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| 1972 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jacques Richard
Selected in first round
No.
2 overall by Atlanta Flames
Born October 7, 1952.
Died October 8, 2002
 | Position: L. Wing
/ Center / R. Wing
Height:
5-11 Weight: 170
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Quebec (QMJHL)
Birthplace: Quebec City, Quebec (Canada)
Hometown:
Quebec City, Quebec |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Quebec | QJHL | 50 |
18 | 18 |
36 | -- | | 1968-69 |
Quebec | QJHL | 50 |
23 | 40 |
63 | 78 | | 1969-70 |
Quebec | QMJHL |
53 | 62 |
64 | 126 |
170 | | 1970-71 |
Quebec | QMJHL |
55 | 53 |
60 | 113 |
125 | | 1971-72 |
Quebec | QMJHL |
61 | 71 |
89 | 160 |
100 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1971 (Quebec)
QMJHL All-Star First Team: 1970-71,
1971-72 (Quebec)
QMJHL Beliveau Trophy (Points Leader): 1971-72
(Quebec) (160)
QMJHL Goals Leader: 1971-72 (Quebec) (71 goals)
QMJHL Playoffs Points Leader: 1972 (Quebec) (37 points)
QMJHL
Playoffs Assists Leader: 1972 (Quebec) (26 assists)
Miscellaneous:
Led 1970 Memorial Cup tournament in penalty minutes with 48 PIM. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 7,
1972 (Atlanta at N.Y. Islanders)
Numbers: 15 (Atlanta); 9
(Buffalo); 23 (Quebec)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1983 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1972-1983 |
Atlanta, Buffalo, Quebec | 556 |
160 | 187 | 347 |
307 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1983 |
Atlanta, Buffalo, Quebec | 35 |
5 | 5 | 10 |
34 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Atlanta Three-Stars Leader: 1973-74
100-point seasons: 1980-81 (Quebec) (103 points)
50-goal seasons:
1980-81 (Quebec) (52 goals)
Atlanta Goals Leader: 1973-74 (27 goals)
Quebec Goals Leader: 1980-81 (52 goals)
Quebec/Colorado Records:
Most points in season by a right wing (103 in 1980-81), most goals in season
by a right wing (52 goals)
1972-73: Played on first Atlanta Flames
team.
1979-80: Played on first Quebec Nordiques NHL team.
Miscellaneous: Had an assist in first NHL game, which was also first game
in Atlanta/Calgary franchise history. ... Missed part of 1974-75 season with
facial fractures. ... Missed end of 1979-80 season with knee injury. ...
Played right wing on line with Peter and Anton Stastny in 1980-81. ... Became
first player in Quebec/Colorado history to score 50 goals in a season when he
achieved feat on March 29, 1981. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Hershey (AHL); Rochester (AHL);
Fredericton (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (No. 8 overall, by Quebec)
Miscellaneous:
Named to left wing position by Canadian Hockey League when it released its
all-time QMJHL All-Star team in 1999. ... Became active in old-timers' hockey
after his retirement. ... Sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading
guilty to bringing more than five pounds of cocaine from Colombia to Canada on
Feb. 13, 1989. He was arrested by Canadian customs officials at the Montreal airport after
they found
the 80 percent pure cocaine in the bottom of his golf bag. The cocaine's
estimated street value was $1.5 million. ... Killed in automobile accident
late in the evening of Oct. 8, 2002, when his car struck a culvert near Issoudun, Quebec.
Personal: Father worked as a cab driver and
tour guide in Quebec City. ... Uncle was his agent. ... One of nine children. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Atlanta traded Richard to Buffalo in
exchange for Larry Carriere, Buffalo's 1976 first-round pick (later traded to
Washington), and cash on Oct. 1, 1975. |
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SNAPSHOT '72 | | Total Selected: |
152 | | Forwards: |
88 | | Defense: |
47 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
121 | | College Players: |
25 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
11 | | U.S.-Born: |
10 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
67 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
11 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
1 |
| Picks Traded: |
24 |
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