Guy Lapointe

Guy Gerard Lapointe ( born March 22, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a retired, Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach, who played from 1968 to 1984 for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.

Career

As a junior he played with the Montreal Junior Canadiens in the Ontario Hockey Association.

In the 1968/69 season he made his debut with the Montreal Canadiens, but mostly he played for the Houston Apollos in the Central Hockey League and the Montreal Voyageurs of the American Hockey League.

In the 1970/71 season he made ​​his breakthrough in the NHL. At first they had in mind yet if he was not too unsettled in his services, but he quickly brought stability to his power and developed into an outstanding defender. In his first full season, he won the first Stanley Cup. He was appointed to the Canadian team for the 1972 Summit Series, which the Soviet Union defeated in a thrilling series. Along with Larry Robinson and Serge Savard he made at the Canadiens the "Big Three". By the end of the 1970s he took with the Canadiens six times the Stanley Cup. At the Challenge Cup in 1979, he repeated his NHL against the Soviet Union.

During the season 1981/82 he realized that it was difficult to enforce in the strong defense of the Canadiens on. He asked for a change in order to forestall any possible efforts of the team. In exchange for a second-round draft law for which the Canadiens later Sergio Momesso outdated, he moved to the St. Louis Blues. Here he threw back the break of a cheekbone. For the 1983/84 season he moved even for one season to the Boston Bruins, who tried to bridge the gap by Brad Park to close at short notice.

After the end of his active career he was still several years as an assistant coach with the Quebec Nordiques and the Calgary Flames worked.

He was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

  • Stanley Cup: 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979

Personal Awards

  • First All -Star Team: 1973
  • Second All-Star Team: 1975, 1976 and 1977
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