Michel Archambault

Michel Archambault
Born (1950-09-27)September 27, 1950
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Died May 23, 2018(2018-05-23) (aged 67)
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Quebec Nordiques
Chicago Black Hawks
VEU Feldkirch
NHL draft 28th overall, 1970
Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career 1970–1978

Michel Joseph Archambault (September 27, 1950 – May 23, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger. He played 57 games in the World Hockey Association with the Quebec Nordiques during the 1972–73 season and 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1976–77 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1970 to 1978, was mainly spent in the minor leagues.

Career

Archambault played in the 1962 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with his St. Hyancinthe youth team.[1] He began his major junior career with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Drummondville Rangers in 1969. He spent most of his career with the Dallas Black Hawks, with one year with the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association and one year with the Maine Nordiques of the North American Hockey League. He also played three games for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1976–77 NHL season. Archambault spent one year as an assistant coach for the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in the 1990s. He died in 2018 at the age of 67.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1966–67 Drummondville Rangers QJAHL — — — — — 3 1 1 2 12
1967–68 Drummondville Rangers QJAHL 50 23 41 64 66 10 7 8 15 14
1968–69 Drummondville Rangers QJAHL — — — — — — — — — —
1969–70 Drummondville Rangers QMJHL 56 69 83 152 161 6 6 8 14 19
1969–70 Drummondville Rangers M-Cup — — — — — 3 1 3 4 6
1970–71 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 61 17 17 34 56 10 5 2 7 10
1971–72 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 65 31 26 57 115 12 6 6 12 14
1972–73 Quebec Nordiques WHA 57 12 25 37 36 — — — — —
1973–74 Maine Nordiques NAHL 72 43 65 108 83 8 1 7 8 0
1974–75 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 70 26 40 66 49 8 4 2 6 8
1975–76 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 76 26 47 73 41 10 2 2 4 2
1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1976–77 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 72 28 45 73 60 5 0 3 3 0
1977–78 VEU Feldkirch AUT 19 18 9 27 70 — — — — —
WHA totals 52 12 25 37 36 — — — — —
NHL totals 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

References

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  2. ^ "Michel Archambault 2018, avis décès, necrologie, obituary". 25 May 2018.


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