"Raymond Bourque" redirects here. For the Canadian politician, see Raymond Z. Bourque.
Ice hockey player
Ray Bourque
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2004
Bourque with the Boston Bruins in 1981
Born
(1960-12-28) December 28, 1960 (age 63) Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
219 lb (99 kg; 15 st 9 lb)
Position
Defence
Shot
Left
Played for
Boston Bruins Colorado Avalanche
National team
Canada
NHL draft
8th overall, 1979 Boston Bruins
Playing career
1979–2001
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing Canada
Canada Cup
1981 Canada
1984 Canada
1987 Canada
Raymond Jean Bourque (born December 28, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He holds records for most career goals, assists, and points by a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman five times, while finishing second for that trophy a further six times. He also twice finished second in the voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy, a rarity for a defenceman. He was named to the end-of-season All-Star teams 19 times, 13 on the first-team and six on the second-team.
Bourque was also an Olympian with Canada and became nearly synonymous with the Boston Bruins franchise, for which he played 21 seasons and became Boston's longest-serving captain. Bourque finished his career with the Colorado Avalanche, with whom he won his only Stanley Cup championship in his final NHL game. In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players.
Cashman, 1977–1983 Terry O'Reilly, 1983–1985 RayBourque and Rick Middleton, 1985–1988 (co-captains) RayBourque, 1988–2000 Jason Allison, 2000–2001 Joe Thornton...
pick, that turned out to be eighth overall, enabled the Bruins to draft RayBourque, one of the greatest defensemen of all-time and the face of the Bruins...
the son of Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman RayBourque and the brother of former NHL forward Chris Bourque. He was a third round draft choice (80th overall)...
Christopher RayBourque (born January 29, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey forward. Originally drafted by the Washington Capitals of...
defenseman RayBourque and forward Dave Andreychuk to Colorado for Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Pahlsson, and a first-round draft pick. Bourque, who...
Harvey and Nicklas Lidstrom won the award seven times, and RayBourque won it five times; Bourque was in the top three vote-getters for the trophy a further...
all-time among NHL defencemen in goals, assists, and points, behind only RayBourque. He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman...
Yzerman, 22 Wayne Gretzky, 1,963 Ron Francis, 1,249 Mark Messier, 1,193 RayBourque, 1,169 Jaromir Jagr, 1,155 Paul Coffey, 1,135 Joe Thornton, 1,109 Adam...
Bourque is a surname of Acadian origin. Notable people with the surname include: Chris Bourque (born 1986), American ice hockey player (son of Ray, brother...
Bucyk's number 9 in 1980. Phil Esposito's number 7 was retired in 1987. RayBourque's 77 was retired in 2001, Terry O'Reilly's 24 was retired in 2002, and...
played golf with RayBourque and tried to intentionally three putt from 30 feet so I could say I shot a 77 playing golf with RayBourque. Instead, the slippery...
skate around with the Stanley Cup, Sakic passed it off to teammate RayBourque. Bourque, one of the best defensemen to ever play, had been traded to the...
making him the only player to captain two different Cup-winning teams. RayBourque did not reach the Stanley Cup Finals again until the Colorado Avalanche...
goals in the second period. Early in the third, Colorado defenceman RayBourque scored a power-play goal to break the tie. Five minutes later, Colorado...
Islanders, Minnesota Wild, and Detroit Red Wings have also won the award. RayBourque and Dave Poulin won it in consecutive years for the Boston Bruins, and...
records. His leadership was apparent in being named co-captain (with RayBourque) to succeed Terry O'Reilly in 1985, a position he held until he retired...
Canada Wayne Gretzky, Canada Goaltender: Grant Fuhr, Canada Defence: RayBourque, Canada; Viacheslav Fetisov, Soviet Union Forwards: Wayne Gretzky, Canada;...
defensive prowess, surrendering just nine goals in the four completed games. RayBourque was physical in defending against Gretzky, but that would not ground...
Gretzky – Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings (also retired league-wide) RayBourque – Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche Mark Messier – Edmonton Oilers...
experience. The Calder was instead awarded to Boston Bruins defenceman RayBourque. In his second season, Gretzky won the Art Ross (the first of seven consecutive)...
blueliners. He ended up finishing second behind Boston Bruins defenceman RayBourque in the voting for the James Norris Memorial Trophy. In addition, he was...
champion New Jersey Devils to win their second Stanley Cup. Defenceman RayBourque, who had a 21-year tenure in Boston, won his first Stanley Cup in his...
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