Position: | Right Wing |
Shoots: | Left |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 178 |
Played For: | Philadelphia Flyers Washington Capitals Lausanne HC |
Birth Date: | 6 February 1954 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Draft: | 53rd overall |
Draft Year: | 1974 |
Draft Team: | Philadelphia Flyers |
Wha Draft: | 103rd overall |
Wha Draft Year: | 1974 |
Wha Draft Team: | Houston Aeros |
Career Start: | 1974 |
Career End: | 1982 |
Robert Sirois (born February 6, 1954) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey right winger. He played 286 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals from 1974 to 1980. Sirois is the author of a book on racial bias against Quebec-born hockey players.[1]
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Sirois was originally drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1974. Sirois played in only four games with the Flyers in over two seasons before he was traded to the Washington Capitals. He spent five seasons with the Capitals before leaving the NHL to play one season in Switzerland, and then in the AHL the year after that before retiring from active play in 1982.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
1969–70 | Rosemont National | QMJHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1970–71 | Rosemont National | QMJHL | 59 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1971–72 | Laval National | QMJHL | 59 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1972–73 | Laval National | QMJHL | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1972–73 | Montréal Bleu Blanc Rouge | QMJHL | 58 | 46 | 51 | 97 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
1973–74 | Montréal Juniors | QMJHL | 67 | 72 | 81 | 153 | 77 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
1974–75 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1974–75 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 53 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1975–76 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1975–76 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 26 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1975–76 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 43 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976–77 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 45 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977–78 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 72 | 24 | 37 | 61 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1978–79 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 73 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1979–80 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 49 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1979–80 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1980–81 | HC Lausanne | NDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1981–82 | HC Lugano | NLB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1981–82 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 286 | 92 | 120 | 212 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |