Gerry Rioux | |
Teams | Winnipeg Jets |
Born | Iroquois Falls, ON, CAN | February 17, 1959,
Pro Career | 1979 – 1981 |
Gerard Rioux (born February 17, 1959 in Iroquois Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played eight games in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1979–80 season, going scoreless.
He played junior hockey for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Niagara Falls Flyers, and the Windsor Spitfires from 1976 to 1979. Undrafted by the NHL, he was signed as a free agent by the Winnipeg Jets in 1979.
Rioux played eight games for the Jets in 1979-80, going scoreless. He then played in the minor pros and retired in 1981.
He was the coach of the junior Drummondville Voltigeurs in 1988-89 and 1989-90.