Douglas Henry (Doug) "Soapy" Soetaert

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Edmonton, Alberta, April 21, 1955.
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HEIGHT: 6'0".
WEIGHT: 180 lbs.
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Selected by New York Rangers in second round (second Rangers selection, 30th overall) during National Hockey League entry draft, 1975.
Traded by Rangers to Winnipeg Jets for third-round selection (Vesa Salo) in 1983 entry draft, September 8, 1981.
Traded by Jets to Montreal Canadiens for G Mark Holden, October 9, 1984.
Signed as free agent by New York Rangers, July 24, 1986.

ACCOLADES:

Member of Stanley Cup-champion Montreal Canadiens, 1986.

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PENALTY SHOTS:

Allowed penalty shot goal (Rolf Edberg), February 2, 1980.
Stopped penalty shot (Bob MacMillan), January 13, 1981.
Allowed penalty shot goal (Doug Risebrough), December 19, 1983.

DID YOU KNOW?

In 2002, Doug was hired as general manager of the Western Hockey League's expansion Everett Silvertips. In their first season in the league (2003-04), Everett won the U.S. Division and Western Conference titles.
In 2005, Doug took a job as the assistant general manager of the Calgary Flames, serving as president and general manager of the club's Omaha affiliate.
In 2006, Doug resigned from his position with the Flames in order to return to the WHL Silvertips franchise.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
70-71 Edmonton Canadians AAHA
      Edmonton Oil Kings AJHL      3    180                21   7.00                    0
71-72 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL    37   1738               105   3.62                    3   0   0     0
72-73 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL    43   2111               129   3.67                    1   0   2    18
73-74 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL    39   2190               163   4.47                    1   0   0     0
74-75 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL    65   3706  31  27   5   273   4.42    2271   .880     1   0   6    80
      Canada WORLD JUNIOR          2    120                 5   2.50                    0
75-76 New York Rangers NHL         8    273   2   2   0    24   5.27     170   .859     0   0   1     0
      Providence Reds AHL         16    896   6   9   1    65   4.35                    0   0   1    14
76-77 New York Rangers NHL        12    570   3   4   1    28   2.95                    1   0   0     0
      New Haven Nighthawks AHL    16    947   6   9   0    61   3.86                    0   0   0     2
77-78 New York Rangers NHL         6    360   2   2   2    20   3.33                    0   0   0     0
      New Haven Nighthawks AHL    38   2252  16  16   6   141   3.75    1269   .889     0   0   6    20
78-79 New York Rangers NHL        17    900   5   7   3    57   3.80                    0   0   0     4
      New Haven Nighthawks AHL     3    180   2   1   0    11   3.67      80   .863     1   0   0     2
79-80 New York Rangers NHL         8    435   5   2   0    33   4.55                    0   0   0     0
      New Haven Nighthawks AHL    32   1808  17  18   5   108   3.58     933   .884     3   0   1    16
80-81 New York Rangers NHL        39   2320  16  16   7   152   3.93                    0   0   0     2
      New Haven Nighthawks AHL    12    668   5   5   1    35   3.14     338   .896     2   0   0     2
81-82 Winnipeg Jets NHL           39   2157  13  14   8   155   4.31                    2   0   2    14
82-83 Winnipeg Jets NHL           44   2533  19  19   6   174   4.12    1328   .869     0   0   1    10
83-84 Winnipeg Jets NHL           47   2539  18  15   7   182   4.30    1385   .869     0   0   3    14
84-85 Montreal Canadiens NHL      28   1606  14   9   4    91   3.40     622   .854     0   0   0     4
85-86 Montreal Canadiens NHL      23   1215  11   7   2    56   2.77     533   .895     3   0   0     6
86-87 New York Rangers NHL        13    675   2   7   2    58   5.16     368   .842     0   0   0    14
TWELVE (12) NHL SEASONS          284  15583 110 104  42  1030   3.97                    6   0   7    68  

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
71-72 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL     6    267           13   2.92                    0
72-73 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL     6    339           33   5.84                    0
73-74 Edmonton Oil Kings WCJHL     3    141            9   3.83                    0
75-76 Providence Reds AHL          1     59   0   1    6   6.10                    0   0   0     0
77-78 New Haven Nighthawks AHL    15    916   8   7   53   3.47                    0   0   0     0     
79-80 New Haven Nighthawks AHL     8    478   5   3   24   3.01                    0   0   0     2
80-81 New Haven Nighthawks AHL     4    220   0   3   19   5.18                    0   0   0     0
81-82 Winnipeg Jets NHL            2    120   1   1    8   4.00                    0   0   0     0
82-83 Winnipeg Jets NHL            1     20   0   0    0   0.00                    0   0   0     0
83-84 Winnipeg Jets NHL            1     20   0   1    5  15.00      19   .737     0   0   0     0
84-85 Montreal Canadiens NHL       1     20   0   0    1   3.00       9   .889     0   0   0     0
FOUR (4) NHL POSTSEASONS           5    180   1   2   14   4.67                    0   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Traded by Jets to Montreal Canadiens, October 9, 1984.
10/18/84: T (65m, 13/16) 3-3 OT tie vs. Los Angeles (Eliot).
10/20/84: W (60m, 11/13) 4-2 victory vs. Minnesota (Sands).
10/27/84: L (60m, 23/29) 5-6 defeat at Pittsburgh (Herron).
11/01/84: W (22m21s, 6/7) 6-5 OT victory vs. NY Islanders (Smith) [Replaced Penney].
11/14/84: W (60m, 22/24) 4-2 victory at Edmonton (Fuhr).
11/22/84: W (60m, 22/24) 3-2 victory vs. Chicago (Bannerman).
11/24/84: W (60m, 17/21) 6-4 victory vs. Detroit (Micalef).
11/30/84: T (65m, 23/25) 2-2 OT tie at Buffalo (Sauve).
12/08/84: W (20m, 15/18) 9-7 victory vs. Los Angeles (Eliot) [Replaced Penney].
12/13/84: L (60m, 15/20) 4-5 defeat vs. Vancouver (Brodeur).
12/15/84: L (63m23s, 25/29) 3-4 OT tie at Hartford (Millen).
12/22/84: W (60m, 21/26) 10-5 victory vs. Hartford (Millen).
12/29/84: W (60m, 16/19) 7-3 victory vs. NY Rangers (Hanlon, Vanbiesbrouck).
01/03/85: T (65m, 23/25) 2-2 OT tie at St. Louis (Liut).
01/08/85: L (59m, 22/24) 1-3 defeat at NY Islanders (Hrudey).
01/17/85: W (60m, 22/26) 5-4 victory vs. Hartford (Millen).
01/19/85: T (65m, 25/29) 4-4 OT tie vs. New Jersey (Low).
01/26/85: W (60m, 23/25) 3-2 victory vs. NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck).
02/02/85: W (60m, 26/27) 5-1 victory at Los Angeles (Janecyk).
02/09/85: L (60m, 15/21) 2-6 defeat vs. Toronto (Bernhardt).
02/20/85: L (60m, 13/16) 2-3 defeat at Chicago (Skorodenski).
02/23/85: - (40m, 7/11) 6-4 victory vs. Winnipeg (Hayward) [Replaced by Roy].
02/24/85: W (60m44s, 19/22) 4-3 OT victory vs. NY Islanders (Hrudey).
02/27/85: W (60m, 24/25) 4-1 victory at Edmonton (Moog).
03/01/85: L (60m, 20/26) 4-6 defeat at Calgary (Lemelin).
03/04/85: L (60m, 27/31) 3-4 defeat at Minnesota (Meloche).
03/22/85: L (60m, 20/23) 1-3 defeat at Washington (Jensen).
04/07/85: W (60m, 13/17) 5-4 victory at Buffalo (Sauve).
04/27/85: - (20m, 8/9) 1-5 defeat vs. Quebec (Gosselin) [Replaced Penney].
10/30/85: L (60m, 23/28) 4-5 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Lindbergh).
11/02/85: T (65m, 21/25) 4-4 OT tie vs. Pittsburgh (Meloche).
11/09/85: W (60m, 22/22) 6-0 victory at Los Angeles (Janecyk).
11/16/85: T (65m, 19/21) 2-2 OT tie vs. NY Rangers (Vanbiesbrouck).
11/29/85: W (60m, 23/25) 5-2 victory at Buffalo (Barrasso).
12/02/85: W (60m, 26/26) 7-0 victory vs. Montreal (Brodeur).
12/05/85: L (59m, 15/22) 6-8 defeat at Boston (Riggin).
12/28/85: W (60m, 23/26) 8-3 victory vs. New Jersey (Chevrier, Resch).
01/04/86: W (30m54s, 14/15) 6-5 victory at Calgary (D'Amour, Lemelin) [Replaced Roy].
01/06/86: W (60m, 20/22) 9-2 victory vs. St. Louis (Millen).
01/11/86: - (24m50s, 10/11) 3-6 defeat vs. Edmonton (Moog) [Replaced Roy].
01/18/86: W (60m, 21/21) 3-0 victory vs. NY Islanders (Hrudey).
01/20/86: L (62m59s, 35/38) 2-3 OT defeat at Quebec (Malarchuk).
01/23/86: W (60m, 28/30) 5-2 victory at Minnesota (Casey).
01/27/86: W (60m, 22/23) 4-1 victory vs. Buffalo (Cloutier).
02/01/86: W (60m, 24/25) 2-1 victory vs. Boston (Riggin).
02/07/86: L (60m, 19/22) 2-3 defeat at Washington (Peeters).
02/10/86: L (62m03s, 35/39) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Minnesota (Casey).
02/15/86: W (60m, 25/28) 5-3 victory vs. Philadelphia (Froese).
02/17/86: - (18m26s, 5/6) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Los Angeles (Melanson) [Replaced by Roy].
03/17/86: - (12m06s, 5/6) 6-8 defeat vs. Quebec (Malarchuk) [Replaced Roy].
03/19/86: L (60m, 17/23) 4-6 defeat at Winnipeg (Bouchard).
04/04/86: L (31m27s, 12/15) 2-4 defeat at Buffalo (Cloutier) [Replaced by Roy].
Signed as free agent by New York Rangers.
10/13/86: L (63m20s, 27/34) 6-7 OT defeat vs. Washington (Jensen).
10/25/86: T (65m, 33/36) 3-3 OT tie at Montreal (Roy).
10/29/86: - (40m, 15/19) 2-7 defeat at St. Louis (Millen) [Replaced Vanbiesbrouck].
11/05/86: L (62m21s, 21/26) 4-5 OT defeat at Detroit (Stefan).
11/12/86: W (62m59s, 26/27) 2-1 OT victory vs. Buffalo (Barrasso).
11/16/86: L (60m, 30/38) 6-8 defeat vs. Edmonton (Fuhr).
11/22/86: L (59m, 35/42) 5-8 defeat at Calgary (Vernon).
11/29/86: T (65m, 35/40) 5-5 OT tie at Pittsburgh (Romano).
12/02/86: L (30m56s, 6/9) 5-8 defeat at New Jersey (Chevier) [Replaced Vanbiesbrouck].
12/05/86: W (60m, 37/40) 6-3 victory at Winnipeg (Reddick).
12/11/86: L (60m, 30/36) 2-6 defeat at Montreal (Roy).
12/15/86: L (40m, 12/16) 3-4 defeat vs. Minnesota (Takko) [Replaced by Vanbiesbrouck].
02/19/87: - (6m31s, 3/5) 2-5 defeat at Chicago (Bannerman) [Replaced Froese].

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