Pierre Larouche

Pierre Larouche (born 16 November, 1955 in Taschereau, Quebec) is a retired professional centre who played in the NHL for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers, and New York Rangers.
Larouche played junior ice hockey with the Sorel Éperviers of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During the 1973–74 QMJHL season, Larouche won the Jean Béliveau Trophy as the league's top scorer, with 94 goals, 157 assists, for a total 251 points. Larouche set the Canadian Hockey League record at the time, which is now second only to Mario Lemieux's 282 points ten years later. 
Larouche was drafted 8th overall by the Penguins in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft. In 1976, he became the 16th player ever to reach the 50-goal mark. At the time he was the youngest player to hit the 50-goal plateau. That record was broken by Wayne Gretzky in 1980. He was first player to score 50 goals in a season with 2 different teams: he scored 53 with Pittsburgh in 1975–76 and 50 with Montreal in 1979–80. 
He was traded to Montreal in exchange for Pete Mahovlich and Peter Lee. He saw only limited ice time under coach Scotty Bowman but was a regular with the next coaches. He won 2 Stanley Cups with Montreal in 1978 and 1979.
Larouche finished off his career with the Hartford Whalers and the New York Rangers.
==Records and Accomplishments==
* He was the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 goals (21 years, 61 days) until he was surpassed by Wayne Gretzky (20 years, 40 days).
* He was the youngest player in NHL history to score 50 goals (20 years, 139 days) and 100 points (20 years, 129 days) in a season until he was passed by Wayne Gretzky in both categories.
* He was the youngest player in NHL history to score 200 points (21 years, 32 days) until he was surpassed by Wayne Gretzky (19 years, 347 days).
* He was the youngest player in NHL history to score 300 points (22 years, 133 days) until he was surpassed by Bryan Trottier (22 years, 102 days).
* Holds the Montreal Canadiens record for most goals in a season by a center with 50 goals in 1979-80
* Holds the New York Rangers record for most goals in a season by a center with 48 goals in 1983-84
* 1st player in NHL history to score 50 goals with 2 different teams (PIT & MTL) as well as 45 goals with 3 different teams (PIT, MTL & NYR).
==Career statistics==
  	  	  	 	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
1972–73 	Quebec Remparts 	QMJHL 	 	20 	6 	7 	13 	20 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1972–73 	Sorel Black Hawks 	QMJHL 	 	43 	47 	54 	101 	24 	 	10 	7 	6 	13 	2
1973–74 	Sorel Black Hawks 	QMJHL 	 	67 	94 	157 	251 	53 	 	13 	15 	18 	33 	20
1974–75 	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL 	 	79 	31 	37 	68 	52 	 	9 	2 	5 	7 	2
1975–76 	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL 	 	76 	53 	58 	111 	33 	 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0
1976–77 	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL 	 	65 	29 	34 	63 	14 	 	3 	0 	3 	3 	0
1977–78 	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL 	 	20 	6 	5 	11 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1977–78 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	44 	17 	32 	49 	11 	 	5 	2 	1 	3 	4
1978–79 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	36 	9 	13 	22 	4 	 	6 	1 	3 	4 	0
1979–80 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	73 	50 	41 	91 	16 	 	9 	1 	7 	8 	2
1980–81 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	61 	25 	28 	53 	28 	 	2 	0 	2 	2 	0
1981–82 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	22 	9 	12 	21 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1981–82 	Hartford Whalers 	NHL 	 	45 	25 	25 	50 	12 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1982–83 	Hartford Whalers 	NHL 	 	38 	18 	22 	40 	8 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1983–84 	New York Rangers 	NHL 	 	77 	48 	33 	81 	22 	 	5 	3 	1 	4 	2
1984–85 	New York Rangers 	NHL 	 	65 	24 	36 	60 	8 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1985–86 	Hershey Bears 	AHL 	 	32 	22 	17 	39 	16 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1985–86 	New York Rangers 	NHL 	 	28 	20 	7 	27 	4 	 	16 	8 	9 	17 	2
1986–87 	New York Rangers 	NHL 	 	73 	28 	35 	63 	12 	 	6 	3 	2 	5 	4
1987–88 	New York Rangers 	NHL 	 	10 	3 	9 	12 	13 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals 	NHL totals 	NHL totals 	 	812 	395 	427 	822 	237 	 	64 	20 	34 	54 	16
AHL totals 	AHL totals 	AHL totals 	 	32 	22 	17 	39 	16 	 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
QMJHL totals	QMJHL totals 	QMJHL totals	 	130 	147 	218 	365 	97 	 	23 	22 	24 	46 	22
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Diamond et al. 1998, p. 1209.
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