Réjean Houle

Réjean Houle ( born October 25, 1949 in Rouyn -Noranda, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player ( Right Wing ), who played from 1969 to 1983 for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League and the Quebec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association.

Career

As a junior he played for the Montreal Junior Canadiens in the OHA. The team had all the juniors in its ranks, on the one spoke at this time. Winning the Memorial Cup was no surprise. While his teammate Gilbert Perreault for NHL Amateur Draft in 1969 was still too young and was pulled in the coming year as a top player, was only the question in 1969, Houle and Marc Tardif whether 'd chosen this year as the first. In the first draft, the equalizer came about today's NHL Entry Draft, the Montreal Canadiens selected first Houle and Tardif with the second pick.

He felt the pressure weighing on him, and spent the season 1969/70 mainly in the American Hockey League with the Montreal Voyageurs. Only nine games he played in the NHL and its yield was only a template. In the following years he made ​​the breakthrough in the NHL and could win the Stanley Cup twice. He played in a row with Henri Richard and Claude Larose. Despite visible improvements it was the people in Montreal too slow: the large plugged in him were he could not fully satisfy.

A new opportunity offered him the Quebec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association. From the 1973/74 season he played in the new league and performed well. In the second year, his former companion Marc Tardif was back in his team, in the 1975/76 season he managed over 100 points.

With the new self-confidence, he decided to return to the Canadiens in the NHL. Montreal was the reigning Stanley Cup champion and Houle in its ranks were the Habs win the title three more times in a row. By 1983, he stayed with his team before he ended his active career.

He then worked for the Molson Brewery. In 1995 he took over the post of General Manager at the Canadiens, but few weeks later there was a dispute between Patrick Roy and the coach. Roy pushed for a change and Houle had to let the top star. Until 2000 he remained as GM in Montreal.

Statistics

Sporting successes

  • Memorial Cup: 1969
  • Stanley Cup: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978 and 1979

Personal Awards

1969 NHL Amateur Draft 1969–70 NHL season Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) 1973–74 WHA season 1975–76 WHA season 1970–71 NHL season 1972–73 NHL season 1976–77 NHL season 1977–78 NHL season 1978–79 NHL season Jack Laviolette Sylvio Mantha Babe Siebert Dick Irvin Scotty Bowman Bob Berry (ice hockey) Pat Burns Jacques Demers Alain Vigneault Michel Therrien Claude Julien (ice hockey) Bob Gainey Jacques Martin (ice hockey) Frank J. Selke Serge Savard Pierre Gauthier Garry Monahan Claude Gauthier (ice hockey) Barry Gibbs Michel Plasse Billy Harris (ice hockey, born 1952) Greg Joly Mel Bridgman Rick Green (ice hockey) Dale McCourt Bobby Smith (ice hockey) Rob Ramage Doug Wickenheiser Dale Hawerchuk Gord Kluzak Brian Lawton Mario Lemieux Wendel Clark Joe Murphy (ice hockey) Pierre Turgeon Mats Sundin Owen Nolan Eric Lindros Alexandre Daigle Ed Jovanovski Bryan Berard Chris Phillips Joe Thornton Vincent Lecavalier Rick DiPietro Rick Nash Alexander Ovechkin Sidney Crosby Erik Johnson Patrick Kane John Tavares (ice hockey) Taylor Hall NHL Supplemental Draft Mike McHugh Mike McKee Jeff McLean (ice hockey) Cory Cross
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