Jean Cusson
Jean Cusson | |||
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Born | (1942-10-05) October 5, 1942 (age 81) Verdun, Quebec, Canada | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Left wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds SC Langnau Genève-Servette California/Oakland Seals | ||
National team | ![]() | ||
Playing career | 1967–1979 |
Jean Cusson (born October 5, 1942) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who briefly played in the National Hockey League for the Oakland Seals. Cusson spent three years with the Canadian national team before the Seals signed him to a three-game amateur tryout contract in March, 1968. He only played two games for the Seals registering no points and a single shot on goal. He returned to Canada and played 2 seasons as a senior amateur, then moved to Switzerland and played out the remainder of his career in the National League A, serving as a player-coach until retiring in 1979 to focus on coaching, which he did until 1983. Cusson also excelled in other sports such as Canadian football and was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes in the 9th round of the 1964 CFL Draft
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1964–65 | Université de Montréal | OQAA | 15 | 19 | 16 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1965–66 | Canadian National Team | Intl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1966–67 | New Haven Blades | EHL | 70 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1967–68 | California/Oakland Seals | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1968–69 | Ottawa Nationals | OHA Sr | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1969–70 | Servette Genève | NLA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1970–71 | Servette Genève | NLA | 21 | 15 | 7 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1970–71 | Sherbrooke Castors | QUE Sr | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1971–72 | Servette Genève | NLA | 22 | 16 | 13 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1972–73 | Servette Genève | NLA | 28 | 22 | 14 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1973–74 | Servette Genève | NLA | 27 | 16 | 12 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1974–75 | SC Langnau | NLA | 21 | 9 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1975–76 | SC Langnau | NLA | 28 | 18 | 6 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976–77 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | NLA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977–78 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | NLA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1978–79 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | NLA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
Medal record | ||
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World Championships | ||
![]() | 1967 Vienna | Ice hockey |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1967 | Canada | WC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Senior totals | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1970 interview (in french) of Jean Cusson in Geneva upon his arrival in Switzerland
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