Sylvain Turgeon

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CanadaCanada  Sylvain Turgeon Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 17, 1965
place of birth Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 87 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 1st lap, 2nd position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1981-1983 Olympiques de Hull
1983-1989 Hartford Whalers
1989-1990 New Jersey Devils
1990-1992 Canadiens de Montréal
1992-1995 Ottawa Senators
1995-1996 Houston Eros
1996-1997 HC Bozen
Wedemark Scorpions
1997-1998 Revierlöwen Oberhausen
SC Herisau
1998-2001 Kassel Huskies
2001-2002 HC Thurgau

Joseph Sylvain Dorilla Turgeon (born January 17, 1965 in Rouyn-Noranda , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 705 games for the Hartford Whalers , New Jersey Devils , Canadiens de Montréal and in the course of his active career between 1981 and 2002 Ottawa Senators has played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . In addition, he completed a further 205 games for the Wedemark Scorpions , Revierlöwen Oberhausen and Kassel Huskies in the German Ice Hockey League . Turgeon, who was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1983 in second overall position, was in 1984 in the NHL All-Rookie Team and also took part once in the NHL All-Star Game . He also won the prestigious Spengler Cup in 1996 wearing the jersey of the Canadian association selection .

Career

During his junior years Turgeon played together with Benoît Doucet at the Olympiques de Hull in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . After good performance, he was selected in the first round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft as second by the Hartford Whalers .

After the Junior World Championship in 1983 he played for the Whalers from the 1983/84 season . Here he stood in line with Kevin Dineen and Ron Francis . With speed and a strong will, he prevailed in the NHL and was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team in his first season . With him and a number of other young players such as Ray Ferraro , the Whalers developed into a strong team in the NHL. In 1987, however, more attention was paid to his brother Pierre , who was selected first in the NHL Entry Draft .

In exchange for Pat Verbeek , he moved to the New Jersey Devils in the summer of 1989 . Again, he scored 30 goals. In the summer of 1989 he underwent an operation for an inguinal hernia . A few weeks later he was given to the Canadiens de Montréal for Claude Lemieux . He started the 1990/91 season late , but an injury to his kneecap soon forced him to take another break. After he made the following season to return to the ice that brought him Ottawa Senators in the NHL expansion draft 1992 . He spent two seasons with the Senators before playing with the Houston Eros in the International Hockey League in 1995 .

For the 1996/97 season he moved to Europe. The first stop was HC Bozen . After 23 games there, he moved to the Swiss National League B for EHC Olten for a short time and shortly before the turn of the year 1996/97 he completed the prestigious Spengler Cup in the jersey of the Canadian association selection . He won this with Team Canada and was significantly involved as the top scorer of the tournament. Shortly afterwards, he joined the Wedemark Scorpions from the German Ice Hockey League . The following years were also varied. The 1997/98 season he shared between the Revierlöwen Oberhausen in the DEL and the SC Herisau in Switzerland. The following year he started in Switzerland at SC Langnau and soon switched to the Kassel Huskies . Here he stayed until 2001. His last station was in the 2001/02 season at HC Thurgau .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1981/82 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 57 33 40 73 72 14th 11 11 22nd 16
1982/83 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 67 54 109 163 105 7th 8th 7th 15th 10
1983/84 Hartford Whalers NHL 76 40 32 72 55 - - - - -
1984/85 Hartford Whalers NHL 64 31 31 62 67 - - - - -
1985/86 Hartford Whalers NHL 76 45 34 79 88 9 2 3 5 4th
1986/87 Hartford Whalers NHL 41 23 13 36 45 6th 1 2 3 4th
1987/88 Hartford Whalers NHL 71 23 26th 49 71 6th 0 0 0 4th
1988/89 Hartford Whalers NHL 42 16 14th 30th 40 4th 0 2 2 4th
1989/90 New Jersey Devils NHL 72 30th 17th 47 81 1 0 0 0 0
1990/91 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 19th 5 7th 12 20th 5 0 0 0 2
1991/92 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 56 9 11 20th 39 5 1 0 1 4th
1992/93 Ottawa Senators NHL 72 25th 18th 43 104 - - - - -
1993/94 Ottawa Senators NHL 47 11 15th 26th 52 - - - - -
1994/95 Ottawa Senators NHL 33 11 8th 19th 29 - - - - -
1995/96 Houston Eros IHL 65 28 31 59 66 - - - - -
1996/97 HC Bolzano Series A1 23 14th 11 25th 22nd - - - - -
1996/97 Wedemark Scorpions DEL 12 5 8th 13 12 8th 5 2 7th 41
1996/97 EHC Olten NLB 9 10 2 12 38 - - - - -
1997/98 Territory lions Oberhausen DEL 28 11 15th 26th 24 - - - - -
1997/98 SC Herisau NLA 14th 9 2 11 26th 12 1 4th 3 7th 16
1998/99 SC Langnau NLA 5 1 1 2 4th - - - - -
1998/99 Kassel Huskies DEL 34 20th 8th 28 32 - - - - -
1999/00 Kassel Huskies DEL 49 32 13 45 49 8th 2 2 4th 10
2000/01 Kassel Huskies DEL 58 15th 10 25th 44 8th 0 3 3 2
2001/02 HC Thurgau NLB 19th 8th 7th 15th 53 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 124 87 149 236 177 21st 19th 18th 37 26th
NHL overall 669 269 226 495 691 36 4th 7th 11 22nd
NLB total 28 18th 9 27 91 - - - - -
NLA total 19th 10 3 13 30th 12 4th 3 7th 16
DEL total 181 83 54 137 161 24 7th 7th 14th 53

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1983 Canada June World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 4th 2 6th 8th
Juniors overall 7th 4th 2 6th 8th

( 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 )

family

His younger brother Pierre Turgeon was also an ice hockey player and was active in the NHL for almost 20 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, Sylvain
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turgeon, Joseph Sylvain Dorilla (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Rouyn-Noranda , Quebec