Rick Chartraw (original) (raw)

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Venezuelan-born American ice hockey player (born 1954)

Ice hockey player

Rick Chartraw
Born (1954-07-13) July 13, 1954 (age 71)Caracas, Venezuela
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Defense/Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Montreal CanadiensLos Angeles KingsNew York RangersEdmonton Oilers
National team United States
NHL draft 10th overall, 1974Montreal Canadiens
WHA draft 35th overall, 1974San Diego Mariners
Playing career 1974–1993

Raymond Richard Chartraw (born July 13, 1954) is a Venezuelan-born American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 420 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1974 and 1984. He was a four-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens. Selected tenth overall in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft, Chartraw was the first ever American skater drafted in the first round.

Chartraw was born in Caracas, Venezuela while his father was employed as an engineer.[1] Upon moving back to the United States, Chartraw predominantly grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania where he learned to play hockey before moving to Canada as a teenager to play junior hockey for the Kitchener Rangers.

Beginning his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1975, Chartraw spent seven seasons with the Canadiens before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings. He later played for the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers. Chartraw won a total of five Stanley Cups during his playing days: four with Montreal (1976 to 1979) and one with the Oilers (1984). Whereas he only played 24 regular season games and one playoff game in 1984 for Edmonton, Chartraw did not qualify for engravement of his name on the Stanley Cup. Chartraw also played for Team USA and participated in the 1976 Canada Cup.

Regular season and playoffs

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| | | Regular season | | Playoffs | | | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | -- | -- | -- | --- | --- | | Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | | 1971–72 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA-Jr. | 58 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1972–73 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA-Jr. | 59 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1973–74 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA-Jr. | 70 | 17 | 44 | 61 | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1974–75 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1974–75 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 58 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 148 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1975–76 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1975–76 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 33 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1976–77 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 43 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | | 1977–78 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 68 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | | 1978–79 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 62 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | | 1979–80 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 66 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | 1980–81 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1980–81 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 21 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | 1981–82 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 33 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | | 1981–82 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 33 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1982–83 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 31 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1982–83 | New York Rangers | NHL | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | | 1983–84 | New York Rangers | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1983–84 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 1983–84 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | | 1992–93 | Los Angeles Jets | SoCal-Sr. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | | NHL totals | 420 | 28 | 64 | 92 | 399 | 75 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 80 | | | | AHL totals | 124 | 22 | 53 | 75 | 236 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | |

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1976 United States CC 5 0 0 0 8
  1. ^ Proteau, Adam (September 14, 2011). "NHLers with bizarre birthplaces | The Hockey News". The Hockey News. Retrieved March 16, 2018.