Normand Rochefort

Normand Rochefort (born January 28, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Biography Rochefort was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Trois-Rivières. He played eight seasons with the Quebec Nordiques who had selected him 24th overall in the second round of the 1980 NHL entry draft. He was reunited with head coach Michel Bergeron after being traded along with Jason Lafreniere from the Nordiques to the New York Rangers for Walt Poddubny, Jari Grönstrand, Bruce Bell and a fourth-round selection in the 1989 NHL entry draft (76th overall–Éric Dubois) on August 1, 1988. Rochefort was the key player going to the Rangers which needed to improve its defense after losing 17 games by one goal and failing to qualify for the postseason.

He was a member of Team Canada in the 1987 Canada Cup. He finished out his NHL career with a short stint with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1993. He then agreed to assist coaching the Acadie-Bathurst Titans. In 2002, he came out of retirement to play minor league hockey with his son Billy Rochefort.

Awards and achievements QMJHL Rookie of the Year (Shared award with Denis Savard) (1978) Memorial Cup Tournament All-Star Team (1979) QMJHL Second All-Star Team (1980)

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1977–78 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 72 9 37 46 36 13 3 8 11 36 1977–78 Trois-Rivières Draveurs MC — — — — — 3 0 1 1 2 1978–79 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 72 17 57 74 30 13 3 11 14 17 1978–79 Trois-Rivières Draveurs MC — — — — — 4 0 2 2 6 1979–80 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 20 5 25 30 22 — — — — — 1979–80 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 52 8 39 47 68 5 1 3 4 8 1980–81 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 9 2 6 8 14 — — — — — 1980–81 Quebec Nordiques NHL 56 3 7 10 51 5 0 0 0 4 1981–82 Quebec Nordiques NHL 72 4 14 18 115 16 0 2 2 10 1982–83 Quebec Nordiques NHL 62 6 17 23 40 1 0 0 0 2 1983–84 Quebec Nordiques NHL 75 2 22 24 47 6 1 0 1 6 1984–85 Quebec Nordiques NHL 73 3 21 24 74 18 2 1 3 8 1985–86 Quebec Nordiques NHL 26 5 4 9 30 — — — — — 1986–87 Quebec Nordiques NHL 70 6 9 15 46 13 2 1 3 26 1987–88 Quebec Nordiques NHL 46 3 10 13 49 — — — — — 1988–89 New York Rangers NHL 11 1 5 6 18 — — — — — 1989–90 New York Rangers NHL 31 3 1 4 24 10 2 1 3 26 1989–90 Flint Spirits IHL 7 3 2 5 4 — — — — — 1990–91 New York Rangers NHL 44 3 7 10 35 — — — — — 1991–92 New York Rangers NHL 26 0 2 2 31 — — — — — 1992–93 EHC Eisbären Berlin 1.GBun 17 4 2 6 21 — — — — — 1993–94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 6 0 0 0 10 — — — — — 1993–94 Atlanta Knights IHL 65 5 7 12 43 13 0 2 2 6 1994–95 Denver Grizzlies IHL 77 4 13 17 46 17 1 4 5 12 1995–96 San Francisco Spiders IHL 77 3 12 15 45 4 0 0 0 2 1996–97 Kansas City Blades IHL 77 7 14 21 28 3 1 0 1 2 1997–98 Kansas City Blades IHL 52 1 3 4 48 11 1 2 3 8 NHL totals 598 39 119 158 570 69 7 5 12 82 IHL totals 355 23 51 74 214 48 3 8 11 30

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1987 NHL All-Stars RV-87 1 0 0 0 0 1987 Canada CC 9 1 2 3 8 Senior totals 10 1 2 3 8