Dick Bouchard Explained

Birth Date:December 2, 1934
Birth Place:Letellier, Manitoba, Canada
Death Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Weight Lb:155
Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Right
Career Start:1955
Career End:1964

Richard Joseph Bouchard (December 2, 1934 – September 10, 1996) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger. He played one game in the National Hockey League, with the New York Rangers during the 1954–55 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1955 to 1964, was spent in the minor leagues.

Biography

Bouchard spent his junior days playing for the Quebec Frontenacs before being called up to the New York Rangers roster to play in his one and only NHL game during the 1954–55 season, on January 2, 1955 against the Boston Bruins. He then played two games for the Western Hockey League's Winnipeg Warriors before spending two seasons with the Shawinigan Falls Cataracts of the Quebec Hockey League. In 1958, Bouchard signed with the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans. After a year of inactivity, Bouchard signed for the International Hockey League's St. Paul Saints, spending three seasons with the team before playing one final season for the St. Paul Rangers of the Central Professional Hockey League before retiring.

After retirement Bouchard stayed in the Twin Cities area and coached the high school Richfield men's hockey from 1965 to 1973 then Apple Valley high school from 1976 to 1980. Bouchard went on to work as a scout for the NHL with the Minnesota North Stars from 1981 to 1988 and then with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1991 until his death in 1996.

Personal life

Bouchard married Leda Desharnais August 1958. Richard and Leda Bouchard had 5 children together named Bryan, Ronald, Guy, Lyse and Michelle.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1953–54Quebec FrontenacsQJHL63 21 29 50 438 9 8 17 4
1953–54Quebec FrontenacsM-Cup8 6 7 13 8
1954–55New York RangersNHL1 0 0 0 0
1954–55Quebec FrontenacsQJHL45 25 33 58 529 8 3 11 14
1954–55Quebec FrontenacsM-Cup9 3 8 11 4
1955–56Winnipeg WarriorsWHL2 0 0 0 0
1955–56Shawinigan Falls CataractesQSHL54 10 22 32 2811 2 6 8 8
1956–57Shawinigan Falls CataractesQSHL65 15 30 45 27
1957–58Shawinigan Falls CataractesQSHL63 23 38 61 6014 4 6 10 6
1958–59Rochester AmericansAHL43 2 11 13 19
1960–61St. Paul SaintsIHL35 9 14 23 2410 6 4 10 16
1961–62St. Paul SaintsIHL57 27 31 58 4811 6 2 8 8
1962–63St. Paul SaintsIHL65 31 34 65 29
1963–64St. Paul RangersCPHL29 6 11 17 16
IHL totals157 67 79 146 10121 12 6 18 24
QSHL totals182 48 90 138 11525 6 12 18 14
NHL totals1 0 0 0 0

See also