Jean Joseph Denis Pronovost (born December 18, 1945) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Atlanta Flames and Washington Capitals.
Biography
Pronovost played his junior hockey for the Niagara Falls Flyers. In his rookie year, he won the scoring title for the team, as well as Rookie of the Year.
He was acquired by the Pittsburgh Penguins along with John Arbour from the Boston Bruins on May 21, 1968 for the Penguins 1969 first round draft pick (4th overall Frank Spring) and cash.
Pronovost was a consistent scorer who scored 40 goals four times. He was also the first member of the Pittsburgh Penguins to score 100 points in a season and 50 goals in a season.
He was traded to Atlanta by Pittsburgh for Gregg Sheppard on September 6, 1978 and was sold to Washington by Calgary on July 1, 1980.
Pronovost coached Shawinigan Cataractes of the QMJHL 1994 to 1996; the Quebec Rafales of the IHL 1996-97 and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) 2000-01.
Awards
1964-65 won the Gamma Sigma Award for Rookie of the Year for The Niagara Falls Flyers Major Junior "A" Team.
Member of the Trib Total Media Penguins All-Time Team and the Pittsburgh Penguins Hall of Fame
Pictured up in the Ring of Honor that formerly circled in the Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Personal life He is also a born-again Christian and worked at Emmanuel Christian School in Dollard des Ormeaux in the West Island of Montreal, Quebec. He is currently retired and living in Calgary with his wife where they attend Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel.http://www.calvarychapel.ca/ Two of Jean's older brothers also played in the NHL: Marcel Pronovost and Claude Pronovost.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1963–64Victoriaville BruinsQJHL984124————— 1963–64Victoriaville BruinsM-Cup—————30000 1964–65Niagara Falls FlyersOHA-Jr.54304070401148128 1964–65Niagara Falls FlyersM-Cup—————13712192 1965–66Niagara Falls FlyersOHA-Jr.4818345247————— 1966–67Oklahoma City BlazersCPHL68212445811152712 1967–68Oklahoma City BlazersCPHL492525504173476 1968–69Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7616254141————— 1969–70Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7220214145103472 1970–71Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7821244535————— 1971–72Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL683023531241120 1972–73Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL6621224316————— 1973–74Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7740327222————— 1974–75Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL784332753793366 1975–76Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL8052521042430002 1976–77Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL793331642432132 1977–78Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL7940256550————— 1978–79Atlanta FlamesNHL752839673022020 1979–80Atlanta FlamesNHL802419431240002 1980–81Washington CapitalsNHL8022365861————— 1981–82Hershey BearsAHL643531661851120 1981–82Washington CapitalsNHL101234————— NHL totals 998 391 383 774 413 35 11 9 20 14
International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1977 Canada WC 7 2 2 4 0 1978 Canada WC 10 2 3 5 0 Senior totals 17 4 5 9 0
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