Pierre Rioux

Pierre Rioux (born February 1, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 14 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames during the 1982–83 season, recording one goal and two assists. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1982 to 2001, was mainly spent in Germany.

Playing career Rioux was born in Quebec City, Quebec. As a youth, Rioux played in the 1974 and 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Quebec City.

Rioux spent three seasons with the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, recording 130 points in 1980–81 and 152 points in 1981–82. In 1982, Rioux was a member of the gold medal-winning Canadian team at the World Junior Hockey Championships. He was also named a QMJHL First Team All-Star.

As a player with the Flames in 1982, he appeared in 14 games. After three seasons in the minors, Rioux moved to Europe to play in 1986 and spent all but one season in Germany until he returned to Quebec in 2000. Rioux played one season of senior hockey in Quebec in 2000–01 before retiring.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1977–78 Sainte-Foy Couillard QMAAA 39 22 27 49 31 1 0 0 0 0 1978–79 Sainte-Foy Couillard QMAAA 39 38 59 97 28 8 4 7 11 6 1979–80 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 70 27 47 74 24 7 2 2 4 4 1980–81 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 65 43 57 100 49 5 2 3 5 6 1981–82 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 57 66 86 152 50 14 15 26 41 8 1982–83 Calgary Flames NHL 14 1 2 3 4 — — — — — 1982–83 Colorado Flames CHL 59 26 36 62 18 — — — — — 1983–84 Colorado Flames CHL 65 37 46 83 22 6 2 7 9 4 1984–85 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 69 25 66 91 14 — — — — — 1985–86 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1985–86 Binghamton Whalers AHL 6 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 1985–86 EV Zug NLB 10 8 12 20 9 — — — — — 1986–87 Krefelder EV 1981 GER-2 41 72 73 145 44 — — — — — 1987–88 KalPa SM-l 41 21 20 41 44 — — — — — 1988–89 EC Ratingen GER-2 45 36 64 100 36 — — — — — 1989–90 SV Bayreuth GER-2 36 47 51 98 8 18 24 27 51 8 1990–91 SV Bayreuth GER-2 32 39 44 83 72 18 18 27 45 6 1991–92 SV Bayreuth GER-2 43 29 58 87 24 — — — — — 1992–93 SV Bayreuth GER-2 45 41 52 93 14 — — — — — 1993–94 Düsseldorfer EG GER 42 12 24 36 8 12 3 3 6 2 1994–95 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 42 16 35 51 8 10 1 10 11 6 1995–96 Heilbronner EC GER-2 46 42 69 111 32 9 5 9 14 4 1995–96 Augsburger Panther DEL 1 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 1996–97 Heilbronner EC GER-2 21 13 25 38 4 — — — — — 1996–97 Augsburger Panther DEL 27 14 16 30 2 — — — — — 1997–98 Augsburger Panther DEL 44 20 25 45 4 6 2 3 5 0 1998–99 Augsburger Panther DEL 49 18 23 41 6 5 4 2 6 0 1999–00 Kassel Huskies DEL 24 3 10 13 4 8 0 3 3 4 2000–01 Garaga de Saint-Georges QSPHL 12 5 7 12 2 — — — — — DEL totals 187 72 110 182 24 33 10 19 29 10 NHL totals 14 1 2 3 4 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1982 Canada WJC 7 3 3 6 4 Junior totals 7 3 3 6 4