Jean Cusson (born October 5, 1942) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who briefly played in the National Hockey League for the Oakland Seals. Cusson spent three years with the Canadian national team before the Seals signed him to a three-game amateur tryout contract in March, 1968. He only played two games for the Seals registering no points and a single shot on goal. He returned to Canada and played 2 seasons as a senior amateur, then moved to Switzerland and played out the remainder of his career in the National League A, serving as a player-coach until retiring in 1979 to focus on coaching, which he did until 1983. Cusson also excelled in other sports such as Canadian football and was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes in the 9th round of the 1964 CFL draft
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1964–65 Université de Montréal OQAA 15 19 16 35 — — — — — — 1965–66 Canadian National Team Intl — — — — — — — — — — 1966–67 New Haven Blades EHL 70 14 11 25 41 — — — — — 1967–68 California/Oakland Seals NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1968–69 Ottawa Nationals OHA Sr 8 6 6 12 0 — — — — — 1969–70 Servette Genève NLA — — — — — — — — — — 1970–71 Servette Genève NLA 21 15 7 22 — — — — — — 1970–71 Sherbrooke Castors QUE Sr — — — — — — — — — — 1971–72 Servette Genève NLA 22 16 13 29 — — — — — — 1972–73 Servette Genève NLA 28 22 14 36 — — — — — — 1973–74 Servette Genève NLA 27 16 12 28 — — — — — — 1974–75 SC Langnau NLA 21 9 7 16 — — — — — — 1975–76 SC Langnau NLA 28 18 6 24 — — — — — — 1976–77 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds NLA — — — — — — — — — — 1977–78 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds NLA — — — — — — — — — — 1978–79 HC La Chaux-de-Fonds NLA — — — — — — — — — — NHL totals 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
International
Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1967 Canada WC 7 3 0 3 0 Senior totals 7 3 0 3 0
External links
1970 interview (in french) of Jean Cusson in Geneva upon his arrival in Switzerland