Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) Role Ice hockey player National team Canada Weight 74 kg | Playing career Position Centerman Name Roger Bourbonnais Played for Edmonton Flyers | |
Born October 26, 1942 (age 81)
Edmonton, AB, CAN ( 1942-10-26 ) Education University of British Columbia | ||
Roger Maurice Bourbonnais (born October 26, 1942) is a retired ice hockey player.
A native of Riviere Qui Barre, started his hockey career with the Oil Kings in 1960 and played with them through 1963. In his final year with the Edmonton squad, he was the team captain that led them to a Memorial Cup victory.
It was the Oil Kings' first-ever Memorial Cup championship, as they defeated Niagara Falls 4-1 in a best-of-seven series at the Edmonton Gardens. The 1963 Oil Kings also included Pat Quinn and Glen Sather, and they were coached by Buster Brayshaw.
Bourbonnais then joined the newly founded Canadian National Hockey Team and travelled with them to the 1964 Winter Olympics. in Innsbruck, Austria, where he contributed two goals to Canada's fourth-place finish. Following the 1964 Olympics, Bourbonnais laced up his skates for Canada in the 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1969 IIHF World Championships, capturing two bronze medals.
In 1968, he once again represented Canada in the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, where he would score four goals in seven games to finish with a bronze medal. Bourbonnais also spent some time with the Edmonton Nuggets of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League during the 1967-68 season.
He turned down offers to play pro hockey with the Detroit Red Wings and instead pursued his law degree, which he obtained in 1967 He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta. His granddaughter Jaime Bourbonnais played in 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.