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Canada Austria Richard Grenier
VEU Feldkirch / Austria - 89/90
1-time Austrian Champion 1
1-time NL Champion 1
Date of Birth
Sep 18, 1952
Position
C
Age
72
Height
5'11" / 180 cm
Place of Birth
Montréal, QC, CAN
Weight
181 lbs / 82 kg
Nation
Canada / Austria
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired
Drafted
1972 round 5 #65 overall by New York Islanders
Team Staff profile of Richard Grenier also available

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Richard Grenier Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1969-70 Rosemont National QMJHL 6* 0* 3* 3* 2* -* |
St-Michael Cardinaux QAHA -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1970-71 Québec Remparts QMJHL 62* 23* 76* 99* 74* -* | Playoffs 14 7 7 14 30 -
1971-72 Verdun Maple Leafs “A” QMJHL 61* 46* 56* 102* 83* -* | Playoffs 4 2 1 3 4 -
1972-73 New York Islanders NHL 10* 1* 1* 2* 2* -2* |
New Haven Nighthawks AHL 66* 19* 20* 39* 50* -* |
1973-74 Fort Worth Wings CenHL 70* 28* 26* 54* 39* -* | Playoffs 5 2 2 4 6 -
1974-75 Fort Worth Texans CenHL 55* 11* 14* 25* 32* -* |
New Haven Nighthawks AHL 18* 3* 5* 8* 5* -* |
1975-76 Beauce Jaros NAHL-Sr. 73* 77* 83* 160* 82* -* | Playoffs 12 14 4 18 12 -
1976-77 Québec Nordiques WHA 34* 11* 9* 20* 4* -6* |
Maine Nordiques NAHL-Sr. 41* 25* 23* 48* 12* -* | Playoffs 12 12 6 18 2 -
1977-78 Binghamton Dusters AHL 75* 46* 30* 76* 37* -* |
1978-79 Binghamton Dusters AHL 68* 37* 27* 64* 36* -* | Playoffs 10 6 4 10 13 -
1979-80 VEU Feldkirch Austria 34* 60* 43* 103* 68* -* |
Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 11* 6* 4* 10* 0* -* | Playoffs 6 1 3 4 2 -
1980-81 Kiekkoreipas SM-liiga 36* 29* 21* 50* 36* 32* |
1981-82 EHC Arosa NLA 34* 40* 18* 58* -* -* |
1982-83 EHC Arosa NLA 36* 39* 9* 48* 17* -* |
1983-84 Villacher SV Austria 38* 52* 63* 115* -* -* |
1984-85 Villacher SV Austria 32* 29* 45* 74* 38* -* |
1985-86 Villacher SV Austria 41* 36* 52* 88* 30* -* |
1986-87 Villacher SV Austria 20* 14* 21* 35* 22* -* |
Austria WC B 7* 3* 4* 7* 2* -* |
1987-88 Wiener EV Austria 34* 19* 26* 45* 24* -* |
1988-89 Wiener EV Austria 38* 11* 25* 36* -* -* |
1989-90 VEU Feldkirch Austria 37* 28* 26* 54* 10* -* |

Richard Grenier Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1964-65 St-Eusèbe Peewee QC Int PW -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1970-71 Québec Remparts Memorial Cup 7* 0* 2* 2* 0* -* |

Richard Grenier Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 5 238* 111* 86* 197* 0.83* 128* -* | 2 16 7 * 7 * 14 * 0.88 * 15 * - *
Austria 8 274* 249* 301* 550* 2.01* 192* -* | 0 * * * * * *
CenHL 2 125* 39* 40* 79* 0.63* 71* -* | 1 5 2 * 2 * 4 * 0.80 * 6 * - *
SM-liiga (Liiga) 1 36* 29* 21* 50* 1.39* 36* 32* | 0 * * * * * *
Memorial Cup 1 7* 0* 2* 2* 0.29* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NAHL-Sr. 2 114* 102* 106* 208* 1.82* 94* -* | 2 24 26 * 10 * 36 * 1.50 * 14 * - *
NHL 1 10* 1* 1* 2* 0.20* 2* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
NLA (NL) 2 70* 79* 27* 106* 1.51* 17* -* | 0 * * * * * *
QAHA 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
QC Int PW 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
QMJHL 3 129* 69* 135* 204* 1.58* 159* -* | 2 18 9 * 8 * 17 * 0.94 * 34 * - *
WC B 1 7* 3* 4* 7* 1.00* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WHA 1 34* 11* 9* 20* 0.59* 4* -6* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Richard Grenier Career Highlights

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Awards by season
Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for EHC Arosa

Cult/Star player for Villacher SV

Richard Grenier was taken 65th overall by the New York Islanders at the 1972 Amateur Draft, but only played ten NHL-games in his rookie season. After a couple of years in the minor leagues, he left North America for Europe. There, besides three seasons in Finland and Italy, he mainly played in the Austrian league. After eight seasons or 274 games with 550 points, he won the Austrian championship with VEU Feldkirch in the last year of his professional career. Grenier also represented the Austrian national team in one World Championship (Pool B).
(by Hannes Biedermann)