Height: 6-0
Weight: 185
Shoot: R
Born: 1 Jun 1951, Warroad MN (d. 2023)
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Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)
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| 1975-76 | Minnesota | |||||||||||
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• Member, United States National Team, 1969-71
• Member, United States Olympic Team, 1972
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Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1975-76 (by Dan Proudfoot)
Terrible memories of Henry Boucha fill the head of Glen Sonmor — terrible because of the frustration, time after time, of seeing Boucha at the center of a great moment in Minnesota hockey history, only to have him slip away. "I always wanted him on my team," says Sonmor, the Minnesota Fighting Saints manager, "and always just missed him." Sonmor remembers the high school final in which Boucha was the star, leading a team from the small town of Warroad, near the Canadian border. In the final game, against a well-to-do suburb, Boucha suffered a punctured ear drum, but not before stirring the capacity audience with his skating. "I almost got him for my college team... but he got married and moved to Winnipeg to play junior hockey. Then he got drafted for the U.S. Army, and played for the U.S. national team. My next chance at him was after the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo, when I made him the first pick, overall, in the first draft to stock the WHA. But the Detroit Red Wings managed to sign him." Minnesota North Stars gave up Danny Grant, who scored 50 goals for Detroit, to get Boucha, but after one season with the NHL team Boucha was ready, finally, to move to Sonmor's team. "Boucha has been through a lot, personally," says Sonmor, "but he's a good kid and we think he'll show a lot for us and his fans." |
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Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis) Rejected offer from the North Stars to join the Saints when he became a free agent in June... Played only one season with Minnesota after trade from Detroit... Made auspicious NHL debut after playing with the United States Olympic team, scoring a goal in his first pro game... Attended University of Detroit and considered career as a psychiatrist... Worked as a Big Brother, visiting children's hospitals while in Detroit... first NHLer to don a headband... Part-Chippewa Indian is all hustler. |
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