Howard Riopelle
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1922 - 2013)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Rip_Riopelle_1947_Montreal_Royals.png
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Riopelle in 1947
| position = Left wing
| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 165
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1922|1|30}}
| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|22|1922|1|30}}
| death_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| career_start = 1942
| career_end = 1955
}}
Joseph Howard Riopelle (January 30, 1922 – September 22, 2013) was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played 169 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens from 1947 to 1950. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1942 to 1955, was spent in the minor leagues. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario.
Riopelle died at his home in Blackburn Hamlet, Ottawa, Ontario in 2013, aged 91.[http://www.ottawasun.com/2013/09/22/former-habs-player-ottawa-businessman-rip-riopelle-dies Howard Riopelle's obituary]
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1936–37
| Ottawa St. Malachy's | HS-ON | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1937–38 | Ottawa Lasalle | OCJHL | 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1937–38
| Ottawa Lasalle | OCHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1938–39 | Ottawa St. Pats | OCJHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1939–40
| Ottawa St. Pats | OCJHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1940–41 | Ottawa St. Pats | OCHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1940–41
| Ottawa Car Bombers | UOVHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1941–42 | Ottawa St. Pats | OCJHL | — | — | — | — | —
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 1942–43
| Toronto RCAF | OHA Sr | 10 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 2
| 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1943–44 | Arnprior RCAF | UOVHL | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1945–46
| QSHL | 36 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 16
| 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1946–47 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 34 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 26
| 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 1946–47
| Montreal Royals | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1947–48 | NHL | 55 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948–49
| Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 48 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 34
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1949–50 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 66 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 25
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951–52
| QSHL | 54 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 18
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1952–53 | Ottawa Senators | QSHL | 60 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 20
| 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| 1953–54
| Ottawa Senators | QSHL | 72 | 31 | 60 | 91 | 46
| 22 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1954–55 | Ottawa Senators | QSHL | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | QSHL totals ! 276 !! 103 !! 163 !! 266 !! 138 ! 62 !! 17 !! 32 !! 49 !! 16 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 169 !! 27 !! 16 !! 43 !! 71 ! 8 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 2 |
References
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External links
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