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Gaetan Duchesne

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 11, 1962 in Les Saulles, Quebec
Died: April 16, 2007

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 8th round (152nd overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 19 WSH NHL 74 9 14 23 9 -6 46 9 0 0 1 78 11.5
1982-83 20 WSH NHL 77 18 19 37 15 15 52 17 0 1 6 126 14.3
1983-84 21 WSH NHL 79 17 19 36 14 15 29 12 3 2 1 116 14.7
1984-85 22 WSH NHL 67 15 23 38 15 16 32 14 0 1 1 84 17.9
1985-86 23 WSH NHL 80 11 28 39 14 10 39 10 0 1 3 119 9.2
1986-87 24 WSH NHL 74 17 35 52 19 18 53 16 0 1 4 108 15.7
1987-88 25 QUE NHL 80 24 23 47 19 8 83 19 4 1 2 138 17.4
1988-89 26 QUE NHL 70 8 21 29 10 0 56 5 2 1 1 110 7.3
1989-90 27 MNS NHL 72 12 8 20 9 5 33 11 0 1 1 93 12.9
1990-91 28 MNS NHL 68 9 9 18 7 4 18 9 0 0 1 100 9.0
1991-92 29 MNS NHL 73 8 15 23 8 6 102 6 0 2 1 106 7.5
1992-93 30 MNS NHL 84 16 13 29 12 6 30 14 0 2 3 134 11.9
1993-94 31 SJS NHL 84 12 18 30 11 8 28 11 0 1 3 121 9.9
1994-95 32 TOT NHL 46 3 9 12 4 -3 16 3 0 0 0 62 4.8
1994-95 32 SJS NHL 33 2 7 9 3 -6 16 2 0 0 0 48 4.2
1994-95 32 FLA NHL 13 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 14 7.1
Career NHL 1028 179 254 433 166 102 617 156 9 14 28 1495 12.0

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1981-82 19 WSH NHL 74 0.12 0.19 0.31 0.12 0.62 1.05 7 10 17 7 37 0 65 22 -6 -0.9 1.0 0.1
1982-83 20 WSH NHL 77 0.23 0.25 0.48 0.20 0.68 1.64 14 15 29 12 54 0 54 15 15 0.9 1.5 2.4
1983-84 21 WSH NHL 79 0.22 0.24 0.46 0.18 0.37 1.47 13 15 28 11 64 6 61 18 15 0.6 1.7 2.3
1984-85 22 WSH NHL 67 0.22 0.34 0.57 0.22 0.48 1.25 12 18 30 11 53 0 56 19 16 1.1 1.3 2.4
1985-86 23 WSH NHL 80 0.14 0.35 0.49 0.17 0.49 1.49 9 22 31 11 57 1 63 17 10 0.3 1.4 1.7
1986-87 24 WSH NHL 74 0.23 0.47 0.70 0.26 0.72 1.46 14 30 44 16 69 1 73 23 18 2.3 1.5 3.8
1987-88 25 QUE NHL 80 0.30 0.29 0.59 0.23 1.04 1.73 20 19 39 16 61 12 80 39 8 2.0 1.5 3.5
1988-89 26 QUE NHL 70 0.11 0.30 0.41 0.14 0.80 1.57 7 17 24 8 49 7 73 31 0 -0.1 1.1 1.0
1989-90 27 MNS NHL 72 0.17 0.11 0.28 0.12 0.46 1.29 10 7 17 7 31 0 46 20 5 -0.4 1.2 0.8
1990-91 28 MNS NHL 68 0.13 0.13 0.26 0.11 0.26 1.47 8 8 16 7 31 1 44 18 4 -0.4 1.1 0.7
1991-92 29 MNS NHL 73 0.11 0.21 0.32 0.11 1.40 1.45 7 13 20 7 37 0 56 25 6 -0.4 1.4 1.0
1992-93 30 MNS NHL 84 0.19 0.15 0.35 0.15 0.36 1.60 13 10 23 10 40 0 71 37 6 0.2 1.5 1.6
1993-94 31 SJS NHL 84 0.14 0.21 0.36 0.14 0.33 1.44 11 16 27 10 54 2 78 34 8 0.3 1.4 1.7
1994-95 32 TOT NHL 46 0.07 0.20 0.26 0.09 0.35 1.35 5 15 20 7 17 0 35 15 -3 -0.4 0.6 0.2
1994-95 32 SJS NHL 33 0.06 0.21 0.27 0.09 0.48 1.45 3 12 15 5 11 0 32 15 -6 -0.3 0.2 0.0
1994-95 32 FLA NHL 13 0.08 0.15 0.23 0.09 0.00 1.08 2 3 5 2 6 0 3 0 3 -0.1 0.3 0.2
Career NHL 1028 0.17 0.25 0.42 0.16 0.60 1.45 150 215 365 140 654 30 855 333 102 5.1 18.1 23.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 20 WSH NHL 4 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
1983-84 21 WSH NHL 8 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 8 25.0
1984-85 22 WSH NHL 5 0 1 1 -3 7 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1985-86 23 WSH NHL 9 4 3 7 5 12 3 0 1 0 18 22.2
1986-87 24 WSH NHL 7 3 0 3 3 14 3 0 0 0 13 23.1
1989-90 27 MNS NHL 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1990-91 28 MNS NHL 23 2 3 5 0 34 2 0 0 0 26 7.7
1991-92 29 MNS NHL 7 1 0 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
1993-94 31 SJS NHL 14 1 4 5 -2 12 1 0 0 0 17 5.9
Career NHL 84 14 13 27 7 97 13 0 1 1 109 11.9

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 16 Ste-Foy Gouverneurs QAAA 25 3 12 15
1979-80 17 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 46 9 28 37 22 5 4 0 1
1980-81 18 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 72 27 45 72 63 19 5 3 5
1981-82 19 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982-83 20 Hershey Bears AHL 1 1 0 1 0
1990-91 28 Minnesota North Stars Fr-Tour 3 1 0 1 2
1996-97 34 Quebec Rafales IHL 66 10 18 28 54
1997-98 35 Quebec Rafales IHL 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Career 1 Season AHL 1 1 0 1 0
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 3 1 0 1 2
Career 2 Seasons IHL 69 10 18 28 -1 56 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Career 1 Season QAAA 25 3 12 15
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 120 36 73 109 85 24 9 3 6

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 17 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 5 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 0
1980-81 18 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 7 1 4 5 6 1 0 0 0
1996-97 34 Quebec Rafales IHL 9 5 0 5 4
Career 1 Season IHL 9 5 0 5 4
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 12 1 6 7 15 1 0 0 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Gaetan Duchesne 3.8 3.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.1
Ethan Moreau 88.0 3.9 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.1
Craig MacTavish 87.4 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.0
Murph Chamberlain 86.4 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Sergio Momesso 86.2 3.9 3.6 2.6 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.0 -0.8
Paul Ranheim 86.0 4.4 3.4 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.2
Rob Zamuner 86.0 4.5 3.9 3.1 2.7 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.0
Andrei Nikolishin 85.8 4.1 3.5 2.7 2.7 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.6
Benoit Brunet 85.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0
Shaun Van Allen 85.4 3.7 3.2 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.3 -0.1 -0.1
Bob Davidson 85.0 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.4 -0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Gaetan Duchesne 3.8 3.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.1
Ethan Moreau 87.2 3.9 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5
Murph Chamberlain 86.4 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Sergio Momesso 86.2 3.9 3.6 2.6 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.0 -0.8
Rob Zamuner 86.0 4.5 3.9 3.1 2.7 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.0
Craig MacTavish 85.9 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.9
Andrei Nikolishin 85.8 4.1 3.5 2.7 2.7 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.6
Paul Ranheim 85.7 4.4 3.4 2.9 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2
Benoit Brunet 85.5 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0
Shaun Van Allen 85.4 3.7 3.2 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.3 -0.1 -0.1
Bob Davidson 85.0 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.4 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1993-94 NHL 84 (5)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 333 (98)

Transactions

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June 13, 1987: Traded to Quebec by Washington with Alan Haworth and Washington's 1st round choice (Joe Sakic) in 1987 Entry Draft for Clint Malarchuk and Dale Hunter, June 13, 1987.

June 19, 1989: Traded to Minnesota by Quebec for Kevin Kaminski, June 19, 1989.

June 9, 1993: Transferred to Dallas after Minnesota franchise relocated, June 9, 1993.

June 20, 1993: Traded to San Jose by Dallas for San Jose's 6th round choice (later traded back to San Jose - San Jose selected Petri Varis) in 1993 Entry Draft, June 20, 1993.

April 7, 1995: Traded to Florida by San Jose for Florida's 6th round choice (Timo Hakanen) in 1995 Entry Draft, April 7, 1995.

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