Sylvain Turgeon

Sylvain Turgeon
Born	(1965-01-17) January 17, 1965 Noranda, QC, CAN
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	NHL Hartford Whalers New Jersey Devils Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators IHL Houston Aeros DEL Wedemark Scorpions Revier Lions Kassel Huskies Italy HC Bolzano Swiss-A Herisau HC SCL Tigers Swiss-B HC Thurgau
NHL Draft	2nd overall, 1983 Hartford Whalers
Playing career	1983–2002

Joseph Sylvain Dorilla Turgeon (born January 17, 1965) is a Canadian retired NHL player and the older brother of retired NHL player Pierre Turgeon. His nephew, Dominic Turgeon, was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

He was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft as the second overall pick. During his NHL career he played for the Whalers, the New Jersey Devils, the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators.

He scored 40 goals as a rookie for the Whalers in the 1983–84 NHL season, established career highs of 45 goals, 34 assists and 79 points for the Whalers in the 1985–86 season, and scored 30 or more goals 4 times in his NHL career. However, he suffered a major abdominal injury in 1986–87 and would not reach the same highs again.

In 1989, he was traded from the Whalers to the Devils for Pat Verbeek, for whom he scored 30 goals in 72 games in his only season with the team. In 1990, he was traded from the Devils to the Canadiens for Claude Lemieux, in a lopsided trade, as Turgeon only scored 15 goals in 75 games over 2 seasons for the Canadiens, while Lemieux produced 125 goals for the Devils in the next 5 seasons and won the Conn Smythe trophy while leading the Devils to victory and the Stanley Cup in the NHL playoffs.

Turgeon's final NHL season was 1994–95 with the Senators. He spent the 1995–96 with the Houston Aeros in the International Hockey League, where he scored 28 goals and compiled 31 assists for 59 points in 65 games. From 1996 to 2002, he played for various European teams in Germany, Switzerland and Italy.

Awards and achievements

• Named to the NHL All-Rookie Team in 1983–84.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1981–82	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL		57	33	40	73	78		14	11	11	22	16
1982–83	Hull Olympiques	QMJHL		67	54	109	163	103		7	8	7	15	10
1983–84	Hartford Whalers	NHL		76	40	32	72	55		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Hartford Whalers	NHL		64	31	31	62	67		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Hartford Whalers	NHL		76	45	34	79	88		9	2	3	5	4
1986–87	Hartford Whalers	NHL		41	23	13	36	45		6	1	2	3	4
1987–88	Hartford Whalers	NHL		71	23	26	49	71		6	0	0	0	4
1988–89	Hartford Whalers	NHL		42	16	14	30	40		4	0	2	2	4
1989–90	New Jersey Devils	NHL		72	30	17	47	81		1	0	0	0	0
1990–91	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		19	5	7	12	20		5	0	0	0	2
1991–92	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		56	9	11	20	39		5	1	0	1	4
1992–93	Ottawa Senators	NHL		72	25	18	43	104		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Ottawa Senators	NHL		47	11	15	26	52		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Ottawa Senators	NHL		33	11	8	19	29		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				669	269	226	495	691		36	4	7	11	22

External links

• Sylvain Turgeon's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

See also

• Notable families in the NHL

Preceded by Paul Lawless

Hartford Whalers first round draft pick 1983

Succeeded by Sylvain Côté