Rick Bourbonnais

Richard Ronald Bourbonnais is a Canadian retired ice hockey right winger. He played 71 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues from 1975 to 1978. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1975 to 1989, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.

Playing career

Bourbonnais played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association for the Kitchener Rangers and the Ottawa 67's. He was selected 63rd overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft from the 67's and played 75 games for the Blues across three seasons from 1975 to 1978. He was also drafted 48th overall by the Michigan Stags of the World Hockey Association in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft though he never played in that league.
Bourbonnais also played in the American Hockey League for the Providence Reds and Binghamton Dusters and the Central Hockey League for the Kansas City Blues and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles. He then moved to Europe in 1981, playing in France for Chamonix HC, Germany for Sportbund DJK Rosenheim and in Austria for Innsbrucker EV before moving to the German lower leagues.