| Round | Overall |
| 1 | 13 |
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Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1967-68 | Montreal | OHA | 54 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 96 |
| 1968-69 | Montreal | OHA | 51 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 150 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Won Memorial Cup with Montreal in 1969.
Career Vitals
| First contract: | 1969 |
| Debut: | April 26, 1970 (playoffs) (Chicago at Boston) |
| Final NHL game: | April 8, 1980 (Chicago vs. St. Louis) |
| Retired: | 1984 |
| Stanley Cup: | Never won |
| Numbers worn: | 22, 25, 23 |
Career NHL Statistics
Team: Chicago
Years: 1972-1980. Playoffs: 1970-1980
| Regular Season | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 9 years | 519 | 97 | 126 | 223 | 143 |
| Stanley Cup Playoffs | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 9 years | 48 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| Complete statistics available at NHL.com | |||||
Career Highlights
Made NHL regular-season debut in Chicago's March 1, 1972, game at Los Angeles and had an assist. ... Played on 1971-72 Dallas team that won CHL regular-season title. ... Led CHL with 41 goals for Dallas in 1971-72. ... Led CHL with 10 playoff goals for Dallas in 1972. ... Won CHL Adams Cup with Dallas in 1972. ... Named to CHL All-Star First Team with Dallas in 1971-72. ... Played in 1973 Stanley Cup Finals with Chicago. ... On 1980-81 New Brunwick team that won AHL regular-season title. ... Played 15 regular-season games for New Brunswick team that went on to win CHL regular-season title and Adams Cup, but was not with team during postseason.
Significant Injuries
Missed more than half of 1970-71 season with a hernia that required surgery. ... Missed part of 1976-77 season with torn ligaments in left hand. Missed part of 1978-79 season with cracked bone in left ankle, an injury suffered in January 1979. ... Missed part of 1979-80 season with back injury.
Tough End in Chicago
At age 31, Bordeleau was cut from the Black Hawks early in the 1980-81 season after he passed through the 1980 NHL Waiver Draft. Unhappy with the organization, he claimed he was run out of town by Chicago management with two years left on his contract. He would never make it back to the NHL.
Life Outside the NHL
Full Name: Jean-Pierre
Bordeleau
Nickname: "Jeep"
Other Post-Draft Teams: Dallas (CHL); New Brunswick (AHL); Riverview (NBSHL)
Coaching Career: Named
Riverview (New Brunswick Sr.) player-coach prior to 1982-83 season, stopped playing
full-time in 1983, and coached through
1983-84 season.
Career Beyond Hockey: Moved to
Dartmouth, Nova
Scotia, after retirement and worked briefly in insurance business before opening
first of two Tim Hortons Donuts franchise in 1985. He also owns a Tim
Hortons in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec.
Family: Younger brother of former
NHL player Christian Bordeleau. ... Older brother of former NHL player
Paulin Bordeleau. ... Uncle of former NHL player Sebastien Bordeleau.
Miscellaneous:
| Selected by Los Angeles Sharks in 1972 WHA Draft, the first-ever WHA Draft, in February 1972. | Selected by Chicago Cougars in 1973 WHA draft of established professional players. | Was a salesman at Chevrolet dealership in Chicago during off-seasons of his playing days. | Played on line with Tom Lysiak and Rich Preston for Chicago in 1979-80. |
| SNAPSHOT '69 | |
| Total Selected: | 84 |
| Forwards: | 58 |
| Defense: | 18 |
| Goaltenders: | 8 |
| Major Junior: | 68 |
| College Players: | 8 |
| Canadian: | 78 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 1 |
| American: | 4 |
| European: | 1 |
| Reached NHL: | 49 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 10 |
| Hall of Fame: | 1 |
| All-Star Game: | 7 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 1 |
| Olympians: | 2 |
| Picks Traded: | 11 |
| 1969 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Chicago | Detroit |
| Los Angeles | Minnesota | Montreal |
| New York | Oakland | Philadelphia |
| Pittsburgh | St. Louis | Toronto |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1969