Pierre Rioux
| Pierre Rioux | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 1, 1962 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 167 lb (76 kg; 11 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Calgary Flames | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1982–2000 | ||
Pierre Rioux (born February 1, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 14 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames in 1982–83. Rioux recorded one goal and two assists in his NHL career.
Playing career[]
Rioux was born in Quebec City, Quebec. As a youth, Rioux played in the 1974 and 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Quebec City.[1]
Rioux spent three seasons with the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, recording 130 points in 1980–81 and 152 points in 1981–82. In 1982, Rioux was a member of the gold medal-winning Canadian team at the World Junior Hockey Championships. He was also named a QMJHL First Team All-Star.
As a player with the Flames in 1982, he appeared in 14 games. After three seasons in the minors, Rioux moved to Europe to play in 1986, spent all but one season in Germany until he returned to Quebec in 2000. Rioux played one season of senior hockey in Quebec in 2000–01 before retiring.
References[]
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
 | This biographical article relating to a Canadian ice hockey player is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1962 births
- Augsburger Panther players
- Binghamton Whalers players
- Calgary Flames players
- Colorado Flames players
- Düsseldorfer EG players
- EV Zug players
- French Quebecers
- Heilbronner EC players
- Ice hockey people from Quebec
- KalPa players
- Kassel Huskies players
- Krefeld Pinguine players
- Living people
- Moncton Golden Flames players
- Ratingen EC players
- Sportspeople from Quebec City
- Shawinigan Cataractes players
- Toronto Maple Leafs scouts
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
- Canadian ice hockey player stubs