Phil Latreille Explained

Position:Centre/Right Wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:185
Played For:New York Rangers
Birth Date:April 22, 1938
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Career Start:1958
Career End:1963

Joseph Jean Philippe Latreille (born April 22, 1938) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player who played four games in the National Hockey League. He played with the New York Rangers during the 1960–61 season. Before that, he played four seasons with Middlebury College.

Career

At Middlebury College, Latreille set all NCAA goal-scoring records. Phil Latreille scored 36 goals as a freshman, 57 goals as a sophomore, and 77 as a junior. While the NCAA had a policy of restricting players to three seasons of eligibility at the time, Middlebury did not field a freshman team. Instead, the program had its first-year players compete with the varsity squad. As a result, Latreille was one of the few players during the era to play four years of varsity hockey and used his senior season to score 80 goals and 108 points. His points record was equaled by Dave Taylor in 1976–77 and surpassed by Bill Watson in 1984–85 with the later playing more than twice as many games (46) to surpass the mark. Latreille still holds eight NCAA records, including points per game in both a single season and career, along with goals per game in a season and career. He is the only three-time leading scorer in NCAA history as well as being the only player to average 5 points per game for one season. Latreille remains the all-time leader in goals, both in a season and for a career, for the top level of play as well as being the career leader for points. He does not hold any Division I records as the NCAA did not introduce numerical classifications until 1973, though all of his scoring accomplishments were grandfathered into D-I.[1]

In 2013, Latreille was named to the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1956–57D'Arcy McGee High SchoolHS-CA10 13 9 22
1957–58Middlebury CollegeTSL20 36 16 52 20
1958–59Middlebury CollegeTSL20 57 33 90
1959–60Middlebury CollegeNCAA22 77 19 96
1960–61Middlebury CollegeNCAA21 80 28 108
1960–61New York RangersNHL4 0 0 0 2
1961–62Long Island DucksEHL6 0 2 2 0
1961–62Montreal OlympicsETSHL20 11 4 15 013 11 4 15 8
1961–62Montreal OlympicsAl-Cup16 6 3 9 0
1962–63Montreal OlympicsETSHL
1963–64Montreal OlympicsQUE Sr
1964–65Calgary SpursExhib
TSL totals83 250 96 346
NHL totals4 0 0 0 2

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Notes and References

  1. News: NCAA Classifications. College Hockey Historical Archive. 2017-01-13.