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| Norm Beaudin | |||
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| Born | (1941-11-28)November 28, 1941 (age 84) Montmartre,Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | St. Louis Blues Minnesota North Stars Winnipeg Jets SC Langnau HC Sierre | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1962–1979 | ||
Norman Joseph Andrew Beaudin (born November 28, 1941) is a Canadian former professionalice hockeyforward. Between 1962 and 1979, he played two short stints in theNational Hockey League and spent most of his major league career in theWorld Hockey Association with theWinnipeg Jets. He spent the rest of his career in the minor leagues and the SwissNationalliga A. He owned two hockey stores inFlorida.
In four years in the junior leagues, Beaudin played twice for theMemorial Cup: in 1961 with theRegina Pats of theSaskatchewan Junior Hockey League, and in 1962 with theEdmonton Oil Kings. In 1962, Beaudin signed with theMontreal Canadiens and played with their farm team in Hull-Ottawa. It is there that he accomplished the rare feat of scoring a goal in the same game that he served as an emergency goaltender.[1] In 1963 he was claimed in the waiver draft by theDetroit Red Wings and played the next four seasons with their farm clubs, thePittsburgh Hornets and theMemphis Wings. In1967, he was claimed by theSt. Louis Blues in the expansion draft, and made his NHL debut that year;[2] he spent most of the season with the Blues'Kansas City affiliate. He was loaned to theAmerican Hockey LeagueBuffalo Bisons in1968, and then played three seasons for theCleveland Barons of the AHL. At that time, his rights were traded to theMinnesota North Stars, for whom he played 12 games in1970-71.
Beaudin was the first player signed by theWinnipeg Jets of the newly establishedWorld Hockey Association,[3] and he played on a line nicknamedthe Luxury Line with superstar left wingerBobby Hull and centreChristian Bordeleau in theJets' inaugural season.[4] He had his best pro season by far, scoring 38 goals and 65 assists for 103 points, and was named to play in the WHA's first All-Star Game in 1973. He led the WHA playoffs in scoring that year with 13 goals and 15 assists, including seven points in one game against theMinnesota Fighting Saints.
Beaudin's production dropped sharply the next season, and in1974 he and Bordeleau were replaced as Hull's linemates by Swedish starsAnders Hedberg andUlf Nilsson. After the Jets won theAVCO World Trophy in 1976, Beaudin signed with Swiss teamSC Langnau, with whom he played for two seasons before retiring.
A biography of his career,The Original: Living Life Through Hockey, was published in 2022.[5]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1959–60 | Regina Pats | SJHL | 58 | 25 | 32 | 57 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 1960–61 | Regina Pats | SJHL | 60 | 39 | 40 | 79 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | ||
| 1960–61 | Regina Pats | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62 | Regina Pats | SJHL | 54 | 58 | 30 | 88 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 1961–62 | Spokane Comets | WHL | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62 | Edmonton Oil Kings | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1962–63 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 72 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1963–64 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1964–65 | Memphis Wings | CHL | 53 | 42 | 24 | 66 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1965–66 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 70 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1966–67 | Memphis Wings | CHL | 65 | 39 | 37 | 76 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Kansas City Blues | CHL | 59 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | ||
| 1968–69 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 74 | 32 | 39 | 71 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1969–70 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 70 | 34 | 44 | 81 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 59 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1971–72 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 75 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1972–73 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 78 | 38 | 65 | 103 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 1973–74 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 74 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1974–75 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 79 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 80 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1976–77 | SC Langnau | NLA | 27 | 27 | 11 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | SC Langnau | NLA | 28 | 20 | 11 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | HC Sierre | NLA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 311 | 97 | 155 | 252 | 69 | 31 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 14 | ||||
| NHL totals | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||