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| Norm Beaudin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1941-11-28) November 28, 1941 (age 83) Montmartre, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 09 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
St. Louis Blues Minnesota North Stars Winnipeg Jets SC Langnau HC Sierre | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1962–1979 | ||
Norman Joseph Andrew Beaudin (born November 28, 1941) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Between 1962 and 1979, he played two short stints in the National Hockey League and spent most of his major league career in the World Hockey Association with the Winnipeg Jets. He spent the rest of his career in the minor leagues and in the Swiss Nationalliga A. He owned two hockey stores in Florida.
Minor leagues
In four years in the junior leagues, Beaudin played twice for the Memorial Cup: in 1961 with the Regina Pats of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, and in 1962 with the Edmonton Oil Kings. In 1962, Beaudin signed with the Montreal Canadiens and played with their farm team in Hull-Ottawa. In 1963 he was claimed in the waiver draft by the Detroit Red Wings and played the next four seasons with their farm clubs, the Pittsburgh Hornets and the Memphis Wings. In 1967, he was claimed by the St. Louis Blues in the expansion draft, and made his NHL debut that year; he spent most of the season with the Blues' Kansas City affiliate. He was loaned to the American Hockey League Buffalo Bisons in 1968, and then played three seasons for the Cleveland Barons of the AHL. In that time, his rights were traded to the Minnesota North Stars, for whom he played 12 games in 1970-71.
WHA career
Beaudin was the first player signed by the Winnipeg Jets of the newly established World Hockey Association, and he played on a line with superstar left winger Bobby Hull and centre Christian Bordeleau in the Jets' inaugural season. He had his best pro season by far, scoring 38 goals and 65 assists for 103 points, and was named to play in the WHA's first All-Star Game in 1973. He led the WHA playoffs in scoring that year with 13 goals and 15 assists, including seven points in one game against the Minnesota Fighting Saints.
Beaudin's production dropped sharply the next season, and in 1974 he and Bordeleau were replaced as Hull's linemates by Swedish stars Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson. After the Jets won the AVCO World Trophy in 1976, Beaudin signed with Swiss team SC Langnau, with whom he played for two seasons before retiring.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1959–60 | Regina Pats | SJHL | 58 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 1960–61 | Regina Pats | SJHL | 60 | 39 | 40 | 79 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | ||
| 1960–61 | Regina Pats | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62 | Regina Pats | SJHL | 54 | 58 | 30 | 88 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 1961–62 | Spokane Comets | WHL | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62 | Edmonton Oil Kings | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1962–63 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 72 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1963–64 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1964–65 | Memphis Wings | CHL | 53 | 42 | 24 | 66 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1965–66 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 70 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1966–67 | Memphis Wings | CHL | 65 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Kansas City Blues | CHL | 59 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | ||
| 1968–69 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 74 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1969–70 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 70 | 34 | 44 | 81 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 59 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1971–72 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 75 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1972–73 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 78 | 38 | 65 | 103 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 1973–74 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 74 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1974–75 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 79 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 80 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1976–77 | SC Langnau | NLA | 27 | 27 | 11 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | SC Langnau | NLA | 28 | 20 | 11 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | HC Sierre | NLA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 311 | 97 | 155 | 252 | 69 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 14 | ||||
| NHL totals | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Buffalo Bisons (AHL) players
- Canadian ice hockey forwards
- Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players
- Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) players
- HC Sierre players
- Hull-Ottawa Canadiens players
- Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
- Kansas City Blues (ice hockey) players
- Memphis Wings players
- Minnesota North Stars players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Pittsburgh Hornets players
- Regina Pats players
- St. Louis Blues players
- SC Langnau players
- Spokane Comets players
- Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players