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Gaetan Duchesne

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: July 11, 1962 in Les Saulles, Quebec
Died: April 16, 2007

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 8th round (152nd overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 19 Washington Capitals NHL 74 9 14 23 0.31 9 0.12 37 0 65 22 -6 46 9 0 0 1 78 1.05 11.5
1982-83 20 Washington Capitals NHL 77 18 19 37 0.48 15 0.19 54 0 54 15 15 52 17 0 1 6 126 1.64 14.3
1983-84 21 Washington Capitals NHL 79 17 19 36 0.46 14 0.18 64 6 61 18 15 29 12 3 2 1 116 1.47 14.7
1984-85 22 Washington Capitals NHL 67 15 23 38 0.57 15 0.22 53 0 56 19 16 32 14 0 1 1 84 1.25 17.9
1985-86 23 Washington Capitals NHL 80 11 28 39 0.49 14 0.18 57 1 63 17 10 39 10 0 1 3 119 1.49 9.2
1986-87 24 Washington Capitals NHL 74 17 35 52 0.70 19 0.26 69 1 73 23 18 53 16 0 1 4 108 1.46 15.7
1987-88 25 Quebec Nordiques NHL 80 24 23 47 0.59 18 0.23 61 12 80 39 8 83 19 4 1 2 138 1.73 17.4
1988-89 26 Quebec Nordiques NHL 70 8 21 29 0.41 10 0.14 49 7 73 31 0 56 5 2 1 1 110 1.57 7.3
1989-90 27 Minnesota North Stars NHL 72 12 8 20 0.28 8 0.12 31 0 46 20 5 33 11 0 1 1 93 1.29 12.9
1990-91 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 68 9 9 18 0.26 7 0.11 31 1 44 18 4 18 9 0 0 1 100 1.47 9.0
1991-92 29 Minnesota North Stars NHL 73 8 15 23 0.32 8 0.12 37 0 56 25 6 102 6 0 2 1 106 1.45 7.5
1992-93 30 Minnesota North Stars NHL 84 16 13 29 0.35 12 0.14 40 0 71 37 6 30 14 0 2 3 134 1.60 11.9
1993-94 31 San Jose Sharks NHL 84 12 18 30 0.36 11 0.14 54 2 78 34 8 28 11 0 1 3 121 1.44 9.9
1994-95 32 2 Teams NHL 46 3 9 12 0.26 4 0.09 17 0 35 15 -3 16 3 0 0 0 62 1.35 4.8
1994-95 32 San Jose Sharks NHL 33 2 7 9 0.27 3 0.09 11 0 32 15 -6 16 2 0 0 0 48 1.45 4.2
1994-95 32 Florida Panthers NHL 13 1 2 3 0.23 1 0.09 6 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 14 1.08 7.1
Career 14 Seasons NHL 1028 179 254 433 0.42 165 0.16 654 30 855 333 102 617 156 9 14 28 1495 1.45 12.0

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1982-83 20 Washington Capitals NHL 4 1 1 2 0.50 4 1 0 0 0
1983-84 21 Washington Capitals NHL 8 2 1 3 0.38 2 2 2 0 0 1 8 1.00 25.0
1984-85 22 Washington Capitals NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 -3 7 0 0 0 0 9 1.80 0.0
1985-86 23 Washington Capitals NHL 9 4 3 7 0.78 5 12 3 0 1 0 18 2.00 22.2
1986-87 24 Washington Capitals NHL 7 3 0 3 0.43 3 14 3 0 0 0 13 1.86 23.1
1989-90 27 Minnesota North Stars NHL 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 1.14 0.0
1990-91 28 Minnesota North Stars NHL 23 2 3 5 0.22 0 34 2 0 0 0 26 1.13 7.7
1991-92 29 Minnesota North Stars NHL 7 1 0 1 0.14 2 6 1 0 0 0 10 1.43 10.0
1993-94 31 San Jose Sharks NHL 14 1 4 5 0.36 -2 12 1 0 0 0 17 1.21 5.9
Career 9 Seasons NHL 84 14 13 27 0.32 7 97 13 0 1 1 109 1.36 11.9

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1978-79 16 Ste-Foy Gouverneurs QAAA 25 3 12 15 0.60
1979-80 17 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 46 9 28 37 0.80 22
1980-81 18 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 72 27 45 72 1.00 63
1981-82 19 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
1982-83 20 Hershey Bears AHL 1 1 0 1 1.00 0
1990-91 28 Minnesota North Stars Fr-Tour 3 1 0 1 0.33 2
1996-97 34 Quebec Rafales IHL 66 10 18 28 0.42 54
1997-98 35 Quebec Rafales IHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 -1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1.00 0.0
Career 1 Season AHL 1 1 0 1 1.00 0
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 3 1 0 1 0.33 2
Career 2 Seasons IHL 69 10 18 28 0.41 -1 56 0 0 0 0 3 1.00 0.0
Career 1 Season QAAA 25 3 12 15 0.60
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 120 36 73 109 0.91 85

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1979-80 17 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 5 0 2 2 0.40 9
1980-81 18 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 7 1 4 5 0.71 6
1996-97 34 Quebec Rafales IHL 9 5 0 5 0.56 4
Career 1 Season IHL 9 5 0 5 0.56 4
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 12 1 6 7 0.58 15

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games Played

1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1993-94 NHL 84 (5)

Power Play Goals Against

Career NHL 333 (91)

Transactions

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June 13, 1987: Traded to Quebec by Washington with Alan Haworth and Washington's 1st round choice (Joe Sakic) in 1987 Entry Draft for Clint Malarchuk and Dale Hunter, June 13, 1987.

June 19, 1989: Traded to Minnesota by Quebec for Kevin Kaminski, June 19, 1989.

June 9, 1993: Transferred to Dallas after Minnesota franchise relocated, June 9, 1993.

June 20, 1993: Traded to San Jose by Dallas for San Jose's 6th round choice (later traded back to San Jose - San Jose selected Petri Varis) in 1993 Entry Draft, June 20, 1993.

April 7, 1995: Traded to Florida by San Jose for Florida's 6th round choice (Timo Hakanen) in 1995 Entry Draft, April 7, 1995.