Richard Grenier (ice hockey)
{{short description|Canadian-born Austrian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size = 230px
| caption =
| played_for = New York Islanders
Quebec Nordiques
VEU Feldkirch
Kiekkoreipas
EHC Arosa
Villacher SV
Wiener EV
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 170
| ntl_team = Austria
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|09|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| draft = 65th overall
| draft_year = 1972
| draft_team = New York Islanders
| career_start = 1972
| career_end = 1990
}}
Richard Grenier (born September 18, 1952) is a Canadian-born Austrian former professional ice hockey centre who played 10 games in the National Hockey League.
Early life
Grenier was born in Montreal. As a youth, he played in the 1965 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Saint-Eusèbe, Quebec.{{cite web |year=2018 |title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA |url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |access-date=2019-01-04 |website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament}}
Career
Grenier played 10 games with the New York Islanders, and 34 games in the World Hockey Association with the Quebec Nordiques. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1972 to 1990, was spent in the minor leagues and then in the Austrian Hockey League. A naturalized Austrian, he played for the Austria national team at the 1987 World Championship B Pool.
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 | ||||||||
| 1969–70
| QMJHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1969–70 | St-Michael Cardinaux | QAHA | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1970–71
| QMJHL | 62 | 23 | 76 | 99 | 74
| 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1970–71 | Quebec Remparts | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1971–72
| QMJHL | 61 | 46 | 56 | 102 | 83
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1972–73 | NHL | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972–73
| AHL | 66 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 50
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1973–74 | CHL | 70 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 39
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1974–75
| CHL | 55 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 32
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1974–75 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76
| NAHL | 73 | 77 | 83 | 160 | 82
| 12 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1976–77 | WHA | 34 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976–77
| NAHL | 41 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 12
| 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 |
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| 1977–78 | AHL | 75 | 46 | 30 | 76 | 37
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978–79
| Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 68 | 37 | 27 | 64 | 36
| 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1979–80 | AUT | 34 | 60 | 43 | 103 | 68
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979–80
| AHL | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1980–81 | FIN | 36 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82
| NLA | 34 | 40 | 18 | 58 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1982–83 | EHC Arosa | NLA | 36 | 39 | 9 | 48 | 17
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84
| AUT | 38 | 52 | 63 | 115 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984–85 | Villacher SV | AUT | 32 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86
| Villacher SV | AUT | 41 | 36 | 52 | 88 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87 | Villacher SV | AUT | 20 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88
| AUT | 34 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89 | Wiener EV | AUT | 38 | 11 | 25 | 36 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90
| Wiener EV | AUT | 37 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | AUT totals ! 274 !! 249 !! 301 !! 550 !! 192 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | WHA totals ! 34 !! 11 !! 9 !! 20 !! 4 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 10 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 2 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
References
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External links
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