Rick Bourbonnais Explained

Birth Date:April 20, 1955
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:186
Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Right
Played For:St. Louis Blues
Chamonix HC
Sportbund DJK Rosenheim
Innsbrucker EV
Draft:63rd overall
Draft Year:1975
Draft Team:St. Louis Blues
Wha Draft:48th overall
Wha Draft Year:1975
Wha Draft Team:Michigan Stags
Career Start:1975
Career End:1989

Richard Ronald Bourbonnais (born April 20, 1955) is a Canadian retired ice hockey right winger. He played 71 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues from 1975 to 1978. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1975 to 1989, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.

Playing career

Bourbonnais played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association for the Kitchener Rangers and the Ottawa 67's. He was selected 63rd overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft from the 67's and played 75 games for the Blues across three seasons from 1975 to 1978. He was also drafted 48th overall by the Michigan Stags of the World Hockey Association in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft though he never played in that league.

Bourbonnais also played in the American Hockey League for the Providence Reds and Binghamton Dusters and the Central Hockey League for the Kansas City Blues and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles. He then moved to Europe in 1981, playing in France for Chamonix HC, Germany for Sportbund DJK Rosenheim and in Austria for Innsbrucker EV before moving to the German lower leagues.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1972–73Kitchener RangersOHA56 7 13 20 534 1 1 2 0
1973–74Kitchener RangersOHA70 30 35 65 407 1 2 3 6
1974–75Ottawa 67'sOMJHL64 21 37 58 797 1 2 3 6
1975–76St. Louis BluesNHL7 0 0 0 8
1975–76Providence RedsAHL64 18 17 35 962 1 0 1 6
1976–77St. Louis BluesNHL33 6 8 14 104 0 1 1 0
1976–77Kansas City BladesCHL39 20 24 44 19
1977–78St. Louis BluesNHL31 3 7 10 11
1977–78Salt Lake Golden EaglesCHL40 18 21 39 126 3 2 5 2
1978–79Salt Lake Golden EaglesCHL74 15 22 37 354 0 0 0 2
1979–80Binghamton DustersAHL49 8 11 19 20
1979–80Salt Lake Golden EaglesCHL6 1 0 1 0
1981–82Chamonix HCFRA32 15 13 28 26
1982–83Sportbund DJK RosenheimGER36 31 31 62 26
1983–84Sportbund DJK RosenheimGER29 13 14 27 8
1984–85Innsbrucker EVAUT5 2 2 4 6
1984–85EHC DübendorfNLB3
1984–85EA KemptenGER-215 22 7 29 2012 16 17 33 50
1985–86EA KemptenGER-228 30 19 49 46
1986–87Deggendorfer ECGER-314 19 14 33 32
1988–89EA KemptenGER-432 34 41 75 30
NHL totals71 9 15 24 294 0 1 1 0