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On 12 November, the Hall of Fame sports Pantheon du Québec will host six new members. Winter sports are in the spotlight for this vintage 2007. Notwithstanding the motorcyclist Yvon Duhamel and Rosey Edeh, a specialist in the 400-meter hurdles, the others named are from the winter sports. In addition to the skiers Peter Duncan and Lloyd Langlois, and Maurice Gagne, who is recognized as the father of speed skating in Quebec, the Temple hosts Robert Rousseau, an athlete who has shown maskoutain hockey, but golf .
Robert Rousseau
Robert Rousseau is perhaps the Maskoutain experiencing the most success in the National Hockey League. Born in Montreal on July 26, 1940, his parents moved to St. Hyacinthe in 1942. Very quickly, Robert itself: at the age of 12-13 years, he participated in the matches between players of Saint-Hyacinthe against teams from the surrounding villages.
This experience with older players aged 17 to 20 years when he is joined his brothers Gilles and Jean playing with the Braves of St. John in the Metropolitan League. It is then aged fifteen years! In 1956, he signed with the Montreal Canadiens who sends continue his training with the club-Hull-Ottawa school.
In February 1960, he was invited to join the ranks of Dutchmen Kitchener-Waterloo. The Senior club champion of Canada represents Canada at the Olympics in Squaw Valley in 1960. Ranked as one of the best juniors at the time, Rousseau communicates his Olympic experience through the newspaper Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe. It enjoys great popularity among Maskoutains, a celebration is held in his honor on May 12, 1960.
By the following season, he participated in fifteen matches Canadian Club of Montreal.
In 1961-1962 he played his first full season with the Canadian; when he won the Calder trophy awarded to the best rookie. The success continued during his brilliant career as a hockey player. He won four Stanley Cups (seasons 1964-1965, 1965-1966, 1967-1968 and 1968-1969), he was named to the second team All-Star and he finished the 1965-1966 season in second place with 78 meters points . He made his greatest achievement the first in February 1964, where it marks five goals against the Detroit Red Wings.
After fourteen years in the National League and hundreds of hockey games, he retires at the age of 34. Consequently, he devoted himself entirely to a career as a professional golfer company already since 1964.
On 12 November, the Hall of Fame sports Pantheon du Québec will host six new members. Winter sports are in the spotlight for this vintage 2007. Notwithstanding the motorcyclist Yvon Duhamel and Rosey Edeh, a specialist in the 400-meter hurdles, the others named are from the winter sports. In addition to the skiers Peter Duncan and Lloyd Langlois, and Maurice Gagne, who is recognized as the father of speed skating in Quebec, the Temple hosts Robert Rousseau, an athlete who has shown maskoutain hockey, but golf .
Robert Rousseau
Robert Rousseau is perhaps the Maskoutain experiencing the most success in the National Hockey League. Born in Montreal on July 26, 1940, his parents moved to St. Hyacinthe in 1942. Very quickly, Robert itself: at the age of 12-13 years, he participated in the matches between players of Saint-Hyacinthe against teams from the surrounding villages.
This experience with older players aged 17 to 20 years when he is joined his brothers Gilles and Jean playing with the Braves of St. John in the Metropolitan League. It is then aged fifteen years! In 1956, he signed with the Montreal Canadiens who sends continue his training with the club-Hull-Ottawa school.
In February 1960, he was invited to join the ranks of Dutchmen Kitchener-Waterloo. The Senior club champion of Canada represents Canada at the Olympics in Squaw Valley in 1960. Ranked as one of the best juniors at the time, Rousseau communicates his Olympic experience through the newspaper Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe. It enjoys great popularity among Maskoutains, a celebration is held in his honor on May 12, 1960.
By the following season, he participated in fifteen matches Canadian Club of Montreal.
In 1961-1962 he played his first full season with the Canadian; when he won the Calder trophy awarded to the best rookie. The success continued during his brilliant career as a hockey player. He won four Stanley Cups (seasons 1964-1965, 1965-1966, 1967-1968 and 1968-1969), he was named to the second team All-Star and he finished the 1965-1966 season in second place with 78 meters points . He made his greatest achievement the first in February 1964, where it marks five goals against the Detroit Red Wings.
After fourteen years in the National League and hundreds of hockey games, he retires at the age of 34. Consequently, he devoted himself entirely to a career as a professional golfer company already since 1964.
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