Yvon Lambert

Yvon Lambert
Born	(1950-05-20) May 20, 1950 Drummondville, QC, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Montreal Canadiens Buffalo Sabres
NHL draft	40th overall, 1970 Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	1970–1984

Yvon Pierre Lambert (born May 20, 1950 in Drummondville, Quebec) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.

Although Yvon was drafted in 1970 by the Detroit Red Wings he started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1973. He would spend nine years in Montreal before being traded to the Buffalo Sabres. Yvon is best known for scoring the winning goal in overtime of game 7 of the 1979 Stanley Cup Semi-Finals against the Boston Bruins, the culmination of an exciting game most memorable for a career-damaging coaching error by Don Cherry with two minutes left in regulation. Lambert won four consecutive Stanley Cups with the Habs from 1976 to 1979.

Additional Information

After being traded to Montreal, a year after being drafted by the Red Wings, Yvon thought he would never make it to the NHL since the Montreal Canadiens had a young and talented squad. It was his desire to get back to Detroit, which had an aging squad at the time like Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio, that made him push himself to perform well with the Port Huron Flags since every young player at time knew they would probably have a chance to replace these players.

After a great season with Port Huron Ned Harkness, who was coach of the Red Wings, told Lambert that if he stayed in form he would have a good chance to be given another chance with the Red Wings the following season. In August 1972, Yvon was surprised by reading in the newspaper that his services were being kept by the Canadiens. Yvon stated in French that During the first day at the camp, at the forum of Montreal, there was 80 players and I find myself next to Henri Richard, Yvan Cournoyer, Serge Savard, Jacques Lemaire, and Larry Robinson. Whew! I felt so small. .

Career statistics

Season	Team	League	Regular Season					Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1968-69	Drummondville Rangers	QJAHL	--	29	37	66	--	--	--	--	--	--
1969-70	Drummondville Rangers	QMJHL	52	50	51	101	89	--	--	--	--	--
1970-71	Port Huron Flags	IHL	65	23	18	41	81	14	8	1	9	32
1971-72	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL	67	18	21	39	116	15	4	4	8	28
1972-73	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL	76	52	52	104	84	13	9	9	18	32
	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--
1973-74	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	60	6	10	16	42	5	0	0	0	7
1974-75	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	80	32	35	67	74	11	4	2	6	0
1975-76	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	80	32	35	67	28	12	2	3	5	18
1976-77	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	79	24	28	52	50	14	3	3	6	12
1977-78	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	77	18	22	40	20	15	2	4	6	6
1978-79	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	79	26	40	66	26	16	5	6	11	16
1979-80	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	77	21	32	53	23	10	8	4	12	4
1980-81	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	73	22	32	54	39	3	0	0	0	2
1981-82	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	77	25	39	64	38	4	3	0	3	2
1982-83	Rochester Americans	AHL	79	26	22	48	10	12	2	4	6	2
1983-84	Rochester Americans	AHL	79	27	43	70	14	18	8	11	19	2
NHL Totals			683	206	273	479	340	90	27	22	49	67

Fanbase

Before a playoff game, between the Montreal Canadiens vs the Boston Bruins, which took place May 6, 2014, Yvon Lambert met with thousands of fans in front of the Bell Centre in Montreal to encourage the Montreal Canadiens fans. According to www.yvonlambert.ca, Yvon Lambert goes to la Cage aux sport de Vaudreuil at least 15 Tuesdays during the year, which is a restaurant/sports bar, since he likes the vibes and loves to animate the people during hockey nights.

Yvon Lambert also encourages and helps Hockey Garage Leagues to organize games internationally. He has helped with this hockey international company over 28 000 players to play internationally. He has also helped teams by coaching them.

Yvon Lambert with a fan before the Montreal vs Boston 2014 Round 2 game, picture taken May 6th 2014

External links

• Yvon Lambert career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database