Summary
Armand Gérard Gaudreault (July 14, 1921 – July 2, 2013) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 44 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins during the 1944–45 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1940 to 1952, was spent in the Quebec Senior Hockey League and the American Hockey League. Gaudreault was born in Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec.
| Armand Gaudreault | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
July 14, 1921 Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Died |
July 2, 2013 (aged 91) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Boston Bruins | ||
| Playing career | 1940–1952 | ||
Playing career edit
Gaudreault began his professional career with the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Senior Hockey League in 1940. In 1944, he signed with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and played 44 games, scoring 15 goals and 24 points in his one and only season in the NHL. Afterwards he had two highly productive seasons with the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears, with 21 and 23 goals in respective seasons. He would eventually return to the Aces in 1949 and would remain with the team until his retirement in 1952.
Later life edit
He died in Quebec City on July 2, 2013, at the age of 91.[1]
Career statistics edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1940–41 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 33 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1941–42 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 40 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1941–42 | Quebec Aces | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 1942–43 | Quebec Morton Aces | QSHL | 34 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1943–44 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 25 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1943–44 | Quebec Aces | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 1944–45 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 44 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1945–46 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 47 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1946–47 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 61 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1946–47 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 17 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 1947–48 | Sherbrooke Saints | QPHL | 10 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1949–50 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 60 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 48 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 1950–51 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 56 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 9 | ||
| 1951–52 | Quebec Aces | QSHL | 60 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| QSHL totals | 310 | 149 | 179 | 328 | 183 | 61 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 33 | ||||
| NHL totals | 44 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||
References edit
- ^ "Armand Gaudreault - Avis de décès | Lépine Cloutier / Athos". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database