Pierre Larouche

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CanadaCanada  Pierre Larouche Ice hockey player
Date of birth November 16, 1955
place of birth Taschereau , Quebec , Canada
Nickname Lucky Pierre
size 180 cm
Weight 79 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1974 , 1st lap, 8th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
WHA Amateur Draft 1974 , 2nd round, 30th position
Houston Eros
Career stations
1972 Québec Remparts
1972-1974 Sorel Éperviers
1974-1977 Pittsburgh Penguins
1977-1981 Montréal Canadiens
1981-1983 Hartford Whalers
1983-1987 New York Rangers

Pierre R. Larouche (born November 16, 1955 in Taschereau , Québec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . From 1974 to 1987 he played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Montréal Canadiens , Hartford Whalers and the New York Rangers on the position of the center .

Career

Pierre Larouche was born in 1955 as the youngest of ten children in the Québec town of Taschereau . In the 1972/73 season he first played for the Québec Remparts in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . After 20 games for the Remparts, he moved to the Sorel Éperviers in the league . In the 1973/74 season , Larouche, who played together with Jacques Cossette and Michel Deziel in an attack row, scored 94 goals and 157 assists in 67 games for Sorel for a total of 251 points , which meant a new LHJMQ point record. The record was broken ten years later by Mario Lemieux , who scored 282 points in 70 games.

In the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft , Larouche was selected in the first round in eighth position by the Pittsburgh Penguins , in the WHA Amateur Draft in the same year the Houston Eros selected him in the second round in a total of 30th position. Pierre Larouche decided to go on the ice for the Penguins from the 1974/75 season . In his first NHL game on October 9, 1974, he scored his first goal against the Minnesota North Stars . In his first year he was the best rookie with 68 points and took second place in the election for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best newcomer of the year behind winner Eric Vail . In his second NHL season, Larouche set his personal bests with 53 goals and 58 assists, a total of 111 points. He was also the youngest player ever to reach 50 goals and 100 points - this record was broken by Wayne Gretzky in 1980 .

Larouche could not build on these performances in the following two seasons. The Canadian was transferred to the Montréal Canadiens on November 29, 1977 by the Penguins in exchange for Pete Mahovlich and Peter-John Lee . In the 1979/80 season he achieved very good values with 50 goals and 41 assists in 73 games. Larouche was transferred to the Hartford Whalers on December 21, 1981 together with Montreal's first-round draft pick for the 1984 NHL Entry Draft and a third-round vote for the 1985 draft . In return, the Canadiens received Hartford's first and second round draft picks for the Entry Draft 1984 and their third round suffrage for the Entry Draft 1985. Larouche completed 83 games for Whalers in one and a half years, thereby achieving 90 points scorer.

On September 12, 1983, the contractless player signed a new contract with the New York Rangers , for which he was active for four years. In his first season in New York, the right-shooter scored 48 goals this season. This makes him the only player to date who has scored over 45 goals in one season for more than three franchises. In his third season with the Rangers, the attacker acted in a row with Bob Brooke and Ron Greschner . The following season Larouche played temporarily on the position of the right winger, his new partners were Don Maloney and Kelly Kisio . On January 14, 1987, Larouche ran in an NHL game against the Calgary Flames as team captain of the Rangers on the ice, since Ron Greschner was unfit to play on that day.

After Pierre Larouche could only complete the first ten games of the 1987/88 NHL season due to a pinched nerve in his back , the Canadian announced his retirement in September 1988.

International

Pierre Larouche represented his native Canada at the 1977 Ice Hockey World Championship . Together with the Canadian national team , he finished fourth in this tournament. The center was used in all ten Canadians games, scoring seven goals and eight assists.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
1972-73 Québec Remparts LHJMQ 20th 6th 7th 13 20th - - - - -
Sorel Éperviers LHJMQ 43 47 54 101 24 10 7th 6th 13 2
1973-74 Sorel Éperviers LHJMQ 67 94 157 251 53 15th 15th 18th 33 20th
1974-75 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 79 31 37 68 52 9 2 5 7th 2
1975-76 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 53 58 111 33 3 0 1 1 0
1976-77 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 65 29 34 63 14th 3 0 3 3 0
1977-78 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 20th 6th 5 11 0 - - - - -
Montréal Canadiens NHL 44 17th 32 49 11 5 2 1 3 4th
1978-79 Montréal Canadiens NHL 36 9 13 22nd 4th 6th 1 3 4th 0
1979-80 Montréal Canadiens NHL 73 50 41 91 16 9 1 7th 8th 2
1980-81 Montréal Canadiens NHL 61 25th 28 53 28 2 0 2 2 0
1981-82 Montréal Canadiens NHL 22nd 9 12 21st 0 - - - - -
Hartford Whalers NHL 45 25th 25th 50 12 - - - - -
1982-83 Hartford Whalers NHL 38 18th 22nd 40 8th - - - - -
1983-84 New York Rangers NHL 77 48 33 81 22nd 5 3 1 4th 2
1984-85 New York Rangers NHL 65 24 36 60 8th - - - - -
1985-86 Hershey Bears AHL 32 22nd 17th 39 16 - - - - -
1985-86 New York Rangers NHL 28 20th 7th 27 4th 16 8th 9 17th 2
1986-87 New York Rangers NHL 73 28 35 63 12 6th 3 2 5 4th
1987-88 New York Rangers NHL 10 3 9 12 13 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 130 147 218 365 97 23 22nd 24 46 22nd
NHL overall 812 395 427 822 237 64 20th 34 54 16

International

year team event result GP G A. Pts PIM
1977 Canada WM 4th 10 7th 8th 15th 16
International overall 10 7th 8th 15th 16

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Larouche, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Larouche, Pierre R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Taschereau , Quebec