Leo Thiffault
| Leo Thiffault | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 16, 1944 Drummondville, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Died |
July 1, 2018 (aged 73) Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Minnesota North Stars | ||
| Playing career | 1961–1974 | ||
Leo Edmond Thiffault (December 16, 1944 – July 1, 2018) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played five games in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota North Stars during the 1967–68 season, all in the playoffs. Thiffault and Sid McNabney are the only players to play five play-off games in the NHL without playing any regular-season games.[1] He died in 2018 at the age of 73.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1961–62 | Montreal Nationale | MMJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Montreal Nationale | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1962–63 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | OHA | 50 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1963–64 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | OHA | 55 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 22 | ||
| 1964–65 | Peterborough TPTs | OHA | 53 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 52 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 1964–65 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Houston Apollos | CHL | 69 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Houston Apollos | CHL | 47 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1966–67 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Memphis South Stars | CHL | 66 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1967–68 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968–69 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHL | 70 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHL | 70 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1973–74 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHL | 35 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CHL totals | 182 | 48 | 73 | 121 | 144 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| WHL totals | 175 | 33 | 65 | 98 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| NHL totals | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "NHL Playoff-only players". HockeyDB.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ "Leo e. Thiffault Obituary (1944 - 2018) the Republican".
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1944 births
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- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players
- Houston Apollos players
- Memphis South Stars players
- Minnesota North Stars players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Montreal Junior Canadiens players
- Peterborough Petes (ice hockey) players
- Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) players
- Quebec Aces (AHL) players
- Sportspeople from Drummondville
- Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1940s births stubs