Position: | Centre |
Played For: | Winnipeg Jets (WHA) |
Shoots: | Right |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lb: | 150 |
Birth Date: | 25 April 1956 |
Birth Place: | St. Pierre, Manitoba, Canada |
Draft: | 118th overall |
Draft Team: | Montreal Canadiens |
Draft Year: | 1976 |
Career Start: | 1976 |
Career End: | 1990 |
Richmond "Rich" Gosselin (born April 25, 1956) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and the Swiss-A League.[1] He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft by the Montreal Canadiens.[1] Gosselin played three games with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1978–79 WHA season, after which he went overseas to play in Switzerland.
Gosselin served as a head coach in various European leagues after his playing career ended. In Manitoba, he has coached the Eastman Midget 'AAA' Selects, South East Prairie Thunder, and Steinbach Pistons junior hockey teams. Gosselin coached the Prairie Thunder to a second-place finish at the 2009 Allan Cup.[2]