Normand Rochefort
Normand Rochefort (born January 28, 1961) is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman.
| Normand Rochefort | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
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 |
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| 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
- QMJHL Rookie of the Year (Shared award with Denis Savard) (1978)
- Memorial Cup Tournament All-Star Team (1979)
- QMJHL Second All-Star Team (1980)
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
- "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
External links
- Profile at legends of hockey.net
- Normand Rochefort career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
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