Rick Chartraw

{{Short description|Venezuelan-born American ice hockey player (born 1954)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

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| position = Defense/Right wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 205

| team =

| league =

| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
Los Angeles Kings
New York Rangers
Edmonton Oilers

| ntl_team = USA

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|07|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela

| death_date =

| death_place =

| draft = 10th overall

| draft_year = 1974

| draft_team = Montreal Canadiens

| wha_draft = 35th overall

| wha_draft_year = 1974

| wha_draft_team = San Diego Mariners

| career_start = 1974

| career_end = 1993

| halloffame =

| website =

}}

Raymond Richard Chartraw (born July 13, 1954) is a Venezuelan-born American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 420 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1974 and 1984. He was a four-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens. Selected tenth overall in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft, Chartraw was the first ever American skater drafted in the first round.

Chartraw was born in Caracas, Venezuela while his father was employed as an engineer.{{cite magazine|last1=Proteau|first1=Adam|title=NHLers with bizarre birthplaces {{!}} The Hockey News|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/nhlers-with-bizarre-birthplaces|magazine=The Hockey News|accessdate=16 March 2018|language=en-CA|date=14 September 2011}} Upon moving back to the United States, Chartraw predominantly grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania where he learned to play hockey before moving to Canada as a teenager to play junior hockey for the Kitchener Rangers.

Hockey career

Beginning his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1975, Chartraw spent seven seasons with the Canadiens before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings. He later played for the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers. Chartraw won a total of five Stanley Cups during his playing days: four with Montreal (1976 to 1979) and one with the Oilers (1984). Whereas he only played 24 regular season games and one playoff game in 1984 for Edmonton, Chartraw did not qualify for engravement of his name on the Stanley Cup. Chartraw also played for Team USA and participated in the 1976 Canada Cup.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| Kitchener Rangers

| 58

| 6

| 19

| 25

| 112

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Kitchener Rangers

| OHA-Jr.

| 59

| 10

| 22

| 32

| 101

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Kitchener Rangers

| OHA-Jr.

| 70

| 17

| 44

| 61

| 150

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Montreal Canadiens

| 12

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Nova Scotia Voyageurs

| 58

| 7

| 20

| 27

| 148

| 6

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 4

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| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 16

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 25

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| Nova Scotia Voyageurs

| AHL

| 33

| 12

| 24

| 36

| 49

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 43

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 59

| 13

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 17

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 68

| 4

| 12

| 16

| 64

| 10

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 10

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| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 62

| 5

| 11

| 16

| 29

| 16

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 24

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 66

| 5

| 7

| 12

| 35

| 10

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 14

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1980–81

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 21

| 1

| 6

| 7

| 28

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 4

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| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 33

| 2

| 8

| 10

| 56

| 10

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 17

| New Haven Nighthawks

| AHL

| 33

| 3

| 9

| 12

| 39

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 31

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 31

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1982–83

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 26

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 37

| 9

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1983–84

| Edmonton Oilers

| NHL

| 24

| 2

| 6

| 8

| 21

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 28

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 25

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1992–93

| Los Angeles Jets

| SoCal-Sr.

| 4

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 420

! 28

! 64

! 92

! 399

! 75

! 7

! 9

! 16

! 80

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 124

! 22

! 53

! 75

! 236

! 6

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| United States

| CC

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 8

References

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External links

{{icehockeystats|legends=12252}}
[http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1974/74010.html Chartraw at Hockeydraftcentral.com]

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{{succession box | before = Doug Risebrough | title = Montreal Canadiens first round draft pick | years = 1974 | after = Mario Tremblay}}

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Category:1954 births

Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen

Category:Edmonton Oilers players

Category:Ice hockey players from Pennsylvania

Category:Kitchener Rangers players

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Category:Los Angeles Kings players

Category:Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Category:Montreal Canadiens players

Category:NHL first-round draft picks

Category:New Haven Nighthawks players

Category:New York Rangers players

Category:Nova Scotia Voyageurs players

Category:Sportspeople from Erie, Pennsylvania

Category:San Diego Mariners draft picks

Category:Sportspeople from Caracas

Category:Stanley Cup champions

Category:Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players