Rychard Campeau
| Rychard Campeau | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 9, 1952 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Philadelphia Blazers Vancouver Blazers | ||
| NHL draft |
53rd overall, 1972 Buffalo Sabres | ||
| Playing career | 1972–1977 | ||
Rychard Campeau (born April 9, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Early life
[edit]Campeau was born in Montreal. As a youth, he and teammates Rick Lalonde and Denis Meloche played in the 1963 and 1964 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with minor ice hockey teams in Ville-Émard and Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec.[1]
Career
[edit]Campeau was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League in the fourth round, 53rd overall, of the 1972 NHL Entry Draft. He played 82 regular-season games and four playoff games in the World Hockey Association with the Philadelphia Blazers and the Vancouver Blazers in the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons.
Career statistics
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1969–70 | Sorel Eperviers | QMJHL | 54 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 76 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 1970–71 | Sorel Eperviers | QMJHL | 62 | 21 | 40 | 61 | 98 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 1971–72 | Sorel Eperviers | QMJHL | 62 | 23 | 54 | 77 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1972–73 | Philadelphia Blazers | WHA | 75 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||
| 1973–74 | Roanoke Valley Rebels | SHL-Sr. | 63 | 16 | 39 | 55 | 56 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 1973–74 | Vancouver Blazers | WHA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Philadelphia Firebirds | NAHL-Sr. | 72 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1975–76 | Philadelphia Firebirds | NAHL-Sr. | 70 | 17 | 64 | 81 | 92 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 28 | ||
| 1976–77 | Philadelphia Firebirds | NAHL-Sr. | 66 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 82 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1952 births
- Buffalo Sabres draft picks
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Living people
- Philadelphia Blazers players
- Philadelphia Firebirds (NAHL) players
- Roanoke Valley Rebels (SHL) players
- Sorel Éperviers players
- Ice hockey people from Montreal
- Vancouver Blazers players
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1950s births stubs