Phil Goyette

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CanadaCanada  Phil Goyette Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 31, 1933
place of birth Lachine , Quebec , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 77 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1950-1952 Montréal Nationale
1952-1954 Montréal Junior Canadiens
1954-1955 Cincinnati Mohawks
1955-1957 Montreal Royals
1957-1963 Montréal Canadiens
1963-1969 New York Rangers
1969-1970 St. Louis Blues
1970-1972 Buffalo Sabers
1972 New York Rangers

Phillipe Joseph Georges "Phil" Goyette (born October 31, 1933 in Lachine , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player (center) and coach , who worked for the Montréal Canadiens , New York Rangers , St. Louis Blues and Buffalo from 1956 to 1972 Sabers played in the National Hockey League .

Career

During his junior years , Goyette played with Scotty Bowman at the Montréal Junior Canadiens in the QJHA . In the senior sector, he initially played with the Montreal Royals in the QHL .

At the end of the 1956/57 season he made the leap into the squad of the Montréal Canadiens , the reigning Stanley Cup winners. Goyette had already emulated his role models Elmer Lach and Theodore Kennedy as a child and adopted their body-hugging style of play. It was hoped that he would make the team more robust. He was in the same row as Claude Provost and André Pronovost , who had played with him in the juniors. His overview was impressive. Mostly he played in the third row of attacks and achieved decent statistics for it. In its first four years, the Canadiens each won the Stanley Cup. In the 1962/63 season he was plagued by injuries. After the end of the season, the Canadiens gave him along with Jacques Plante to the New York Rangers , who in return sent Gump Worsley and three other players to Montreal.

The move was difficult for him because he had been a supporter of the Canadiens since childhood. The Rangers were one of the weaker NHL teams at this time and so he was one of the stars of the team from the start. He was the Rangers' top scorer in his first year and set personal bests with 24 goals, 41 assists and 65 points and made it into the top ten scorers in the NHL. In the six seasons with the Rangers, he has always been one of the best players on his team. When the St. Louis Blues were looking for reinforcements, they showed an interest in him. For a first-round draft right, the Rangers let him go.

The 1969/70 season with the Blues was very successful. He was fourth-best scorer in the NHL and again set personal bests with 29 goals, 49 assists and 78 points. To his great surprise, the Blues didn't protect him in the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft . The Buffalo Sabers did not let this opportunity pass and took the experienced attacker.

Behind the 17 years younger Gilbert Perreault , he was the second best scorer in the Sabers' first season. After his performance waned in the sophomore year, the Sabers gave him up and he returned to the New York Rangers. There he reached the final series of the Stanley Cup, where the Rangers were defeated by the Boston Bruins . After the end of the season, he ended his active career.

Immediately after the end of his career, the newly founded New York Islanders hired him as a coach. With the World Hockey Association had opened a competitive league that made it difficult for the Islanders to sign strong players. The sporting success did not materialize and so he only worked as a trainer for a short time. Before the end of the season he was replaced by Earl Ingarfield .

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 17th 941 207 467 674 131
Playoffs 12 94 17th 29 46 26th

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personal data
SURNAME Goyette, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goyette, Phillipe Joseph Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Lachine , Quebec