Richard Grenier

VEU Feldkirch / Austria - 89/90

Date of Birth: Sep 18, 1952
Age: 74
Place of Birth: Montréal, QC, CAN
Nation: Canada / Austria
Youth Team: -
Position: C
Height: 180 cm / 5'11"
Weight: 82 kg / 181 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Richard Grenier Facts

Drafted: 1972 round 5 #65 overall by New York Islanders

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Richard Grenier Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1969-1970	Rosemont National	QMJHL	6	0	3	3	2	-
1969-1970	St-Michael Cardinaux	QAHA	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970-1971	Québec Remparts	QMJHL	62	23	76	99	74	-	Playoffs	14	7	7	14	30	-
1971-1972	Verdun Maple Leafs "A"	QMJHL	61	46	56	102	83	-	Playoffs	4	2	1	3	4	-
1972-1973	New York Islanders	NHL	10	1	1	2	2	-2
1972-1973	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL	66	19	20	39	50	-
1973-1974	Fort Worth Wings	CenHL	70	28	26	54	39	-	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	6	-
1974-1975	Fort Worth Texans	CenHL	55	11	14	25	32	-
1974-1975	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL	18	3	5	8	5	-
1975-1976	Beauce Jaros	NAHL-Sr.	73	77	83	160	82	-	Playoffs	12	14	4	18	12	-
1976-1977	Québec Nordiques	WHA	34	11	9	20	4	-6
1976-1977	Maine Nordiques	NAHL-Sr.	41	25	23	48	12	-	Playoffs	12	12	6	18	2	-
1977-1978	Binghamton Dusters	AHL	75	46	30	76	37	-
1978-1979	Binghamton Dusters	AHL	68	37	27	64	36	-	Playoffs	10	6	4	10	13	-
1979-1980	VEU Feldkirch	Austria	34	60	43	103	68	-
1979-1980	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL	11	6	4	10	0	-	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	2	-
1980-1981	Kiekkoreipas	SM-liiga	36	29	21	50	36	32
1981-1982	EHC Arosa	NLA	34	40	18	58	-	-
1982-1983	EHC Arosa	NLA	36	39	9	48	17	-
1983-1984	Villacher SV	Austria	38	52	63	115	-	-
1984-1985	Villacher SV	Austria	32	29	45	74	38	-
1985-1986	Villacher SV	Austria	41	36	52	88	30	-
1986-1987	Villacher SV	Austria	20	14	21	35	22	-
1986-1987	Austria	WC B	7	3	4	7	2	-
1987-1988	Wiener EV	Austria	34	19	26	45	24	-
1988-1989	Wiener EV	Austria	38	11	25	36	-	-
1989-1990	VEU Feldkirch	Austria	37	28	26	54	10	-

Richard Grenier Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
1964-1965	St-Eusèbe Peewee	QC Int PW	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970-1971	Québec Remparts	Memorial Cup	7	0	2	2	0	-

Richard Grenier Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	5	238	111	86	197	0.83	128	-	2	16	7	7	14	0.88	15	-
Austria	8	274	249	301	550	2.01	192*	-	0
CenHL	2	125	39	40	79	0.63	71	-	1	5	2	2	4	0.80	6	-
Memorial Cup	1	7	0	2	2	0.29	0	-	0
NAHL-Sr.	2	114	102	106	208	1.82	94	-	2	24	26	10	36	1.50	14	-
NHL	1	10	1	1	2	0.20	2	-2	0
NLA (NL)	2	70	79	27	106	1.51	17*	-	0
QAHA	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
QC Int PW	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
QMJHL	3	129	69	135	204	1.58	159	-	2	18	9	8	17	0.94	34	-
SM-liiga (Liiga)	1	36	29	21	50	1.39	36	32	0
WC B	1	7	3	4	7	1.00	2	-	0
WHA	1	34	11	9	20	0.59	4	-6	0

Richard Grenier Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1975-1976	GLJAHL First All-Star Team
1976-1977	GLJAHL Second All-Star Team
1977-1978	AHL Most Goals (Willie Marshall Award) (46)
1981-1982	NLA Champion (Arosa) NLB Champion
1989-1990	Austrian Champion

Richard Grenier Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for EHC Arosa
Cult/Star player for Villacher SV

Richard Grenier was taken 65th overall by the New York Islanders at the 1972 Amateur Draft, but only played ten NHL-games in his rookie season. After a couple of years in the minor leagues, he left North America for Europe. There, besides three seasons in Finland and Italy, he mainly played in the Austrian league. After eight seasons or 274 games with 550 points, he won the Austrian championship with VEU Feldkirch in the last year of his professional career. Grenier also represented the Austrian national team in one World Championship (Pool B).
(by Hannes Biedermann)