Lucien DeBlois

Lucien DeBlois
Date of birth	June 21, 1957
place of birth	Joliette , Quebec , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1977 , 1st lap, 8th position New York Rangers
WHA Amateur Draft	1977 , 1st lap, 9th position Québec Nordiques
Career stations
1973-1977	Éperviers de Sorel
1977-1979	New York Rangers
1979-1981	Colorado Rockies
1981-1984	Winnipeg Jets
1984-1986	Montréal Canadiens
1986-1989	New York Rangers
1989-1990	Québec Nordiques
1990-1992	Toronto Maple Leafs
1992	Winnipeg Jets

Joseph Lucien Jean Gonzague DeBlois (born June 21, 1957 in Joliette , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the New York Rangers , Colorado Rockies , Winnipeg Jets , Montréal Canadiens from 1973 to 1992, among others , Québec Nordiques and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League .

Career

Lucien DeBlois began his career as a hockey player with the Éperviers de Sorel , for which he was active from 1973 to 1977 in the Canadian junior league QMJHL . He was then selected in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft in the first round as the eighth player of the New York Rangers . In addition, the Québec Nordiques selected him from the World Hockey Association in the WHA Amateur Draft of the same year, but the attacker opted for the offer of the New York Rangers. For the team from New York City he played for two years in the National Hockey League before he was given to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Barry Beck on November 2, 1979 together with Pat Hickey , Mike McEwen , Dean Turner . He also spent two seasons with the Rockies.

From 1981 to 1984 DeBlois was on the ice for the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL. He was then transferred to the Montréal Canadiens in exchange for Perry Turnbull . With the team from Québec, he won the prestigious Stanley Cup for the first and only time in his career in the 1985/86 season . He scored 14 goals in 72 games and gave another 17 templates. After this success he returned to the New York Rangers, where he had started his NHL career. There he spent a total of three seasons before he spent a year and a half for the Québec Nordiques, which in the meantime had also moved to the NHL after the dissolution of the WHA. At the beginning of the 1990/91 season , the Toronto Maple Leafs took the left-handed shooter under contract. However, he ended his career at his ex-club Winnipeg Jets, in addition to which he had switched to Mark Osborne in exchange for Mark Osborne shortly before the end of the trade deadline in the 1991/92 season , at the age of 35.

After his career as a player, DeBlois worked in the 1995/96 season initially as head coach of the Moncton Alpines from the QMJHL, and then for two years as assistant coach for the Kansas City Blades from the International Hockey League . On the occasion of the Heroes of Hockey Game , which took place as part of the NHL All-Star Games , he laced his ice skates again in 2001.

International

For Canada DeBlois took part in the 1981 World Cup, where he finished fourth with his team.

Achievements and Awards

• 1976 QMJHL East First All-Star Team
• 1977 QMJHL First All-Star Team
• 1977 Michel Brière Trophy
• 1986 Stanley Cup win with the Montréal Canadiens
• 2001 Heroes of Hockey Game

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	15th	993	249	276	525	814
Playoffs	10	52	7th	6th	13	38

Web links

• Lucien DeBlois at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Lucien DeBlois at hockeydb.com (English)