Norm Dussault Explained

Position:Centre
Played For:Montreal Canadiens
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:8
Weight Lb:165
Birth Date:September 25, 1925
Birth Place:Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Career Start:1945
Career End:1955
1962

Joseph Normand "Ti-Nomme" Dussault (September 26, 1925 – August 28, 2012) was an American-born Canadian ice hockey player who played 206 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens from 1947 to 1951. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1945 to 1955, was spent in the minor leagues.

Biography

Dussault was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his father worked as an iceman. He moved to Sherbrooke, Quebec when he was two years old. Dussault played for the Montreal Canadiens.[1]

Dussault also played professional baseball as an outfielder, first with the Sherbrooke Canadians in 1946, then with the Sherbrooke Athletics (1948–1950), and finally with the Sherbrooke Indians in 1955.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1944–45Montreal Junior CanadiensQJAHA2 0 3 3 2
1945–46Baltimore ClippersEAHL43 12 16 28 137 0 0 0 0
1946–47Victoriaville TigresQPHL42 35 36 71 395 2 1 3 6
1947–48Montreal CanadiensNHL28 5 10 15 4
1947–48Victoriaville TigresQPHL31 24 24 48 9
1948–49Montreal CanadiensNHL47 9 8 17 62 0 0 0 0
1949–50Montreal CanadiensNHL67 13 24 37 225 3 1 4 0
1950–51Montreal CanadiensNHL64 4 20 24 15
1951–52Chicoutimi SagueneensQSHL48 16 23 39 2118 3 11 14 4
1952–53Chicoutimi SagueneensQSHL60 23 20 43 1020 4 2 6 6
1953–54Chicoutimi SagueneensQSHL68 25 34 59 145 0 2 2 0
1954–55Chicoutimi SagueneensQSHL60 10 32 42 145 0 1 1 2
1961–62Sherbrooke CastorsETSHL7 1 3 4 6
NHL totals206 31 62 93 477 3 1 4 0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom Hawthorn . globeandmail.com: Habs winger one of the speediest skaters . V1.theglobeandmail.com . 1925-09-26 . 2012-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017005834/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20120906.TEXT090320120501PMATL/BDAStory/BDA/deaths . 2013-10-17 . dead .
  2. Web site: Norm Dussault Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics & History . . December 19, 2021.