Alfie Turcotte

Real Jean "Alfie" Turcotte (born June 5, 1965) is a former American ice hockey player.

Alfie Turcotte
Born (1965-06-05) June 5, 1965
Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Center
Shot Left
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Winnipeg Jets
Washington Capitals
National team  United States
NHL Draft 17th overall, 1983
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 1983–1999

Biography

Turcotte was born in Gary, Indiana, and raised in Holt, Michigan. As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Detroit.[1]

Turcotte was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.[2] He played for the Canadiens, Winnipeg Jets, Orlando Solar Bears, Baltimore Skipjacks and Washington Capitals. Turcotte represented the United States at the 1984 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and at the 1986 World Ice Hockey Championships.[3]

His younger brother, Jeff Turcotte,[4] had a brief minor professional stint in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) and Sunshine Hockey League (SuHL). Turcotte's son, Alex, was drafted 5th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1981–82 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors MNHL 93 131 152 283 40 — — — — —
1982–83 Nanaimo Islanders WHL 36 23 27 50 22 — — — — —
1982–83 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 39 26 51 77 26 14 14 18 32 9
1983–84 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 32 22 41 63 39 — — — — —
1983–84 Montréal Canadiens NHL 30 7 7 14 10 — — — — —
1984–85 Montréal Canadiens NHL 53 8 16 24 35 5 0 0 0 0
1985–86 Montréal Canadiens NHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1985–86 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 75 29 36 65 60 — — — — —
1986–87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 70 27 41 68 37 5 2 4 6 2
1987–88 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 8 3 8 11 4 — — — — —
1987–88 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 33 21 33 54 42 — — — — —
1987–88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1987–88 Moncton Hawks AHL 25 12 25 37 18 — — — — —
1988–89 Winnipeg Jets NHL 14 1 3 4 2 — — — — —
1988–89 Moncton Hawks AHL 54 27 39 66 74 10 3 9 12 17
1989–90 Washington Capitals NHL 4 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
1989–90 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 65 26 40 66 42 12 7 9 16 14
1990–91 Washington Capitals NHL 6 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
1990–91 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 65 33 52 85 20 6 3 3 6 4
1991–92 EC VSV AUT 45 43 61 104 36 — — — — —
1991–92 HC Lugano NDA — — — — — 2 1 3 4 0
1992–93 EC VSV AUT 56 26 75 101 — — — — —
1993–94 EC VSV AUT 51 26 63 89 — — — — —
1994–95 SERC Wild Wings DEL 33 7 40 47 30 11 7 5 12 12
1995–96 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 73 22 47 69 44 23 3 10 13 8
1996–97 Lausanne HC CHE.2 42 25 45 70 63 4 2 1 3 2
1996–97 SERC Wild Wings DEL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1997–98 Indianapolis Ice IHL 17 5 6 11 26 — — — — —
1997–98 Frankfurt Lions DEL 26 2 6 8 12 7 0 0 0 0
1998–99 Arkansas GlacierCats WPHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
NHL totals 112 17 29 46 49 5 0 0 0 0
AHL totals 395 178 274 452 297 33 15 25 40 37
AUT totals 152 95 199 294 — — — — — —

International
Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1984 United States WJC 7 2 9 11 2
1986 United States WC 9 0 2 2 8

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  2. "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  3. EliteProspects
  4. "Blum's hockey dream helps heal past personal wounds". ESPN. 2007-06-23. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  5. "Hughes, Kakko top Central Scouting midterm rankings for 2019 NHL Draft". NHL.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
Preceded by
Alain Héroux		 Montreal Canadiens first round draft pick
1983		 Succeeded by
Petr Svoboda


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