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Mario Faubert

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 175

| played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada

| draft = 62nd overall

| draft_year = 1974

| draft_team = Pittsburgh Penguins

| wha_draft = 138th overall

| wha_draft_year = 1974

| wha_draft_team = Vancouver Blazers

| career_start = 1974

| career_end = 1982

}}

Mario Faubert (born December 2, 1954) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman and politician.

Hockey career

Faubert played two seasons at Saint Louis University before being drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1974 NHL amateur draft. His early career was split between the Penguins and the AHL's Hershey Bears. He played his first full season in 1981, and finished the year first among Pittsburgh defenceman in scoring. On November 18, 1981 Faubert suffered a tragic career ending leg injury in a game versus St. Louis.Legends of Hockey/HHOF. 2001–06.[http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12571]. Retrieved December 17, 2006.

Political career

In February 2003, the Parti libéral du Québec announced that Mario Faubert would be its candidate in the riding of Beauharnois for the upcoming Quebec general election. He was named the liberal candidate after the Beauharnois-Huntingdon district was split in two and incumbent André Chenail chose to ride in Huntingdon. He got 42.77% of the vote but lost by 639 votes to Parti Québécois candidate Serge Deslières.

Awards and honours

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! Award

! Year

!

All-CCHA Second Team

| 1973-74

| {{cite news|title=All-CCHA Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ccha_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=2013-07-27}}

CCHA All-Tournament Team

| 1974

| {{cite news|title=2012-13 CCHA Media Guide|url=http://issuu.com/cchahockey/docs/2012-13_ccha_media_guide_final_2a_compressed#|publisher=ISSUU.com|accessdate=2014-04-23}}

Career statistics

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! colspan="5" | Regular Season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1972-73

| St. Louis University

| CCHA

| 38

| 3

| 36

| 39

| 68

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1973-74

| St. Louis University

| CCHA

| 40

| 8

| 35

| 43

| 62

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1974–75

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 54

| 13

| 21

| 34

| 76

| 11

| 2

| 7

| 9

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1974–75

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 10

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1975–76

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 39

| 7

| 16

| 23

| 37

| 10

| 4

| 6

| 10

| 14

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| 1975–76

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 21

| 1

| 8

| 9

| 10

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1976–77

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 32

| 8

| 19

| 27

| 42

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1976–77

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 47

| 2

| 11

| 13

| 32

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

1977–78

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 18

| 0

| 6

| 6

| 11

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1977–78

| Binghamton Dusters

| AHL

| 7

| 0

| 3

| 3

| 12

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1978–79

| Binghamton Dusters

| AHL

| 73

| 7

| 33

| 40

| 50

| 10

| 3

| 7

| 10

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1979–80

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 49

| 5

| 13

| 18

| 31

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

1980–81

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 72

| 8

| 44

| 52

| 118

| 5

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 4

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| 1981–82

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 14

| 4

| 8

| 12

| 14

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 231

! 21

! 90

! 111

! 222

! 10

! 2

! 2

! 4

! 6

References

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External links

  • {{icehockeystats|legends=12571}}

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Category:1954 births

Category:Living people

Category:Binghamton Dusters players

Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen

Category:Hershey Bears players

Category:Sportspeople from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Category:Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks

Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Saint Louis Billikens men's ice hockey players

Category:Vancouver Blazers draft picks

Category:Ice hockey people from Montérégie

Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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