Michel Plasse

Michel Plasse
Date of birth	June 1, 1949
place of birth	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
date of death	December 30, 2006
Place of death	La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas , Quebec , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1968 , 1st lap, 1st position Montréal Canadiens
Career stations
1965-1968	Drummondville Rangers
1968-1969	Cleveland Barons
1969-1970	Jacksonville Rockets
1970-1971	Kansas City Blues
1971-1972	Nova Scotia Voyageurs
1972-1974	Montréal Canadiens
1974-1975	Kansas City Scouts
1975-1976	Pittsburgh Penguins
1976-1980	Colorado Rockies
1980-1982	Québec Nordiques

Michel Pierre Plasse (born June 1, 1949 in Montreal , Québec , † December 30, 2006 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas , Québec) was a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who worked for the St. Louis Blues from 1970 to 1982 , The Montreal Canadiens , Kansas City Scouts , Pittsburgh Penguins , Colorado Rockies and Quebec Nordiques played in the National Hockey League .

Career

As a junior he played with the Drummondville Rangers in the QJHL. After good performances there that elected him Montréal Canadiens at the NHL Amateur Draft in 1968 than first player.

After Montreal had some good goalkeepers in the squad, he began his professional career in the minor leagues . He played for the Cleveland Barons in the American Hockey League and for the Jacksonville Rockets in the Eastern Hockey League . In 1970 the Canadiens gave it to the St. Louis Blues . Since there were two experienced goalkeepers in goal with Glenn Hall and Ernie Wakely , he only came to one game and was mostly in the Central Hockey League for the Kansas City Blues . On February 21, 1971 he was the first goalkeeper to score a goal in professional ice hockey. He returned to Montreal in the summer. Here, too, he was sent back to the AHL. With the Nova Scotia Voyageurs he could win the Calder Cup . From the 1972/73 season he was one of the goalkeepers behind Ken Dryden . Without playing a playoff game this season, he is listed as a substitute goalkeeper as the Stanley Cup winner. Even when he took a break the following year, he did not make a breakthrough.

When NHL expansion draft in 1974 voted him the Kansas City Scouts , but was even here he only one of three goalkeepers, who took turns. After a move to the Pittsburgh Penguins , he finally succeeded in his second year after starting in the AHL with the Hershey Bears , to become a regular goalkeeper in the NHL. In the playoffs of the 1975/76 season he even managed a shutout , which, however, could not prevent the elimination in the first round.

Even after another move to the Colorado Rockies , he was number one in goal. In the first three years in Colorado he also played phases in the AHL for the Hampton Gulls and the Philadelphia Firebirds . After he had only come to six missions in the fourth year and mostly played in the CHL with the Fort Worth Texans , he moved to the Quebec Nordiques for the 1980/81 season . Here he was the goalkeeper with the most appearances, but in the course of the following season he was given up to the Hartford Whalers . This put him in the AHL with the Binghamton Whalers , where he ended his career after eight games.

In 2006 he died after a heart attack.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victory cut	Conceded goal	Shutouts
Regular season	11	299	0.308	3.79	2
Playoffs	2	4th	0.250	2.77	1

Achievements and Awards

• 1968 QJHL Second All-Star Team
• 1972 Calder Cup win with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs
• 1973 Stanley Cup win with the Canadiens de Montréal

Web links

• Michel Plasse at hockeydb.com (English)
• Michel Plasse at hockeygoalies.org
• Michel Plasse at legendsofhockey.net (English)