Robert Picard

Canada Robert Picard

Date of birth	May 25, 1957
place of birth	Montréal , Québec , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	93 kg

position	defender
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Amateur Draft	1977 , 1st round, 3rd position Washington Capitals
WHA Amateur Draft	1977 , 4th lap, 38th position Nordiques de Québec

Career stations

1973-1975	Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal
1975-1977	Junior de Montréal
1977-1980	Washington Capitals
1980-1981	Toronto Maple Leafs
1981-1983	Canadiens de Montréal
1983-1985	Winnipeg Jets
1985-1989	Nordiques de Québec
1989-1990	Detroit Red Wings

Robert René Joseph Picard (born May 25, 1957 in Montréal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 935 games for the Washington Capitals , Toronto Maple Leafs , Canadiens de Montréal , Winnipeg Jets in the course of his active career between 1973 and 1990 , Nordiques de Québec and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Picard, who took part twice in the NHL All-Star Game , celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the bronze medal at the 1978 World Cup .

Career

Robert Picard began his career as a hockey player in his hometown, where he played for Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal and its successor team Junior de Montréal in the Canadian junior league Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec for two years from 1973 to 1977 . He was then selected in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft in the first round as the third player overall by the Washington Capitals . In the same year he was also selected in the WHA Amateur Draft 1977 by the Nordiques de Québec , but ultimately decided on the offer of the Washington Capitals. After the defender had played for the team from the capital in the National Hockey League for three years , he was given up to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 1980/81 season . However, he left the Canadians again on March 10, 1981 to run for the Canadiens de Montréal . In exchange for the left shooter, Michel Larocque moved to Toronto.

This was followed by two years each with the Canadiens de Montréal and the Winnipeg Jets , before Picard was transferred to the Nordiques de Québec on November 27, 1985 in exchange for Mario Marois . In the meantime, after the dissolution of the World Hockey Association, they had also moved to the NHL. The Canadian ended his career at the age of 33 following the 1989/90 season , after he had previously been given to the Detroit Red Wings on December 4, 1989 together with Greg Adams in exchange for Tony McKegney . On the occasion of the Heroes of Hockey Game , which took place as part of the NHL All-Star Games , he laced his ice skates again in 2001.

For Canada , Picard took part in the 1978 and 1979 World Championships .

Status: end of the 2017/18 season

Represented Canada to:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1977	Canada	WM	4th Place	10	1	2	3	4th
1978	Canada	WM		7th	0	0	0	2
1979	NHL All-Stars	Challenge Cup	-	Without any effort
Men overall				17th	1	2	3	6th

( 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 )