Benoit Gosselin

Benoit Gosselin
Born	(1957-07-19) July 19, 1957 Montreal, QC, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Left Wing
NHL team	New York Rangers
NHL Draft	80th overall, 1977 New York Rangers
Playing career	1977–1984

Benoit Gosselin (born June 19, 1957 in Montreal, Quebec), also known as Ben Gosselin, is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left wing. He played seven games in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1977-78 NHL season

Junior career

Benoit Gosselin played four years in the QMJHL. He started his junior hockey career playing for the Shawinigan Cataractes in the 1973-1974 and 1974-1975 seasons. He was later moved to the Sorel Éperviers for the 1975-1976 season, and finally he played the Trois-Rivières Draveurs in the 1976-1977 season.

In 1977 Gosselin was rated by The Hockey News draft preview issue as one of the QMJHL's top ten prospects.^[1]

NHL career

Gosselin had a short NHL career playing only seven games for the New York Rangers in the 1977-1978 season. He didn't score any points nor assists in this time.

On September 25, 1979 he signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Winnipeg Jets, however he never played for the parent team.

Other leagues

Benoit Gosselin played for the New Haven Nighthawks, and the Sherbrooke Jets of the American Hockey League. He also played for the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League, and for three different International Hockey League teams: Toledo, Kalamazoo, and Dayton. In Europe, Gosselin played for Caen, a French hockey team.

References

External links

• Benoit Gosselin's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Persondata
Name	Gosselin, Benoit
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey player
Date of birth	July 19, 1957
Place of birth	Montreal, QC, CAN
Date of death
Place of death