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.
| Michel Archambault | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 27, 1950 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec | ||
| Died |
May 23, 2018 (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 | ||
Career edit
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 edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| 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 edit
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Michel Archambault 2018, avis décès, necrologie, obituary". 25 May 2018.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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