Bobby Rousseau

Joseph Jean -Paul Robert " Bobby" Rousseau ( born July 26, 1940 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player ( Right Wing ), who from 1960 to 1975 for the Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League played.

Career

Rousseau played during his junior time in the Hull- Ottawa Canadiens in the Ontario Hockey Association and won on the side of Ralph Backstrom and JC Tremblay 1958 Memorial Cup. Coach of the team was Scotty Bowman. With this team, he also made his first experience at senior level. At the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley, he played for the Canadian national team along with Harry Sinden and won for his country the silver medal.

In the 1960/61 season he came to his NHL debut for the Montreal Canadiens. After 15 games disputed, Rousseau was also in the 1961/62 season as a rookie. Here he was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie due to his 21 goals. More important for the Canadiens, however, was the versatility coach Toe Blake was the possibility to use it in both outnumbered as outnumbered. In the 1965/66 season he reached a high of 78 points and was the best scorer of his team. In the NHL he shared with Stan Mikita second place in the standings behind Scorer Chicago's Bobby Hull. Four times he won with the Canadiens in the second half of the 1960s, the Stanley Cup.

1970 built the Canadiens to their team and committed Claude Larose from Minnesota. In return, Rousseau moved to the Minnesota North Stars. Shortly after the end of a weak season they gave it to the New York Rangers on. There he was able to continue old strength. With the Rangers, he reached the finals series for the Stanley Cup for the first year. With a late goal in the fifth game he kept the series open, forcing another game in which they lost to the Boston Bruins. After eight games in the season 1974/75 he finished his career.

His older brothers Roland and Guy had also run two or four games for the Canadiens in the NHL.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

  • Memorial Cup: 1958
  • Stanley Cup: 1965, 1966, 1968 and 1969

Personal Awards

  • EPHL Second All-Star Team: 1961
  • Calder Memorial Trophy: 1962
  • NHL Second All-Star Team: 1966
  • Participate in the NHL All-Star Game: 1965, 1967 and 1969
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