Pierre Larouche: 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee 233

1979-80 O-Pee-Chee 233 Pierre Larouche Hockey Card (Front)

1979-80 O-Pee-Chee 233 Pierre Larouche Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Pierre scored 53 goals with 58 assists for 11 points at Pittsburgh during 1975-76. Pierre’s last amateur club was the Sorel Black Hawks.

En Français

Pierre produisit 53 buts et 58 assistances pour Pittsburgh durant la saison 1975-76. Son dernier club amateur fut les Black Hawks de Sorel.

Details

Pierre Larouche would follow up that 1975-76 performance with another 50 goal season in 1979-80 with the Montreal Canadiens. Larouche scored exactly 50 while assisting on 41 for 91 points. He tied Guy Lafleur for the team lead in goal scoring while finishing in a three-way tie for seventh in the NHL with Lafleur and Reg Leach.

Larouche started his major junior career with the Quebec Remparts but was shifted over to the Sorel Eperviers midway through his first of two seasons in the QMJHL. In his second, 1973-74, he had one for the ages with 251 points on 94 goals and 157 assists. This performance got him selected eighth overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins at the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft.

He arrived in Montreal via a November 29, 1977 trade with the Penguins that Peter Marsh also go to the Canadiens in exchange for Pete Mahovlich and Peter Lee. Yes, an “All-Pete” trade. After an injury shortened 1978-79 campaign, Pierre became the fifth different player in Montreal Canadiens history to reach the 50 goal plateau. Just Stephane Richer has accomplished the feat since.

Included in his 50 goals in 1979-80 were a four-goal game and a hat trick. His four goal game came against his former team, the Penguins. The hat trick came against the Winnipeg Jets on November 22, 1979 in a 7-0 home win at the Forum. Larouche scored three on Winnipeg goalie Pierre Hamel while also assisting on a pair of goals by Steve Shutt for a five point game.

Between 1974-75 and 1987-88, Pierre Larouche played 812 regular season and 64 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers and New York Rangers. Pierre was a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Habs.

Pierre Larouche NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1974-75	Pittsburgh Penguins	79	31	37	68	52
1975-76	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	53	58	111	33
1976-77	Pittsburgh Penguins	65	29	34	63	14
1977-78	Pittsburgh Penguins	20	6	5	11	0
1977-78	Montreal Canadiens	44	17	32	49	11
1978-79	Montreal Canadiens	36	9	13	22	4
1979-80	Montreal Canadiens	73	50	41	91	16
1980-81	Montreal Canadiens	61	25	28	53	28
1981-82	Montreal Canadiens	22	9	12	21	0
1981-82	Hartford Whalers	45	25	25	50	12
1982-83	Hartford Whalers	38	18	22	40	8
1983-84	New York Rangers	77	48	33	81	22
1984-85	New York Rangers	65	24	36	60	8
1985-86	New York Rangers	28	20	7	27	4
1986-87	New York Rangers	73	28	35	63	12
1987-88	New York Rangers	10	3	9	12	13
	Totals	812	395	427	822	237

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1974-75	Pittsburgh Penguins	9	2	5	7	2
1975-76	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	0	1	1	0
1976-77	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	0	3	3	0
1977-78	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
1977-78	Montreal Canadiens	5	2	1	3	4
1978-79	Montreal Canadiens	6	1	3	4	0
1979-80	Montreal Canadiens	9	1	7	8	2
1980-81	Montreal Canadiens	2	0	2	2	0
1981-82	Montreal Canadiens	0	0	0	0	0
1981-82	Hartford Whalers	0	0	0	0	0
1982-83	Hartford Whalers	0	0	0	0	0
1983-84	New York Rangers	5	3	1	4	2
1984-85	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1985-86	New York Rangers	16	8	9	17	2
1986-87	New York Rangers	6	3	2	5	4
1987-88	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	64	20	34	54	16