Position Left Wing Siblings Pierre Turgeon Shot Left Height 1.83 m Nephews Dominic Turgeon | Playing career Weight 86 kg Nieces Elizabeth Turgeon Name Sylvain Turgeon Career start 1983 | |
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Born January 17, 1965 (age 59) Noranda, QC, CAN ( 1965-01-17 ) Played for NHLHartford WhalersNew Jersey DevilsMontreal CanadiensOttawa SenatorsIHLHouston AerosDELWedemark ScorpionsRevier LionsKassel HuskiesItalyHC BolzanoSwiss-AHerisau HCSCL TigersSwiss-BHC Thurgau NHL Draft 2nd overall, 1983Hartford Whalers | ||
Sylvain turgeon jim johnson mar 2 1990
Joseph Sylvain Dorilla Turgeon (born January 17, 1965) is a Canadian retired NHL player and the older brother of retired NHL player Pierre Turgeon. His nephew, Dominic Turgeon, was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
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Sylvain turgeon nhl 94 sick toe drag goal
Playing career
He was drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft as the second overall pick. During his NHL career he played for the Whalers, the New Jersey Devils, the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators.
He scored 40 goals as a rookie for the Whalers in the 1983–84 NHL season, established career highs of 45 goals, 34 assists and 79 points for the Whalers in the 1985–86 season, and scored 30 or more goals 4 times in his NHL career. However, he suffered a major abdominal injury in 1986–87 and would not reach the same highs again.
In 1989, he was traded from the Whalers to the Devils for Pat Verbeek, for whom he scored 30 goals in 72 games in his only season with the team. In 1990, he was traded from the Devils to the Canadiens for Claude Lemieux, in a lopsided trade, as Turgeon only scored 15 goals in 75 games over 2 seasons for the Canadiens, while Lemieux produced 125 goals for the Devils in the next 5 seasons and won the Conn Smythe trophy while leading the Devils to victory and the Stanley Cup in the NHL playoffs.
Turgeon's final NHL season was 1994–95 with the Senators. He spent the 1995–96 with the Houston Aeros in the International Hockey League, where he scored 28 goals and compiled 31 assists for 59 points in 65 games. From 1996 to 2002, he played for various European teams in Germany, Switzerland and Italy.