Pierre Guite

Height: 6-2
Weight: 190
Shoot: L
Born: 17 Apr 1952, Montreal PQ

Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)

year	team	gp	g	a	pts	pim		gp	g	a	pts	pim
1972-73	Quebec	66	10	8	18	136
1973-74	Quebec	72	14	20	34	106
1974-75	Quebec	22	14	8	22	59
	Michigan	13	5	4	9	11
	Totals (2 teams)	35	19	12	31	70
1975-76	Cincinnati	52	20	24	44	80
1976-77	Cincinnati	27	10	8	18	32
	Quebec	35	2	6	8	67		17	5	0	5	9
	Totals (2 teams)	62	12	10	22	98
1977-78	Quebec	18	4	5	9	15
	Edmonton	60	12	21	33	71		5	1	1	2	20
	Totals (2 teams)	78	16	26	42	86
1978-79	Edmonton	12	1	1	2	8
	Totals:	377	92	105	197	585		22	6	1	7	29

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1975-76 (by Dan Proudfoot) The Los Angeles Sharks, under coach Terrence Slater, performed with all the gentility of a motorcycle gang. Against a superior team, such as the Quebec Nordiques, the Sharks believed they could only win if they frightened the opposition into a state of confusion. "But one thing I remembered from those days," says Slater, now the guiding light of the Stingers, "is that Pierre Guite was one Nordiques who never ran. You can always use a guy like him." Guite, 23, is not a prolific scorer. But, then, neither is Dale Smedsmo or Steven Andrasick, other Stinger left wingers. "Our scoring should come from the right side and center," says Slater. "There's more to this game than goals."

Excerpts from Zander Hollander's Guide to Pro Hockey, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis) Always expected to be the goon, he found his niche in 1974-75 ... Discovered he could be a high-scoring, hard-working, hard-nosed left winger ... Traded with Alain Caron and Michel Rouleau to the Michigan Stags by Quebec Nordiques in exchange for Marc Tardif and Steve Sutherland ... Hedged when Michigan was moved to Baltimore ... Became a free agent and, despite attractive offers from the NHL, liked Cincinnati's pitch and became a Stinger ... Wears a mustache ... Attended the University of Pennsylvania in 1971-72 ... Studied at Laval University in Quebec City during the past summer.

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1976-77 (by Dan Proudfoot) Stinger coach Terry Slater was delighted to have Pierre Guite in his starting lineup because he remembered him as an apparently fearless forward with the Quebec Nordiques, back in the days when Slater ran a tough Los Angeles Sharks squad that could intimidate the fast French skaters. But even Guite, 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds, was upset by a 1975-76 encounter with Indianapolis Racers' tough rookie, Kim Clackson. Guite was bitten on the ear in the fray, and he figured that was taking hockey fights a step too far. "That's not my opinion of fighting," Guite said atthe time. "If he wants to drop the gloves and slug it out, that's fine with me. But I had to get a tetanus shot and I'm on penicillin all week." Guite got 20 goals and 24 assists in 1975-76. His penalty total of 80 minutes indicates that few opponents decided to take him on in regular slugfests.

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