Normand Rochefort

Normand Rochefort (born January 28, 1961) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman.

Normand Rochefort
Born (1961-01-28) January 28, 1961
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Quebec Nordiques
New York Rangers
Tampa Bay Lightning
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 24th overall, 1980
Quebec Nordiques
Playing career 1980–2005

Biography

Rochefort was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Trois-Rivières.[1] Drafted in 1980 by the Quebec Nordiques, he played eight seasons for the Nordiques before being traded to the New York Rangers. He was a member of Team Canada in the 1987 Canada Cup. He finished out his NHL career with a short stint with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1993. He then agreed to assist coaching the Acadie-Bathurst Titans. In 2002, he came out of retirement to play minor league hockey with his son Billy Rochefort.

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1977–78 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 72 9 37 46 36 13 3 8 11 36
1977–78 Trois-Rivières Draveurs MC — — — — — 3 0 1 1 2
1978–79 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 72 17 57 74 30 13 3 11 14 17
1978–79 Trois-Rivières Draveurs MC — — — — — 4 0 2 2 6
1979–80 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 20 5 25 30 22 — — — — —
1979–80 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 52 8 39 47 68 5 1 3 4 8
1980–81 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 9 2 6 8 14 — — — — —
1980–81 Quebec Nordiques NHL 56 3 7 10 51 5 0 0 0 4
1981–82 Quebec Nordiques NHL 72 4 14 18 115 16 0 2 2 10
1982–83 Quebec Nordiques NHL 62 6 17 23 40 1 0 0 0 2
1983–84 Quebec Nordiques NHL 75 2 22 24 47 6 1 0 1 6
1984–85 Quebec Nordiques NHL 73 3 21 24 74 18 2 1 3 8
1985–86 Quebec Nordiques NHL 26 5 4 9 30 — — — — —
1986–87 Quebec Nordiques NHL 70 6 9 15 46 13 2 1 3 26
1987–88 Quebec Nordiques NHL 46 3 10 13 49 — — — — —
1988–89 New York Rangers NHL 11 1 5 6 18 — — — — —
1989–90 New York Rangers NHL 31 3 1 4 24 10 2 1 3 26
1989–90 Flint Spirits IHL 7 3 2 5 4 — — — — —
1990–91 New York Rangers NHL 44 3 7 10 35 — — — — —
1991–92 New York Rangers NHL 26 0 2 2 31 — — — — —
1992–93 EHC Eisbären Berlin 1.GBun 17 4 2 6 21 — — — — —
1993–94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 6 0 0 0 10 — — — — —
1993–94 Atlanta Knights IHL 65 5 7 12 43 13 0 2 2 6
1994–95 Denver Grizzlies IHL 77 4 13 17 46 17 1 4 5 12
1995–96 San Francisco Spiders IHL 77 3 12 15 45 4 0 0 0 2
1996–97 Kansas City Blades IHL 77 7 14 21 28 3 1 0 1 2
1997–98 Kansas City Blades IHL 52 1 3 4 48 11 1 2 3 8
NHL totals 598 39 119 158 570 69 7 5 12 82
IHL totals 355 23 51 74 214 48 3 8 11 30

International
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1987 NHL All-Stars RV-87 1 0 0 0 0
1987 Canada CC 9 1 2 3 8
Senior totals 10 1 2 3 8
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References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-11.


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