Normand Rochefort

Normand Rochefort
Born	(1961-01-28) January 28, 1961 Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Quebec Nordiques New York Rangers Tampa Bay Lightning
National team	Canada
NHL draft	24th overall, 1980 Quebec Nordiques
Playing career	1980–2005

Normand Rochefort (born January 28, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Biography

Rochefort was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Trois-Rivières. He played eight seasons with the Quebec Nordiques who had selected him 24th overall in the second round of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He was reunited with head coach Michel Bergeron after being traded along with Jason Lafreniere from the Nordiques to the New York Rangers for Walt Poddubny, Jari Grönstrand, Bruce Bell and a fourth-round selection in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft (76th overall–Éric Dubois) on August 1, 1988. Rochefort was the key player going to the Rangers which needed to improve its defense after losing 17 games by one goal and failing to qualify for the postseason.

He was a member of Team Canada in the 1987 Canada Cup. He finished out his NHL career with a short stint with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1993. He then agreed to assist coaching the Acadie-Bathurst Titans. In 2002, he came out of retirement to play minor league hockey with his son Billy Rochefort.

Awards and achievements

• QMJHL Rookie of the Year (Shared award with Denis Savard) (1978)
• Memorial Cup Tournament All-Star Team (1979)
• QMJHL Second All-Star Team (1980)

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1977–78	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL		72	9	37	46	36		13	3	8	11	36
1977–78	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	MC		—	—	—	—	—		3	0	1	1	2
1978–79	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL		72	17	57	74	30		13	3	11	14	17
1978–79	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	MC		—	—	—	—	—		4	0	2	2	6
1979–80	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL		20	5	25	30	22		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		52	8	39	47	68		5	1	3	4	8
1980–81	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		9	2	6	8	14		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		56	3	7	10	51		5	0	0	0	4
1981–82	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		72	4	14	18	115		16	0	2	2	10
1982–83	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		62	6	17	23	40		1	0	0	0	2
1983–84	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		75	2	22	24	47		6	1	0	1	6
1984–85	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		73	3	21	24	74		18	2	1	3	8
1985–86	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		26	5	4	9	30		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		70	6	9	15	46		13	2	1	3	26
1987–88	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		46	3	10	13	49		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	New York Rangers	NHL		11	1	5	6	18		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	New York Rangers	NHL		31	3	1	4	24		10	2	1	3	26
1989–90	Flint Spirits	IHL		7	3	2	5	4		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	New York Rangers	NHL		44	3	7	10	35		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	New York Rangers	NHL		26	0	2	2	31		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	EHC Eisbären Berlin	1.GBun		17	4	2	6	21		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		6	0	0	0	10		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Atlanta Knights	IHL		65	5	7	12	43		13	0	2	2	6
1994–95	Denver Grizzlies	IHL		77	4	13	17	46		17	1	4	5	12
1995–96	San Francisco Spiders	IHL		77	3	12	15	45		4	0	0	0	2
1996–97	Kansas City Blades	IHL		77	7	14	21	28		3	1	0	1	2
1997–98	Kansas City Blades	IHL		52	1	3	4	48		11	1	2	3	8
NHL totals				598	39	119	158	570		69	7	5	12	82
IHL totals				355	23	51	74	214		48	3	8	11	30

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987	NHL All-Stars	RV-87		1	0	0	0	0
1987	Canada	CC		9	1	2	3	8
Senior totals				10	1	2	3	8

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database