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Norm Lapointe • Normand Lapointe

Height: 6-0
Weight: 175
Catch: L
Born: 13 Aug 1955, Laval PQ

 

Regular Season Goaltending Record (key)

year team
gp
min
ga
sho
w-l-t
gaa
a
pim
1975-76 Cincinnati
12
641
55
0
4-6-0
5.15
0
0
1976-77 Cincinnati
52
2817
175
2
21-25-2
3.73
0
2
1977-78 Cincinnati
13
647
50
0
5-6-1
4.64
1
4
Totals:
77
4105
280
2
30-37-3
4.09
1
6

Playoff Goaltending Record

year team
gp
min
ga
sho
w-l
gaa
a
pim
1977 Cincinnati
4
273
16
0
0-3
3.52
0
0
Totals:
4
273
16
0
0-3
3.52
0
0

Shutouts

Date Opponent Home/Away Score Saves
Dec 12, 1976PhoenixHome8-023
Dec 15, 1976MinnesotaHome5-031

 

Excerpts from Zander Hollander's Guide to Pro Hockey, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis)

Stingers hope he can start at least 30 games in his rookie season ... Has amazing consistency, rarely having a bad game ... Fourth-round draft choice in WHA and 16th player selected overall in the NHL amateur draft ... "I believe our future is in goal is him," said director of player personnel Jerry Rafter ... Graduated from Trois Rivieres of the Quebec Junior League.

 

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

The 1975-76 season won't be one that Norm Lapointe remembers with affection. But goaltenders' rookie campaigns seldom are as impressive as their amateur qualifications, and Lapoint was no different.

The most valuable player in the Quebec Junior league of 1974-75 had a miserable goals-against average of 5.15 in his 12 starts with the Stingers.

"It's a difficult transition," offers Jerry Rafter. "But he's a goaltender of the future — it's up to him when." Meanwhile, another rookie goalie, John Kiely, played in 22 games and produced a 4.31 average and 27-year-old Paul Hoganson carried the load, playing in 50 games for an average of 3.69.

 

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