# 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 | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | 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 | NHL totals | NHL totals | 598 | 39 | 119 | 158 | 570 | 69 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 82 |
| IHL totals | IHL totals | 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 | Senior totals | Senior totals | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |