Richmond Gosselin

Richmond Gosselin
Date of birth	April 25, 1956
place of birth	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size	170 cm
Weight	65 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1976 , 7th lap, 118th position Montréal Canadiens
Career stations
1973-1976	Flin Flon Bombers
1976-1980	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds
1980-1985	EHC Biel
1985-1986	Friborg-Gottéron
1986-1988	EHC Grindelwald
1988-1989	HC Martigny

Richmond Gosselin (born April 25, 1956 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach .

Career

As a junior he played with the Flin Flon Bombers in the WCHL . There he was the outstanding player of his team and one of the best scorers in the league. In the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft , the Montréal Canadiens brought him in the seventh round as 118.

However, he did not make the leap into the National Hockey League . He was drawn to Switzerland early on. In the 1978/79 season he played three games in the WHA for the Winnipeg Jets .

Other stations were HC La Chaux-de-Fonds , EHC Biel , Friborg-Gottéron , EHC Grindelwald and HC Martigny . After his career as a player he was a trainer or assistant coach of HC Martigny in the NLB, HC Ajoie (NLA and NLB), Eisbären Berlin (DEL), EV Zug (NLA), EHC Basel (NLA).

In the 2006/07 season he coached SG Cortina in the Italian Serie A1 . Prior to that, he was head coach at EV Bruneck during the 2000/01 season .

Web links

• Richmond Gosselin at hockeydb.com (English)
• Richmond Gosselin at eurohockey.com