// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Ray Fortin? A fort-in-ate guy.
| Ray Fortin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 11, 1941 Drummondville, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Died |
May 7, 2023 (aged 82) Drummondville, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | St. Louis Blues | ||
| Playing career | 1967–1974 | ||
Raymond Henri Fortin (March 11, 1941 – May 7, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. The diminutive 5-foot-8 defenseman took part in 92 regular season and six postseason games in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Blues over three seasons (1967-70). He was a member of the Blues expansion club that advanced to the 1968 Stanley Cup Final in their first season.
The Blues traded Fortin to the Los Angeles Kings for defenseman Bob Wall after the 1969-70 campaign. He reported to their American Hockey League affiliate but was traded in January, 1971 to the Montreal Canadiens, where he was buried in a deep farm system. He was named to the AHL All-Star team that season but not promoted to the NHL club.
Fortin died on May 7, 2023 at 82 years of age.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1961–62 | Drummondville Rockets | ETSHL | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1962–63 | Drummondville Rockets | ETSHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1963–64 | Drummondville Rockets | ETSHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Drummondville Eagles | QHL | 42 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 1965–66 | Sherbrooke Castors | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 1966–67 | Drummondville Eagles | QHL | 42 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1966–67 | Drummondville Eagles | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 1967–68 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1967–68 | Kansas City Blues | CHL | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Kansas City Blues | CHL | 50 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 57 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1970–71 | Springfield Kings | AHL | 25 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Montreal Voyageurs | AHL | 29 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1971–72 | Boston Braves | AHL | 76 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1972–73 | Boston Braves | AHL | 74 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1973–74 | San Diego Gulls | WHL | 69 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| AHL totals | 204 | 10 | 69 | 79 | 130 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| NHL totals | 92 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Raymond Fortin". Centre Funéraire Yves Houle. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1941 births
- 2023 deaths
- Boston Braves (AHL) players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Ice hockey people from Drummondville
- Kansas City Blues (ice hockey) players
- Montreal Voyageurs players
- St. Louis Blues players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- San Diego Gulls (WHL) players
- Springfield Kings players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1940s birth stubs