| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 175 |
| Played For: | Montreal Canadiens |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Death Place: | Russell, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1937 |
| Career End: | 1951 |
Joseph Herve Jean Ernest Laforce[1] (June 23, 1916 – October 18, 2009) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens during the 1942–43 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1937 to 1951, was mainly spent in the Quebec Senior Hockey League.
Laforce played for the Verdun Maple Leafs and the Montreal St. Pats of the Montreal City Hockey League before playing in the NHL.
Laforce played one game as a member of the Montreal Canadiens during the 1942–43 season, on March 6, 1943 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.[2] He was signed to the team as an injury replacement. He wore jersey #14[3]
Laforce went on to play six seasons as a member of the Montreal Royals, a team that played in the Quebec Senior Hockey League where he was known as one of the best playmaking defencemen in the league. before retiring in 1951.
Laforce died in St. Albert, Ontario on October 18, 2009. He was 93 years old.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1937–38 | Montreal LaFontaine Bleus | QPHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Verdun Maple Leafs | QSHL | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1939–40 | Verdun Bulldogs | QPHL | 38 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1940–41 | Verdun Maple Leafs | QSHL | 34 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1941–42 | Montreal St. Pats | MCHL | 37 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1942–43 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1942–43 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 32 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1943–44 | Montreal Canada Car | MCHL | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1943–44 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 19 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1944–45 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 22 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1945–46 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 24 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1946–47 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 21 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 1946–47 | Montreal Royals | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1947–48 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 44 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1948–49 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 58 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1949–50 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 52 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1950–51 | Joliette Cyclones | QPHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| QSHL totals | 324 | 41 | 121 | 162 | 169 | 55 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 40 | ||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||