Michel Goulet

Michel Alain Goulet is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Nordiques and Chicago Blackhawks. He also played one season in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Birmingham Bulls. He was a two-time Canada Cup champion with Team Canada. Goulet collected 58 points as an 18-year-old rookie in the WHA before becoming eligible to be drafted in the 1979 NHL draft, which saw him picked by Quebec. Goulet had four consecutive seasons from 1982 to 1986 with 50 goals each, becoming the first Nordique to do so in the NHL; he had four 100-point seasons for the team while leading them to the Conference Finals twice. After the team started declining in 1987, Goulet was traded to the Blackhawks in 1990. He achieved his 1,000th point in 1991 and the following year saw him score his 500th career goal and reach the Stanley Cup Final for the only time in his playing career. Goulet sustained a severe concussion on a collision in 1994 that ultimately forced him to retire in early 1995. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998.