Flames in exchange for Gregg Sheppard , for whom he played for two years. When the franchise was subsequently relocated, the successor Calgary Flames sold it to the Washington Capitals . With the Capitals he also played for two years, where he was in the 1981/82 season mainly for their farm team Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League on the ice. He then ended his active career at the age of 36.

From 1994 to 1996 Pronovost was the head coach of the Cataractes de Shawinigan from the Canadian junior league QMJHL . In the 1996/97 season he was in charge of the Rafales de Québec from the International Hockey League . His last position was in the 2000/01 season for the QMJHL team Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda as head coach.

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	14th	998	391	383	774	413
Playoffs	8th	35	11	9	20th	14th

personal data
SURNAME	Pronovost, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pronovost, Jean Joseph Denis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shawinigan Falls , Quebec , Canada