Lucien DeBlois
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Lucien DeBlois is a retired Canadian
professional
ice hockey
right wing
/ centre
.
in the first round, eighth overall. He was chosen over Mike Bossy
by Rangers' GM John Ferguson, Sr.
because "Bossy didn't check enough for the NHL." DeBlois was a top Canadian major junior player in the mid-seventies, where he tallied excellent numbers with the Sorel Black Hawks. He also won the Michel Brière Memorial Trophy
as the league MVP during his last junior season in the QMJHL.
In his NHL
career he played for six teams, the New York Rangers
(1977–1979 and 1986–1989), Colorado Rockies
(1979–1981), Winnipeg Jets (1981–1984 and 1992), Montreal Canadiens
(1984–1986), Quebec Nordiques
(1989–1990) and Toronto Maple Leafs
(1990–1992). He won a Stanley Cup
in 1986
with the Montreal Canadiens
and also participated in the Stanley Cup Final in 1979
with the Rangers. During his career, DeBlois captained the Jets for two seasons and was an assistant for others (Montreal, New York and Winnipeg). He scored his 200th NHL career goal in the 1986–87 season against his former team, the Montreal Canadiens.
After his playing career, he became a broadcaster for RDS, later becoming an amateur scout for the Nordiques and later was added to a six man coaching roster under Pierre Pagé
with the same team in the spring of 1993 (André Savard
, Don Jackson
, Jacques Cloutier
, Clément Jodoin
, and DeBlois). He was the original coach and GM of Moncton's first QMJHL franchise in 1995–1996, the Moncton Alpines
. The team underwent many financial problems and was acquired by the Irving Family
in 1996. They later became known as the Moncton Wildcats
of that same league. DeBlois later became an assistant coach with the Kansas City Blades
in the IHL for two seasons.
Following this stint in the IHL, he was hired as a pro scout for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. DeBlois currently serves as a professional scout with the Vancouver Canucks
, and currently resides in Montreal. He has three sons; Christian, Simon (twins) and Dominic. Dominic DeBlois, the youngest, played in the QMJHL during 4 seasons for Chicoutimi and Rouyn-Noranda were he became team captain his last two years of eligibility.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
professional
Professional
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ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
right wing
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
/ centre
Centre (ice hockey)
The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...
.
Career
DeBlois was selected in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft by the New York RangersNew York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
in the first round, eighth overall. He was chosen over Mike Bossy
Mike Bossy
Michael Dean Bossy is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders for his entire career and was part of their four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s...
by Rangers' GM John Ferguson, Sr.
John Ferguson, Sr.
John Bowie "Fergy" Ferguson Sr. was a professional ice hockey player. Ferguson played as a left-winger for the Montreal Canadiens from 1963 to 1971.-Early years:...
because "Bossy didn't check enough for the NHL." DeBlois was a top Canadian major junior player in the mid-seventies, where he tallied excellent numbers with the Sorel Black Hawks. He also won the Michel Brière Memorial Trophy
Michel Brière Memorial Trophy
The Michel Brière Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. It is named for former QMJHL and NHL player Michel Briere, who was killed in a car accident....
as the league MVP during his last junior season in the QMJHL.
In his NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
career he played for six teams, the New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
(1977–1979 and 1986–1989), Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies (NHL)
The Colorado Rockies were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League that played in Denver, Colorado, from 1976 to 1982. They were a relocation of the Kansas City Scouts, a 1974 expansion team. The franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1982 and was...
(1979–1981), Winnipeg Jets (1981–1984 and 1992), Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
(1984–1986), Quebec Nordiques
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...
(1989–1990) and Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
(1990–1992). He won a Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
in 1986
1986 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1986 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Calgary Flames in their first Final appearance and the Montreal Canadiens in their 32nd. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to one, to win their twenty-third Stanley Cup, and their seventeenth in their...
with the Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
and also participated in the Stanley Cup Final in 1979
1979 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1979 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the New York Rangers and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, making their fourth straight appearance. It was New York's first appearance since . The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to one, to win...
with the Rangers. During his career, DeBlois captained the Jets for two seasons and was an assistant for others (Montreal, New York and Winnipeg). He scored his 200th NHL career goal in the 1986–87 season against his former team, the Montreal Canadiens.
After his playing career, he became a broadcaster for RDS, later becoming an amateur scout for the Nordiques and later was added to a six man coaching roster under Pierre Pagé
Pierre Pagé
Pierre Pagé, also spelled Pierre Page is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and executive. He currently coaches EC Red Bull Salzburg. He is also a former head coach in the National Hockey League .-Coaching career:...
with the same team in the spring of 1993 (André Savard
Andre Savard
André Savard is a retired former professional ice hockey center. He and his wife, Marie-France, have two sons, Patrick and Dany.-Playing career:...
, Don Jackson
Don Jackson (ice hockey)
Donald Clinton Jackson is an ice hockey coach and a retired professional ice hockey player who played 315 games in the National Hockey League between 1978 and 1987 and began his coaching career in 1988....
, Jacques Cloutier
Jacques Cloutier
Jacques Cloutier is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender, and former assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche....
, Clément Jodoin
Clément Jodoin
Clément Jodoin is a retired ice hockey player, and current head coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League, having previously been the head coach of the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Jodoin was an assistant coach with the Canada national junior hockey...
, and DeBlois). He was the original coach and GM of Moncton's first QMJHL franchise in 1995–1996, the Moncton Alpines
Moncton Alpines
Moncton Alpines could refer to:*Moncton Wildcats - the former name of a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League*Moncton Golden Flames - the former name of a defunct professional ice hockey team based in Moncton...
. The team underwent many financial problems and was acquired by the Irving Family
Irving Oil
Irving Oil is a gasoline, oil, and natural gas producing and exporting company. It is also one of the few energy companies in Canada to publicly support the Kyoto Accord. Irving Oil operates one large oil refinery...
in 1996. They later became known as the Moncton Wildcats
Moncton Wildcats
The Moncton Wildcats are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. They play at the Moncton Coliseum in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada....
of that same league. DeBlois later became an assistant coach with the Kansas City Blades
Kansas City Blades
The Kansas City Blades was a professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League from 1990–2001 until the demise of the league after the 2000–01 season. The Blades was based in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena....
in the IHL for two seasons.
Following this stint in the IHL, he was hired as a pro scout for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. DeBlois currently serves as a professional scout with the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
, and currently resides in Montreal. He has three sons; Christian, Simon (twins) and Dominic. Dominic DeBlois, the youngest, played in the QMJHL during 4 seasons for Chicoutimi and Rouyn-Noranda were he became team captain his last two years of eligibility.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
+/- | PP | SH | GW | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1973–74 1973–74 QMJHL season The 1973–74 QMJHL season was the fifth season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. East and west divisions resumed with the addition of two new teams, the Hull Festivals and Chicoutimi Saguenéens... |
Sorel Black Hawks | QMJHL | 56 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 1974–75 QMJHL season The 1974–75 QMJHL season was the sixth season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Ten teams played 72 games each in the schedule... |
Sorel Black Hawks | QMJHL | 72 | 46 | 53 | 99 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 1975–76 QMJHL season The 1975–76 QMJHL season was the seventh season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league inaugurates the Emile Bouchard Trophy to be awarded to the "Defenceman of the Year." Ten teams played 72 games each in the schedule.... |
Sorel Black Hawks | QMJHL | 70 | 56 | 55 | 111 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 1976–77 QMJHL season The 1976–77 QMJHL season was the eighth season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The leagues renames its division in honour of Robert Lebel and Frank Dilio, two lifetime contributors to ice hockey in Quebec. The East Division becomes the "Dilio Division" and the West Division... |
Sorel Black Hawks | QMJHL | 72 | 56 | 78 | 134 | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | New York Rangers New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
71 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 27 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1978–79 1978–79 AHL season The 1978–79 AHL season was the 43rd season of the American Hockey League. The league inaugurates the Ken McKenzie Award, for the most outstanding marketing executive, showing its commitment to marketing and public relations.... |
New Haven Nighthawks New Haven Nighthawks The New Haven Nighthawks are a former ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League from 1972 to 1992. They had affiliations with the Minnesota North Stars , New York Islanders , New York Rangers , and Los Angeles Kings... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | New York Rangers | NHL | 62 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 26 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1979–80 | New York Rangers | NHL | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Colorado Rockies Colorado Rockies (NHL) The Colorado Rockies were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League that played in Denver, Colorado, from 1976 to 1982. They were a relocation of the Kansas City Scouts, a 1974 expansion team. The franchise moved to East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1982 and was... |
NHL | 70 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 36 | -18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 74 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 78 | -42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 65 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 87 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 79 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 69 | -25 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1983–84 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 80 | 34 | 45 | 79 | 50 | -15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1984–85 | Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ... |
NHL | 51 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 20 | +9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1985–86 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 61 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 48 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1986–87 | New York Rangers | NHL | 40 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1987–88 | New York Rangers | NHL | 74 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 103 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | New York Rangers | NHL | 73 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 107 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1989–90 | Quebec Nordiques Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 70 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 45 | -29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 38 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 30 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 54 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 39 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15 years | Totals | NHL | 993 | 249 | 276 | 525 | 814 | -170 | 34 | 9 | 27 | 52 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 38 | ||