Rick Lessard
Rick Lessard ( born January 9, 1968 in Timmins, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. During his career he played for the Calgary Flames and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.
Career
Lessard played for four years from 1984 to 1988 at the Ottawa 67 's in the Ontario Hockey League and developed a reputation as a strong offensively, but little -scoring defender. Nevertheless, the Calgary Flames had him selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1986 in the seventh round at 142 position and finally endowed him from the 1988/89 season with a professional contract on.
The Flames put Lessard for the time being in the International Hockey League at the Salt Lake Golden Eagles. There, the rookie managed to be elected immediately to the First All -Star team in the league and also came in his first six NHL games for the Calgary Flames used. In the following two seasons of Canadians could not build on the achievements of his rookie year in the IHL and came to the end of the season 1990/91 only one more time for Calgary used. So he went unprotected in the NHL Expansion Draft in 1991 by the newly established San Jose Sharks were able to fill their squad. They chose Lessard from the unprotected players from Calgary, but set him over the course of the 1991/92 season only eight times a. In December 1992, he was then transferred for Robin Bawa to the Vancouver Canucks, but let him play exclusively in the Minor Leagues. After the season 1993/94 he finished his career after only 15 NHL inserts.