Michel Pierre Plasse

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Montreal, Quebec, June 1, 1948.
DIED: December 30, 2006.
HEIGHT: 5'11".
WEIGHT: 172 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 31 (Pittsburgh).
CATCHES: Left
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Selected by Montreal Canadiens in first round (first Montreal selection, first overall) during National Hockey League amateur draft, 1968.
Loaned by Montreal to Kansas City Blues (CHL), October 1, 1970.
Sold by Montreal to St. Louis Blues for cash, December 11, 1970.
Sold by St. Louis to Montreal Canadiens for cash, August 23, 1971.
Claimed (from Montreal) by Kansas City Scouts in National Hockey League Expansion Draft, June 12, 1974.
Traded by Kansas City to Pittsburgh Penguins for G Denis Herron and Jean-Guy Lagace, January 10, 1975.
Transferred from Pittsburgh (with Simon Nolet and the loan of Colin Campbell for the 1976-77 season [9/1/76]) to Colorado Rockies as compensation for Pittsburgh's signing of free agent G Denis Herron, August 7, 1976.
Signed as free agent by Quebec Nordiques, September 14, 1980.
Traded by Quebec (with fourth-round selection (Ron Chyzowski) in 1983 entry draft) to Hartford Whalers for G John Garrett, January 12, 1982.

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Named to Quebec Junior Hockey League All-Star Second Team, 1967-68.

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DID YOU KNOW?

On February 21, 1971, Michel became the first (known) professional hockey goaltender to score a goal, while with the Kansas City Blues of the Central Hockey League. From The Sporting News (March 6, 1971): "Goalies in the National Hockey League occasionally get credit for an assist, but none has ever scored a goal in the long history of the league. As far as available records show, it never happened in the minor leagues either, until Michel Plasse, Kansas City Blues' goalie, did it in a Central Hockey League game against Oklahoma City February 21. With 55 seconds to play, Oklahoma City took out its goalie and put six attackers on the ice in an effort to tie the Blues, who were leading, 2-1. Only 44 seconds were left when Plante took a poke at the puck and sent it downt he ice into the unattended cage at the opposite end of the rink. The puck was presented to the 22-year-old goalie, who said "I'll keep it forever."

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
65-66 Drummondville Rangers QJHL
66-67 Drummondville Rangers QJHL
67-68 Drummondville Rangers QJHL  30   1800                63   2.10                    3
      Drummondville Rangers M CUP  4    250   1   3   0    19   4.56                    0
68-69 Cleveland Barons AHL         7    320   2   4   0    27   5.06                    0   0   0     0
69-70 Jacksonville Rockets EHL    61   3660               297   4.87                    0   0   0     0
70-71 Kansas City Blues CHL       16    960                42   2.63                    0   1   1     2
      St. Louis Blues NHL          1     60   1   0   0     3   3.00                    0   0   0     0
71-72 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL   36   2036  17  13   4    94   2.77                    1   0   0     0
72-73 Montreal Canadiens NHL      17    932  11   2   3    40   2.58                    0   0   0     4
73-74 Montreal Canadiens NHL      15    839   7   4   2    57   4.08                    0   0   0     0
74-75 Kansas City Scouts NHL      24   1420   4  16   3    96   4.06                    0   0   1    18
      Pittsburgh Penguins NHL     20   1094   9   5   4    73   4.00                    0   0   1     6
75-76 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL     55   3096  24  19  10   178   3.45                    2   0   2    18
      Hershey Bears AHL            5    278   0   4   0    25   5.40                    0   0   0     2
76-77 Colorado Rockies NHL        54   2986  12  29  10   190   3.82                    0   0   1     0
77-78 Colorado Rockies NHL        25   1383   3  12   8    90   3.90                    0   0   0    12
      Hampton Gulls AHL            2    124   0   1   1     5   2.42                    0   0   0     0
78-79 Philadelphia Firebirds AHL   7    423   0   6   1    31   4.39                    0   0   0     2
      Colorado Rockies NHL        41   2302   9  29   2   152   3.96                    0   0   2     4 
79-80 Colorado Rockies NHL         6    327   0   3   2    26   4.77                    0   0   0     0
      Fort Worth Texans CHL       32   1632   9  13   3   113   4.15                    0   0   0    26
80-81 Quebec Nordiques NHL        33   1933  10  14   9   118   3.66                    0   0   1     0
81-82 Quebec Nordiques NHL         8    388   2   3   1    35   5.41                    0   0   1     0
      Binghamton Whalers AHL       8    444   3   3   1    32   4.32                    0   0   0     2
ELEVEN (11) NHL SEASONS          299  16760  92 136  54  1058   3.79                    2   0   9    62
   
POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
67-68 Drummondville Rangers QJHL  10    600   8   2   32   3.20                    1
69-70 Jacksonville Rockets EHL     4    240   0   4   35   8.75                    0
71-72 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL   15    912  12   3   19   1.25                    3   0   0     4
75-76 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL      3    180   1   2    8   2.67                    1
79-80 Fort Worth Texans CHL       14    827   8   5   41   2.97                   1   0   0     2
80-81 Quebec Nordiques NHL         1     15   0   0    1   4.00                    0   0   0     0
TWO (2) NHL POSTSEASONS            4    195   1   2    9   2.77                    1

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