Quick Facts
Biography
Normand Lacombe (born October 18, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Pierrefonds, Quebec) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the first round, 10th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.
Playing career
After playing two seasons at the University of New Hampshire, Lacombe made his professional debut with Buffalo's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, in the 1983–84 season. Lacombe made his National Hockey League debut with the Sabres during the 1984–85 season, playing in 30 games. He appeared in 64 more games with the Sabres over the next two seasons before being traded, along with Wayne Van Dorp, to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Lee Fogolin and Mark Napier.
Lacombe was a member of the Oilers team which won the Stanley Cup in the 1987–88 season, and had the finest statistical season of his career in the 1988–89 season (17 goals, 11 assists). The Oilers traded Lacombe to the Philadelphia Flyers, where he would spend the final season-plus of his career, during the 1989–90 season.
In his NHL career, Lacombe appeared in 319 games. He scored 53 goals and added 62 assists. He also played in 26 playoff games, all with Edmonton, scoring five goals and tallying one assist.
Coaching career
Lacombe was the head coach of the AJHL St. Albert Steel at the start of the 2007–08 season, but was fired shortly into the year and replaced by General Manager Greg Parks. He became the head coach of the Whitecourt Wolverines of the North West Junior Hockey League in the middle of the 2011–12 season, where he led the team to a league record fourth consecutive championship. In the off-season, the team folded to make way for the successor Whitecourt Wolverines of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, for which he is now the team's strength and conditioning coach.
Awards and achievements
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 1982–83 |
- 1987–88 - NHL - Stanley Cup (Edmonton)
- "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
Career statistics
--- Regular Season ------- Playoffs ---- SeasonTeamLgeGPGAPtsPIMGPGA Pts PIM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1981-82U. of New HampshireNCAA3518163438---------- 1982-83U. of New HampshireNCAA3518254348---------- 1983-84Rochester AmericansAHL4410162645---------- 1984-85Rochester AmericansAHL331316293353144 1984-85Buffalo SabresNHL3024625---------- 1985-86Rochester AmericansAHL3210132356---------- 1985-86Buffalo SabresNHL25671313---------- 1986-87Rochester AmericansAHL1365114---------- 1986-87Nova-Scotia OilersAHL10358451126 1986-87Buffalo SabresNHL3947118---------- 1986-87Edmonton OilersNHL10002---------- 1987-88Edmonton OilersNHL538917361930328 1988-89Edmonton OilersNHL6417112857721321 1989-90Edmonton OilersNHL1552721---------- 1989-90Philadelphia FlyersNHL180227---------- 1990-91Philadelphia FlyersNHL7411203127---------- 1991-92Canadian National TeamIntl1114516---------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NHL Totals31953621151962651649