Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942)
Claude David Larose ( born March 2, 1943 in Hearst, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player ( Right Wing ) and coach, from 1962 to 1978 for the Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League played.
Career
Larose played during his junior time at the Peterborough Petes in the OHA. In the season 1962/63 he came to his first assignments with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL. He usually played in these years in the farm team at the Hull- Ottawa Canadiens in the Eastern Professional Hockey League and the Omaha Knights in the Central Professional Hockey League.
His first full season he played 1964/65 and was quite successful with 21 goals. The season ended in victory with his first Stanley Cup. There followed years of success with two more Stanley Cups and participations in the NHL All-Star Game. For 1968/69, he moved with Danny Grant to the Minnesota North Stars. The two included in their two seasons in Minnesota to the Topscorern of the team. Larose was there also to the team captain.
For 1970/71 the Canadiens Larose brought back for Bobby Rousseau. He played in a row with Henri Richard and Réjean Houle. He stayed four years, this time in Montreal and was able to win the Stanley Cup twice more. Shortly after the beginning of the 1974/75 he was discharged to the St. Louis Blues. In 1978, he ended his career with the Blues.
He stayed with the blues and worked as a scout. Later, he took a job with the Hartford Whalers. He worked there in 1983 as an assistant coach. He took over in 1988 for one season, the AHL farm team, the Binghamton Whalers. As a Scout the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, he came to another Stanley Cup.
His 1967 born son Guy successfully played hockey. From 1988 to 1995, he came to sporadic operations in the NHL. In the 1997/98 season he played in the DEL for the Revierlöwen Oberhausen.
NHL stats
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup: 1965, 1966, 1968 1971 and 1973 ( as a player ); 2006 ( as a scout )
Personal Awards
- Participate in the NHL All-Star Game: 1965, 1967, 1969 and 1970