Dollard St. Laurent

Dollard St. Laurent
Born	(1929-05-12)May 12, 1929 Verdun, Quebec, Canada
Died	April 6, 2015(2015-04-06) (aged 85) Beloeil, Quebec, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career	1949–1963

Joseph Dollard Herve St. Laurent (May 12, 1929 – April 6, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman.

Dollard started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1951. He would spend eight years in Montreal before being traded to the Chicago Black Hawks. He won four Stanley Cups with Montreal and one with Chicago.

He started out with the Jr. Canadiens of the QJHL where he skated for two seasons from 1947 to 1949. There he demonstrated an offensive touch and an ability to play a tough game of defence at the other end of the ice. In 1949–50, St. Laurent started a three-year relationship with the Royal Montreal Hockey Club of the QSHL. He spent most of his time sharpening the finer points of his game while putting them to the occasional test by joining the Habs for a couple of stints.

Around 1952–53, however, the Canadiens began to introduce significant new blood in the form of Jacques Plante and Dickie Moore among others. Dollard helped Montreal win the Stanley Cup in 1953. One of the others included St. Laurent who settled onto the Habs' blueline corps as a stay-at-home regular for the next six seasons. His efforts contributed to three straight Stanley Cup victories between 1956, 1957, 1958.

After the third championship, St. Laurent was sold to the Chicago Black Hawks who were gradually assembling a lineup bent on bringing the Cup to town after a lengthy absence. In 1960–61, the team finally ended the championship drought by ousting the Red Wings in the finals.

St. Laurent played for the Hawks until the end of the 1961–62 campaign. The following year, he was dispatched to the Quebec Aces of the AHL, during which St. Laurent took a hard fall to the ice, breaking his leg and ending his aspirations to make it back to the NHL. At the end of the season, he announced his retirement.

On May 17, 1952, he was married to Jessie FitzPatrick (1929-1993).

St. Laurent died on April 6, 2015, aged 85.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1947–48	Montreal Jr. Canadiens	QJHL		15	3	10	13	12		—	—	—	—	—
1948–49	Montreal Jr. Canadiens	QJHL		44	15	27	42	77		4	0	4	4	8
1949–50	Montreal Royals	QSHL		45	7	15	22	66		—	—	—	—	—
1950–51	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1950–51	Montreal Royals	QMHL		57	12	30	42	69		7	3	2	5	14
1951–52	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		40	3	10	13	30		9	0	3	3	6
1951–52	Montreal Royals	QMHL		27	10	16	26	22		—	—	—	—	—
1952–53	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		54	2	6	8	34		12	0	3	3	4
1953–54	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		53	3	12	15	43		10	1	2	3	8
1954–55	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		58	3	14	17	24		12	0	5	5	12
1955–56	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		46	4	9	13	58		4	0	0	0	2
1956–57	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		64	1	11	12	49		7	0	1	1	13
1957–58	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		65	3	20	23	68		5	0	0	0	10
1958–59	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		70	4	8	12	28		6	0	1	1	2
1959–60	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		68	4	13	17	60		4	0	1	1	0
1960–61	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		67	2	17	19	58		11	1	2	3	12
1961–62	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		64	0	13	13	44		12	0	4	4	18
1962–63	Québec Aces	AHL		54	3	14	17	34		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				652	29	133	162	496		92	2	22	24	87

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database