| Jean Gauthier | |
| File:Jeangauthier.jpg | |
| Position | Defence |
| Shot | Right |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 196 lb (89 kg) |
| Teams | NHL Montreal Canadiens Philadelphia Flyers Boston Bruins WHA New York Raiders |
| Nationality |  Canadian
|
| Born | April 29, 1937, Montreal, PQ, CAN |
| Died | February 20, 2013, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Pro Career | 1959 – 1974 |
Jean Philippe Gauthier (born April 29, 1937 -died February 20, 2013) was a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 166 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers and 31 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the New York Raiders.
He played junior for the St. Boniface Canadiens and the Fort William Canadiens until 1957. In that year he was a reinforcement for the Flin Flon Bombers as they won the Memorial Cup that year.
Gauthier spent the next ten seasons in the Montreal Canadiens system as a minor pro player and an injury replacement. He played one full season (1962-63) with the Canadiens and was on the Stanley Cup-winning team in 1964-65.
He was picked up by the expansion Philadelphia Flyers in 1967 and played the full 1967-68 season with that team. In 1968-69 he played part of the season with the Boston Bruins.
In 1969-70 he played for the 1969-70 Canadian National Team.
After that he again became a Canadiens farmhand until 1972 when he joined the New York Raiders of the World Hockey Association.
Gauthier played in 166 NHL games and scored 6 goals and 29 assists.
Career Statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1955-56 | St. Boniface Canadiens | MJHL | 23 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 99 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 27 | ||
| Memorial Cup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| 1956-57 | Fort William Canadiens | TBJHL | 9 | 16 | 25 | 133 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |||
| Memorial Cup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 33 | ||||
| Flin Flon Bombers | Memorial Cup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 1957-58 | Kingston CKLC's | EOHL | 46 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 118 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1958-59 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EOHL | 52 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 110 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 29 | ||
| 1959-60 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 68 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 152 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1960-61 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 64 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 138 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 42 | |||
| 1961-62 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 47 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 85 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 38 | |||
| 1962-63 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 65 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1963-64 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Quebec Aces | AHL | 29 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 1964-65 | Omaha Knights | CPHL | 70 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 182 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | NHL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 1965-66 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Houston Apollos | CPHL | 66 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 107 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Quebec Aces | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 1966-67 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Seattle Totems | WHL | 69 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 1967-68 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 65 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1968-69 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Providence Reds | AHL | 39 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1969-70 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Montreal Voyageurs | AHL | 54 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 70 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 1959-60 | [[]] | AHL | ||||||||||||
| 1959-60 | [[]] | AHL | ||||||||||||
| 1960-61 | [[]] | NHL | ||||||||||||
| NHL Totals | 166 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 150 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 | ||||
| WHA Totals | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Awards
- Turnbull Cup Manitoba Junior Hockey League Championship (1956)
- Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League Championship (1957)
- Memorial Cup Canada Junior A Championship (1957)
- Eastern Professional Hockey League Championship (1961 & 1962)
- EPHL Top Defenceman (1961-62) (shared with Harry Sinden)
- CPHL First All-Star Team (1965)
- CPHL Second All-Star Team (1966)
- Stanley Cup National Hockey League Championship (1965)
- Lester Patrick Cup Western Hockey League Championship (1967)