Pierre Turgeon

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CanadaCanada  Pierre Turgeon Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 28, 1969
place of birth Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 90 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 1st round, 1st position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1985-1987 Bisons de Granby
1987-1991 Buffalo Sabers
1991-1995 New York Islanders
1995-1996 Canadiens de Montréal
1996-2001 St. Louis Blues
2001-2005 Dallas Stars
2005-2007 Colorado Avalanche

Pierre Julien Turgeon (born August 28, 1969 in Rouyn-Noranda , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach , who played 1403 games for the Buffalo Sabers , New York Islanders , Canadiens between 1985 and 2007 de Montréal , St. Louis Blues , Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League on the position of the center .

Career

In his time as a junior Turgeon played with the Granby Bisons in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . After two seasons with more than 100 scorer points and some appearances in the Canadian national team, he was brought in first by the Buffalo Sabers in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft .

Pierre Turgeon (front) and Mario Lemieux

The Sabers brought him to the NHL the following year. Here he needed a season to get used to the level of the NHL, but in his second and especially in his third season in 1989/90 he had also proven his exceptional class in the NHL with 106 points. Turgeon's strengths lay in building up the game, but the way he played did not suit his fast attack partner Alexander Mogilny . Therefore, the Sabers took the opportunity at the end of 1991 and gave Pierre to the New York Islanders in exchange for Pat LaFontaine .

With the Islanders, he completed his best season in the 1992/93 season. With 132 points he led the Islanders into the playoffs. After he scored the opening goal in the last game of the first play-off round, he was checked from behind by Dale Hunter and broke his collarbone. Hunter was banned for 21 games (then record). The Islanders hoped to progress, but Ray Ferraro and Steve Thomas got the team through the second round. For the conference final against the Montréal Canadiens , Turgeon returned to the ice, but was too restricted to prevail against the eventual Stanley Cup winner.

A year and a half later he was transferred to the Montréal Canadiens and played there until the end of 1997. Then his path led him on to the St. Louis Blues . The former 100 point scorer stayed here for over four years, but he couldn't get close to the 100 point mark because he hadn't had a full playing time in the 4 years. In the 2000/01 season he found his old strength back and scored 82 points in 79 games.

From the 2001/02 season he wore the jersey of the Dallas Stars for three years . After the strike season 2004/05 , in which he paused, he went on the hunt for points for the Colorado Avalanche and scored his 500th goal there as the 34th player in the NHL. In the 2006/07 season he was plagued by injuries and only made 17 appearances. He finally ended his career in September 2007, before he was hired as assistant coach by the Los Angeles Kings for the 2017/18 season after ten years away from ice hockey . However, he only held this position for one season.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1984/85 Montréal-Bourassa QAAA 41 49 52 101 26th 5 3 8th 11 2
1985/86 Hockey Canada International 11 2 4th 6th 2
1985/86 Granby bison LHJMQ 69 47 67 114 31 - - - - -
1986/87 Granby bison LHJMQ 58 69 85 154 8th 7th 9 6th 15th 15th
1987/88 Buffalo Sabers NHL 76 14th 28 42 34 6th 4th 3 7th 4th
1988/89 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 34 54 88 26th 5 3 5 8th 2
1989/90 Buffalo Sabers NHL 80 40 66 106 29 6th 2 4th 6th 2
1990/91 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 32 47 79 26th 6th 3 1 4th 6th
1991/92 Buffalo Sabers NHL 8th 2 6th 8th 4th - - - - -
1991/92 New York Islanders NHL 69 38 49 87 16 - - - - -
1992/93 New York Islanders NHL 83 58 74 132 26th 11 6th 7th 13 0
1993/94 New York Islanders NHL 69 38 56 94 18th 4th 0 1 1 0
1994/95 New York Islanders NHL 34 13 14th 27 10 - - - - -
1994/95 Montréal Canadiens NHL 15th 11 9 20th 4th - - - - -
1995/96 Montréal Canadiens NHL 80 38 58 96 44 6th 2 4th 6th 2
1996/97 Montréal Canadiens NHL 9 1 10 11 2 - - - - -
1996/97 St. Louis Blues NHL 69 25th 49 74 12 5 1 1 2 2
1997/98 St. Louis Blues NHL 60 22nd 46 68 24 10 4th 4th 8th 2
1998/99 St. Louis Blues NHL 67 31 34 65 36 13 4th 9 13 6th
1999/00 St. Louis Blues NHL 52 26th 40 66 8th 7th 0 7th 7th 0
2000/01 St. Louis Blues NHL 79 30th 52 82 37 15th 5 10 15th 2
2001/02 Dallas Stars NHL 66 15th 32 47 16 - - - - -
2002/03 Dallas Stars NHL 65 12 30th 42 18th 5 0 1 1 0
2003/04 Dallas Stars NHL 76 15th 25th 40 20th 5 1 3 4th 2
2004/05 Dallas Stars NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Colorado Avalanche NHL 62 16 30th 46 32 5 0 2 2 6th
2006/07 Colorado Avalanche NHL 17th 4th 3 7th 10 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 127 116 152 268 39 7th 9 6th 15th 15th
NHL overall 1294 515 812 1327 452 109 35 62 97 36

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1987 Canada June World Cup disqualification 6th 3 0 3 2
Juniors overall 6th 3 0 3 2

( 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 )

Personal

His older brother Sylvain Turgeon was also an ice hockey player and was active in the NHL for over ten years. In addition, his son Dominic Turgeon made his debut in 2018 for the Detroit Red Wings in the highest league in North America.

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personal data
SURNAME Turgeon, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turgeon, Pierre Julien (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec