Don Beaupre

Don Beaupre
Born	September 19, 1961 (1961-09-19) (age 50) Waterloo, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Minnesota North Stars Washington Capitals Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL Draft	37th overall, 1980 Minnesota North Stars
Playing career	1980–1997

Donald William Beaupre (born September 19, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Beaupre in his 17 seasons (1981–1997) in the NHL played for four teams: the Minnesota North Stars, Washington Capitals, Ottawa Senators, and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Playing career

Beaupre emerged as a goaltender in the OHA for the Sudbury Wolves. In 1979–80 he won 28 games and was named to the league's first All-star team.

As one of the top rated goalies in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, Beaupre didn't last very long and was claimed 37th overall by the Minnesota North Stars. In 1981 with Minnesota, Beaupre split goaltending with Gilles Meloche and in his rookie year appeared in the 1981 All-Star Game (his other All-Star appearance would come in 1993), and although Minnesota would lose the series, recorded a 4–2 win in Game 4 of the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals against the powerful New York Islanders.

Traded in 1989 to the Washington Capitals, Beaupre continued to play well and benefit from Washington's solid defense in the early 1990s. He led the NHL with five shutouts in 1990–91, then won a career-high 29 games the next year. By the mid-'90s, the Capitals were looking to Olaf Kolzig to lead them in goal. Beaupre was shipped to the weak Ottawa Senators where he saw plenty of rubber in 71 games over two seasons. Beaupre became the first Ottawa netminder to register a shutout. By the time he was traded to Toronto in 1995–96, the veteran's reflexes were disappearing with age. He retired in 1997, after spending most of the season with the St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL.

Beaupre is the owner and president of an aerial lift equipment company in Minneapolis.^[1]

Career statistics

Regular season

Season	Team	Lge	GP	Min	GA	EN	SO	GAA	W	L	T	Svs	Pct
1978-79	Sudbury Wolves	OHA	54	3248	259	1	2	4.78	0	0	0	0	0.000
1979-80	Sudbury Wolves	OHA	59	3447	248	3	1	4.32	28	29	2	0	0.000
1980-81	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	44	2585	138	4	0	3.20	18	14	11	1175	0.895
1981-82	Nashville South Stars	CHL	5	299	25	1	0	5.02	2	3	0	150	0.857
	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	29	1634	101	0	0	3.71	11	8	9	805	0.889
1982–83	Birmingham South Stars	CHL	10	599	31	0	0	3.11	8	2	0	300	0.906
	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	36	2011	120	0	0	3.58	19	10	5	928	0.885
1983-84	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	33	1791	123	0	0	4.12	16	13	2	848	0.873
1984-85	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	31	1770	109	0	1	3.69	10	17	3	825	0.883
1985-86	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	52	3073	182	0	1	3.55	25	20	6	1508	0.892
1986-87	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	47	2622	174	4	1	3.98	17	20	6	1261	0.879
1987-88	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	43	2288	161	1	0	4.22	10	22	3	1095	0.872
1988-89	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL	30	1715	102	0	0	3.57	14	12	2	757	0.881
	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	3	179	9	0	1	3.02	1	2	0	0	0.000
	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	1	59	3	1	0	3.05	0	1	0	22	0.880
	Washington Capitals	NHL	11	578	28	1	1	2.91	5	4	0	240	0.896
1989-90	Washington Capitals	NHL	48	2793	150	3	2	3.22	23	18	5	1212	0.890
1990-91	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL	2	120	3	0	0	1.50	2	0	0	49	0.942
	Washington Capitals	NHL	45	2572	113	3	5	2.64	20	18	3	982	0.897
1991-92	Washington Capitals	NHL	54	3108	166	2	1	3.20	29	17	6	1269	0.884
	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL	3	184	10	0	0	3.26	1	1	1	64	0.865
1992-93	Washington Capitals	NHL	58	3282	181	7	1	3.31	27	23	5	1349	0.882
1993-94	Washington Capitals	NHL	53	2853	135	3	2	2.84	24	16	8	987	0.880
1994-95	Ottawa Senators	NHL	38	2161	121	3	1	3.36	8	25	3	1046	0.896
1995-96	Ottawa Senators	NHL	33	1770	110	9	1	3.73	6	23	0	782	0.877
	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	8	336	26	1	0	4.64	0	5	0	144	0.847
1996-97	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL	47	2623	128	2	3	2.93	24	16	4	1130	0.898
	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	3	110	10	1	0	5.45	0	3	0	50	0.833
	Utah Grizzlies	IHL	4	238	13	0	0	3.27	2	2	0	93	0.877

Playoffs

References

1. ^ Beaupre Aerial Equipment profile

External links

• Don Beaupre's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Don Beaupre hockeygoalies profile

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Name	Beaupre, Don
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Date of birth	September 19, 1961
Place of birth	Waterloo, ON, CAN
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