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Michel Dion

Height: 5-10
Weight: 170
Catch: R
Born: 11 Feb 1954, Granby PQ

 

Regular Season Goaltending Record (key)

year team
gp
min
ga
sho
w-l-t
gaa
a
pim
1974-75 Indianapolis
1
59
4
0
0-1-0
4.07
0
0
1975-76 Indianapolis
31
1860
85
0
14-15-1
2.74
0
2
1976-77 Indianapolis
42
2286
128
1
17-19-3
3.36
0
0
1977-78 Cincinnati
45
2356
140
4
21-17-1
3.57
0
26
1978-79 Cincinnati
30
1681
93
0
10-14-2
3.32
0
2
Totals:
149
8242
450
5
62-66-7
3.28
0
30

Playoff Goaltending Record

year team
gp
min
ga
sho
w-l
gaa
a
pim
1975-76 Indianapolis
3
126
5
0
0-2
2.38
0
0
1976-77 Indianapolis
4
245
17
0
2-2
4.16
0
0
Totals:
7
371
22
0
2-4
3.56
0
0

Shutouts

Date Opponent Home/Away Score Saves
Nov 19, 1976BirminghamHome4-027
Nov 30, 1977IndianapolisHome3-022
Feb 1, 1978IndianapolisHome8-026
Feb 3, 1978HoustonHome1-023
Mar 11, 1978EdmontonHome2-024

• Winner, Ben Hatskin Trophy (Best Goaltender), 1975-76.

 

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1976-77 (by Dan Proudfoot)

The outstanding goalie of the 1975-76 season was Michel Dion, much to the disgust of Winnipeg coach Bobby Kromm, who felt his man, Joe Daley, should have won the prize.

But Dion's goals-against average of 2.74 was the best in the WHA, and Kromm's complaint that Daley played 62 games, twice as many as Dion, didn't hold. "The guy has so much confidence," says Dion's coach, Jacques Demers. "It doesn't matter who's shooting, he defies them to beat him."

 

Excerpts from Zander Hollander's Guide to Pro Hockey, 1978-79 (by Reyn Davis)

A favorite of fans wherever he plays ... Posted a 21-17-1 record for a team that won only 46% of its games ... One of the many former Indianapolis Racers lured to Cincinnati by Jacques Demers ... Won the Hatskin Trophy as the WHA's best goaltender after the 1975-76 season ... A former professional baseball player ... One of the first Canadians signed by the Montreal Expos ... A catcher who became expendable when the Expos signed Gary Carter ... Led WHA goaltenders in shutouts last season with 4, all at home

 

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