Normand Lacombe

Normand Lacombe (born October 18, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the first round, 10th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1983 NHL entry draft.

Playing career Lacombe was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Pierrefonds, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1977 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from North Shore. After playing two seasons at the University of New Hampshire, Lacombe made his professional debut with Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, in the 1983–84 season. Lacombe made his National Hockey League debut with the Sabres during the 1984–85 season, playing in 30 games. He appeared in 64 more games with the Sabres over the next two seasons before being traded, along with Wayne Van Dorp, to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Lee Fogolin and Mark Napier.

Lacombe was a member of the Oilers team which won the Stanley Cup in the 1987–88 season, and had the finest statistical season of his career in the 1988–89 season (17 goals, 11 assists). The Oilers traded Lacombe to the Philadelphia Flyers, where he would spend the final season-plus of his career, during the 1989–90 season.

In his NHL career, Lacombe appeared in 319 games. He scored 53 goals and added 62 assists. He also played in 26 playoff games, all with Edmonton, scoring five goals and tallying one assist.

Coaching career Lacombe was the head coach of the AJHL St. Albert Steel at the start of the 2007–08 season, but was fired shortly into the year and replaced by General Manager Greg Parks. He became the head coach of the Whitecourt Wolverines of the North West Junior Hockey League in the middle of the 2011–12 season, where he led the team to a league record fourth consecutive championship. In the off-season, the team folded to make way for the successor Whitecourt Wolverines of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, for which he is now the team's strength and conditioning coach.

Awards and achievements Award Year All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1982–83

1987–88 - NHL - Stanley Cup (Edmonton)

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1979–80 Lac St-Louis Lions QMAAA 42 20 33 53 40 5 4 4 8 0 1980–81 Lac St-Louis Lions QMAAA 47 36 59 95 48 6 3 4 7 16 1981–82 University of New Hampshire ECAC 35 18 16 34 38 — — — — — 1982–83 University of New Hampshire ECAC 35 18 25 43 48 — — — — — 1983–84 Rochester Americans AHL 44 10 16 26 45 — — — — — 1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 30 2 4 6 25 — — — — — 1984–85 Rochester Americans AHL 33 13 16 29 33 5 3 1 4 4 1985–86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 25 6 7 13 13 — — — — — 1985–86 Rochester Americans AHL 32 10 13 23 56 — — — — — 1986–87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 39 4 7 11 8 — — — — — 1986–87 Rochester Americans AHL 13 6 5 11 4 — — — — — 1986–87 Edmonton Oilers NHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1986–87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 10 3 5 8 4 5 1 1 2 6 1987–88 Edmonton Oilers NHL 53 8 9 17 36 19 3 0 3 28 1988–89 Edmonton Oilers NHL 64 17 11 28 57 7 2 1 3 21 1989–90 Edmonton Oilers NHL 15 5 2 7 21 — — — — — 1989–90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18 0 2 2 7 — — — — — 1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 74 11 20 31 27 — — — — — 1991–92 Canada Intl 11 1 4 5 16 — — — — — AHL totals 132 42 55 97 142 10 4 2 6 10 NHL totals 319 53 62 115 196 26 5 1 6 49