Réjean Lemelin
Date of birth | November 19, 1954 |
place of birth | Québec City , Québec , Canada |
Nickname | Reggie |
size | 180 cm |
Weight | 77 kg |
position | goalkeeper |
Catch hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Amateur Draft |
1974 , 7th lap, 125th position Philadelphia Flyers |
WHA Amateur Draft |
1974 , 13th lap, 180th position Chicago Cougars |
Career stations | |
1972-1974 | Sherbrooke Castors |
1974-1988 | Philadelphia Firebirds |
1978-1980 | Atlanta Flames |
1980-1987 | Calgary Flames |
1987-1993 | Boston Bruins |
Réjean "Reggie" Lemelin (born November 19, 1954 in Québec City , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and currently goalie coach of the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League .
Career
Lemelin began his career in 1972 in the Canadian Junior League QMJHL with the Sherbrooke Castors , where he shared the place in goal with Mario Lessard . After his second year in the QMJHL, he was selected in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers in the sixth round at position 125. Shortly after the draft, he moved to the Philadelphia Firebirds , the Flyers farm team , with whom he played for three years in the lower-class North American Hockey League . In 1977 the league was dissolved, but the team continued to exist in the AHL and Lemelin remained loyal to the team.
The Philadelphia Flyers had decided not to offer Lemelin a contract for the NHL and so he signed a contract with the Atlanta Flames in 1978 . He took the position of second goalkeeper and also played a few games for the Philadelphia Firebirds. For financial reasons, the owners of the Atlanta Flames decided in 1980 to relocate the team to Calgary and rename the Calgary Flames . Lemelin moved to Calgary and continued to work as a back-up gala, although he was given more and more assignments. The 1982/83 season he then shared the post as a goalkeeper with Don Edwards . Both played 39 games each season for Calgary, in the completed ice age Lemelin led by just two minutes.
But in the 1983/84 season Lemelin was the sole goalkeeper and brought significantly better performances than Edwards. He remained number one in Calgary for three years and took part with Team Canada in the 1984 Canada Cup , which they also won. But in 1986/87 Lemelin was ousted by Mike Vernon from the gate of the Flames and they separated from him at the end of the season.
He received a new contract with the Boston Bruins , where he was also the same goalkeeper and moved with the Bruins into the Stanley Cup final against the Edmonton Oilers , where they were defeated. During the season, another goalkeeper came from the Edmonton Oilers, Andy Moog , with whom Lemelin shared the appearances in goal. Both were in no way inferior and complemented each other brilliantly. Lemelin was invited to the NHL Allstar Game 1989 and won the William M. Jennings Trophy together with Moog in 1990 , as they had allowed the fewest goals against. In the playoffs , Andy Moog, who was six years younger than him, was preferred and led the Bruins to the 1990 Stanley Cup final, where they faced Edmonton again, and again the Bruins had to end the series as a loser.
In the next few years Moog developed more and more to become the only number one and Lemelin got less and less Ice Age. While there were 33 games in 1990/91 , he only played eight times in the following season, although he was also out for a long time due to an injury. During the 1992/93 season he came to ten missions in the first three months, but then declared his career end in January 1993.
During the 1993/94 season he was the goalkeeping coach of the St. Louis Blues . He was hired for the same post by the Philadelphia Flyers in the summer of 1994 and has been responsible for training goalkeepers there ever since.
NHL statistics
Seasons | Games | Victory cut | Conceded goal | Shutouts | |
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Regular season | 15th | 507 | 0.465 | 3.46 | 12 |
Playoffs | 12 | 59 | 0.390 | 3.58 | 2 |
Achievements and Awards
- Canada Cup 1984
- William M. Jennings Trophy 1990 (with Andy Moog )
- NHL All-Star Game 1989
- AHL First All-Star Team 1978
Web links
- Réjean Lemelin at hockeydb.com (English)
- Réjean Lemelin at hockeygoalies.org
- Réjean Lemelin at legendsofhockey.net (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lemelin, Réjean |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lemelin, Reggie; Lemelin, Rejean |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Quebec City , Quebec |