Norm LaPointe explained

Played For:Cincinnati Stingers
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:180
Birth Date:13 August 1955
Birth Place:Laval, Quebec, Canada
Draft:46th overall
Draft Team:Vancouver Canucks
Draft Year:1975
Wha Draft:46th overall
Wha Draft Year:1975
Career Start:1975
Career End:1980

Normand "Norm" LaPointe (born August 13, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.

Early life

LaPointe was born in Laval, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1965 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec, and the 1967 tournament with a team from Pointe-Claire.[1]

Career

LaPointe was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the third round (46th overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft, and was also drafted by the Cincinnati Stingers in the fourth round (46th overall) of the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft. LaPointe played three seasons in the World Hockey Association with the Cincinnati Stingers. In January 1979, the Fort Wayne Komets traded LaPointe to the Toledo Goaldiggers in exchange for defenceman Peter Brown.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA. 2018. Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2019-01-04.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J0AxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4124,7443289&dq=goaltender+%7C+goalie+peter-brown&hl=en Toledo Blade - January 15, 1979 – Page 23 – Brown Goes to Komets for Netminder
  3. Web site: 1975 NHL Amateur Draft -- Normand LaPointe . 2023-03-31 . www.hockeydraftcentral.com.