Serge Bernier

Serge Joseph Bernier (burn-YAY; born April 29, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and Quebec Nordiques and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for Quebec, where he scored a majority of his 308 combined goals (NHL and WHA), between 1968 and 1981. His 230 goals in the WHA were third-most for the Nordiques during their time in the league behind Real Cloutier and Marc Tardif. He was the first draft pick in Philadelphia Flyers history. He was nicknamed Toutou, which roughly translates to "Big Teddy Bear" in English.

He was traded along with Bill Lesuk and Jim Johnson from the Flyers to the Kings for Ross Lonsberry, Bill Flett, Jean Potvin and Eddie Joyal on January 28, 1972. In the 1977 WHA playoffs, Bernier led the entire postseason in points (36), assists (22) and tied in goals (14) to aid the Nordiques to the Avco World Trophy for the only time in franchise history. For his efforts, he was named WHA Playoff MVP.

In 2010, Bernier was part of the initial group of players elected to the World Hockey Association Hall of Fame.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1965–66 Sorel Éperviers QJHL — — — — — — — — — — 1966–67 Sorel Éperviers QJHL 33 37 46 83 139 4 2 1 3 18 1967–68 Quebec Aces AHL 33 7 11 18 56 6 6 4 10 6 1968–69 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1968–69 Quebec Aces AHL 70 27 32 59 118 12 1 6 7 2 1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1969–70 Quebec Aces AHL 70 22 48 70 88 5 2 3 5 36 1970–71 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 23 28 51 77 4 1 1 2 0 1971–72 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 44 12 11 23 51 — — — — — 1971–72 Los Angeles Kings NHL 26 11 11 22 12 — — — — — 1972–73 Los Angeles Kings NHL 75 22 46 68 43 — — — — — 1973–74 Quebec Nordiques WHA 74 37 49 86 107 — — — — — 1974–75 Quebec Nordiques WHA 76 54 68 122 75 15 8 8 16 6 1975–76 Quebec Nordiques WHA 70 34 68 102 91 5 2 6 8 6 1976–77 Quebec Nordiques WHA 74 43 53 96 94 17 14 22 36 10 1977–78 Quebec Nordiques WHA 58 26 52 78 48 11 4 10 14 17 1978–79 Quebec Nordiques WHA 65 36 46 82 71 1 0 0 0 2 1979–80 Quebec Nordiques NHL 32 8 14 22 31 — — — — — 1980–81 Quebec Nordiques NHL 46 2 8 10 18 1 0 0 0 0 WHA totals 417 230 336 556 486 49 28 46 74 41 NHL totals 302 78 119 197 234 5 1 1 2 0

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1974 Canada SS 8 1 2 3 4 Senior totals 8 1 2 3 4