Normand Lacombe

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Position	Right Wing
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 205 lb (93 kg)
Pro Clubs	Buffalo Sabres Edmonton Oilers Philadelphia Flyers
Nationality	Canada
Born	October 18, 1964, Pierrefonds, PQ, CAN
NHL Draft	10th overall, 1983 Buffalo Sabres
Pro Career	1983 – 1991

Normand Lacombe (born October 18, 1964, in Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the first round, 10th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

After playing two seasons at the University of New Hampshire, Lacombe made his professional debut with Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, in the 1983-84 season. Lacombe made his National Hockey League debut with the Sabres during the 1984-85 season, playing in 30 games. He appeared in 64 more games with the Sabres over the next two seasons before being traded, along with Wayne Van Dorp, to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Lee Fogolin and Mark Napier.

Lacombe was a member of the Oilers team which won the Stanley Cup in the 1987-88 season, and had the finest statistical season of his career in the 1988-89 season (17 goals, 11 assists). The Oilers traded Lacombe to the Philadelphia Flyers, where he would spend the final season-plus of his career, during the 1989-90 season.

In his NHL career, Lacombe appeared in 319 games. He scored 53 goals and added 62 assists. He also played in 26 playoff games, all with Edmonton, scoring five goals and tallying one assist.