Pierre Larouche
Pierre R. Larouche ( born November 16, 1955 in Taschereau, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1974 to 1987 he played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers and New York Rangers on the position of the center.
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Career
Pierre Larouche was born in 1955 as the youngest of ten children in Québec village Taschereau. In the 1972/73 season he played for the Quebec Remparts in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. After 20 games for the Remparts, he joined league internally to the Sorel Eperviers. In the season of 1973/74 Larouche, who played together with Jacques Cossette and Michel Deziel in a forward line, scored in 67 games for Sorel 94 goals and 157 assists for a total of 251 points scorer, what a new QMJHL points record meant. The record was ten years later broken by Mario Lemieux, who scored 282 points in 70 games.
In the NHL Amateur Draft 1974 Larouche was selected in the first round in eighth place of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the WHA Amateur Draft in the same year the Houston Aeros elected him in the second round by a total of 30 position. Pierre Larouche decided to go for the Penguins on the ice from the season 1974/75. In his first NHL game on October 9, 1974, he scored his first goal against the Minnesota North Stars. In the first year he was the top scoring rookie with 68 points and finished second in the election for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie of the year behind winner Eric Vail. In his second NHL season with 53 goals presented Larouche, 58 Assists total of 111 points scorer on his personal records. He was also the youngest player of all time, who reached the 50 -goal and 100 -point mark - this record was surpassed in 1980 by Wayne Gretzky.
At these services Larouche was unable to build in the following two seasons. The Canadian was transferred on 29 November 1977 by the Penguins in exchange for Pete Mahovlich and Peter- John Lee to the Montreal Canadiens. In the 1979/80 season he scored 50 goals and 41 assists in 73 games once again very good values . Larouche was transferred on December 21, 1981 along with Montreal's first-round draft pick for the NHL Entry Draft in 1984 and a third-round option for the 1985 Draft to the Hartford Whalers. The Canadiens received in return Hartford's first-and second-round draft picks for the 1984 Entry Draft and their third-round vote for the Entry Draft in 1985. Larouche completed in one and a half years, 83 games for the Whalers, thereby pass him 90 points scorer.
On September 12, 1983, the contract players signed a new contract with the New York Rangers, for whom he was held for four years. In his first season in New York, the right-handed shooter scored 48 goals this season. He is still the only player to have scored for more than three franchises more than 45 goals in a season. In his third season with the Rangers, the attacker acted in a number together with Bob and Ron Greschner Brooke. The following season played Larouche temporarily on the position of the right winger, his new partner were Don Maloney and Kelly Kisio. On January 14, 1987 Larouche ran into an NHL game against the Calgary Flames as a team captain of the Rangers on the ice, because Ron Greschner was unfit game that day.
After Pierre Larouche was able to complete due to a pinched nerve in the back only the first ten games of the NHL season 1987/88, the Canadian end of his career announced in September 1988.
Internationally
Pierre Larouche represented his native Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1977. Together with the Canadian national team, he finished in the tournament in fourth place. The Center came in all ten games of Canadians used, scoring seven goals and eight assists.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )