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Rick Lapointe

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: August 2, 1955 in Victoria, British Columbia
Died: October 17, 1999

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1975-76 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 10 23 33 0.41 12 0.15 98 16 121 36 -3 95 8 2 0 0 106 1.33 9.4
1976-77 21 2 Teams NHL 71 3 19 22 0.31 7 0.10 72 10 70 11 3 119 2 1 0 1 86 1.21 3.5
1976-77 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 49 2 11 13 0.27 4 0.09 42 8 59 8 -17 80 1 1 0 0 59 1.20 3.4
1976-77 21 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 22 1 8 9 0.41 3 0.13 30 2 11 3 20 39 1 0 0 1 27 1.23 3.7
1977-78 22 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 47 4 16 20 0.43 7 0.15 64 6 32 9 35 91 3 1 0 0 56 1.19 7.1
1978-79 23 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 3 18 21 0.27 7 0.09 81 6 80 20 15 53 1 1 1 0 75 0.97 4.0
1979-80 24 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 6 19 25 0.31 9 0.11 108 6 150 24 -24 87 6 0 0 1 113 1.41 5.3
1980-81 25 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 8 25 33 0.41 12 0.15 129 8 113 28 36 124 8 0 0 3 84 1.05 9.5
1981-82 26 St. Louis Blues NHL 71 2 20 22 0.31 7 0.10 84 6 110 26 -6 127 2 0 0 0 91 1.28 2.2
1982-83 27 Quebec Nordiques NHL 43 2 9 11 0.26 4 0.09 58 1 68 25 14 59 2 0 0 0 48 1.12 4.2
1983-84 28 Quebec Nordiques NHL 22 2 10 12 0.55 4 0.18 30 2 21 2 9 12 2 0 0 0 24 1.09 8.3
1984-85 29 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 4 13 17 0.23 6 0.08 74 1 103 20 -10 46 4 0 0 1 69 0.95 5.8
1985-86 30 Los Angeles Kings NHL 20 0 4 4 0.20 1 0.06 10 1 28 6 -13 18 0 0 0 0 7 0.35 0.0
Career NHL 664 44 176 220 0.33 75 0.11 808 63 896 207 56 831 38 5 1 6 759 1.14 5.8

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1976-77 21 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 10 0 0 0 0.00 7 0 0 0 0
1977-78 22 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 12 0 3 3 0.25 19 0 0 0 0
1978-79 23 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 7 0 1 1 0.14 14 0 0 0 0
1979-80 24 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 1 1 0.33 6 0 0 0 0
1980-81 25 St. Louis Blues NHL 8 2 2 4 0.50 12 2 0 0 0
1981-82 26 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 0
1983-84 28 Quebec Nordiques NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.33 0.0
Career NHL 46 2 7 9 0.20 0 64 2 0 0 0 4 1.33 0.0

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1971-72 16 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 4 0 0 0 0.00 0
1972-73 17 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 39 3 12 15 0.38 31
1973-74 18 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 66 8 18 26 0.39 207
1974-75 19 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 67 19 51 70 1.04 177
1974-75 19 Canada WJC-A 5 2 3 5 1.00 16
1976-77 21 Kansas City Blues CHL 6 0 0 0 0.00 6
1982-83 27 Fredericton Express AHL 31 4 14 18 0.58 50
1983-84 28 Fredericton Express AHL 54 8 22 30 0.56 79
Career AHL 85 12 36 48 0.56 129
Career CHL 6 0 0 0 0.00 6
Career WCJHL 176 30 81 111 0.63 415
Career WJC-A 5 2 3 5 1.00 16

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1974-75 19 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 12 1 12 13 1.08 26
1982-83 27 Fredericton Express AHL 12 0 6 6 0.50 8
Career AHL 12 0 6 6 0.50 8
Career WCJHL 12 1 12 13 1.08 26

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games Played

1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
1980-81 NHL 80 (2)

Total Goals Against

1979-80 NHL 150 (3)

Transactions

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February 17, 1977: Traded to Philadelphia by Detroit with Mike Korney for Terry Murray, Bob Ritchie, Steve Coates and Dave Kelly, February 17, 1977.

June 7, 1979: Traded to St. Louis by Philadelphia with Blake Dunlop for Phil Myre, June 7, 1979.

August 4, 1982: Traded to Quebec by St. Louis for Pat Hickey, August 4, 1982.

October 10, 1984: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, October 10, 1984.