Laurie Boschman

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Laurie Boschman

Born	(1960-06-04) June 4, 1960 Major, SK, CAN
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Toronto Maple Leafs Edmonton Oilers Winnipeg Jets New Jersey Devils Ottawa Senators
NHL Draft	9th overall, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1979–1995

Lawrence Joseph Boschman (born June 4, 1960) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played in the NHL for 14 seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, New Jersey Devils and Ottawa Senators, the team of which he was captain in his final NHL season. Boschman was born in Major, Saskatchewan, but grew up in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan.

He currently lives in Stittsville, Ontario, (a part of Ottawa) with his three sons, Brent, Mark and Jeff. His wife, Nancy, died early in 2006.^[1]

Playing career

Boschman started his career off with two stellar seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the WHL, where he played on a line with future NHLer's Brian Propp and Ray Allison. Those two seasons with Brandon helped him to get drafted 9th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, considered by many hockey experts to be the most productive NHL draft of all-time.

Boschman's time in Toronto was not a happy time, as he was publicly ridiculed multiple times and threatened to be sent down to the minors by Leaf's owner Harold Ballard. Ballard also did not like that Boschman became a born-again Christian, saying he became soft as a result. Boschman was traded to the Edmonton Oilers on March 9, 1982 for Walt Poddubny and Phil Drouillard. He only lasted one year in Edmonton before being traded again, this time to the team that Boschman would define his career with, the Winnipeg Jets.

In his first full season with Winnipeg, he finally lived up to the billing of a first round draft pick by scoring 74 points in 61 games, as well as garnering 234 penalty minutes. Boschman became part of an impressive nucleus in Winnipeg that included stars Dale Hawerchuk, Thomas Steen, David Ellett, Doug Smail, Paul MacLean, and Randy Carlyle. The team's balanced attack was proven during the 1984–85 season when they tied a record with 6 players (including Boschman) scoring at least 30 goals in the regular season. However, even though with the all-star cast, they had to play in the same division as the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers who were two of the best teams in the league at the time, and as a result the team rarely made it past the first round of the playoffs.

The team was broken apart after years of playoff failure, and Boschman was traded to the New Jersey Devils in September, 1990. In his last season with the Jets, he earned an 8-game suspension for high-sticking Tomas Sandstrom in retaliation. He played a few seasons in New Jersey, before being claimed in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He was the team's first captain during the team's dreadful first season.^[2] Boschman retired after that 1992–93 season when he was bought out by the Senators, although he returned to hockey for a brief period in 1994 when he played for the Fife Flyers in the United Kingdom.

Boschman is one of only sixteen players in NHL history to have recorded over 500 points and over 2,000 PIM in their career.^[3]

Boschman is now part of Hockey Ministries International, a ministry that combines ice hockey with Christianity.

Awards

Named to the WHL All-Star Team (1979)
Named to the Memorial Cup All-Star Team (1979).
Won Molson Cup (Three-Stars Leader) for the Winnipeg Jets (1983–84).

Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1975–76	Brandon Travellers	MJHL	2	1	3	4	2
1976–77	Brandon Travellers	MJHL	47	17	40	57	139
1976–77	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCHL	3	0	1	1	0	12	1	1	2	17
1977–78	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCHL	72	42	57	99	227	6	2	5	7	45
1978–79	Brandon Wheat Kings	WHL	65	66	83	149	215	22	11	23	34	56
1978–79	Brandon Wheat Kings	Memorial Cup	—	—	—	—	—	5	3	4	7	10
1979–80	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	80	16	32	48	78	3	1	1	2	18
1980–81	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	53	14	19	33	178	3	0	0	0	7
1980–81	New Brunswick Hawks	AHL	4	4	1	5	47	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	54	9	19	28	150	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	11	2	3	5	37	3	0	1	1	4
1982–83	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	62	8	12	20	183	—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	12	3	5	8	36	3	0	1	1	12
1983–84	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	61	28	46	74	234	3	0	1	1	5
1984–85	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	80	32	44	76	180	8	2	1	3	21
1985–86	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	77	27	42	69	241	3	0	1	1	6
1986–87	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	80	17	24	41	152	10	2	3	5	32
1987–88	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	80	25	23	48	229	5	1	3	4	9
1988–89	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	70	10	26	36	163	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	66	10	17	27	103	2	0	0	0	2
1990–91	New Jersey Devils	NHL	78	11	9	20	79	7	1	1	2	16
1991–92	New Jersey Devils	NHL	75	8	20	28	121	7	1	0	1	8
1992–93	Ottawa Senators	NHL	70	9	7	16	101	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Fife Flyers	BNL	7	9	9	18	6	6	5	8	13	12
	NHL totals		1009	229	348	577	2265	57	8	13	21	140

References

↑ Rob Weatherby (June 26, 2010). "Laurie Boschman in Hall of Faith". Sudbury Star. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
↑ "Laurie Boschman". Ottawa Senators. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
↑ Rob Weatherby (June 26, 2010). "Laurie Boschman in Hall of Faith". Sudbury Star. Retrieved 9 January 2013.

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Preceded by Trevor Johansen	Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick 1979	Succeeded by Jim Benning
Preceded by Position created	Ottawa Senators captain 1992–93	Succeeded by Brad Shaw Mark Lamb

Persondata
Name	Boschman, Laurie
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian ice hockey player
Date of birth	1960-06-04
Place of birth	Major, SK, CAN
Date of death
Place of death

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