Benoit Gosselin

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = New York Rangers
league = NHL

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image_size = 90px
position = Left Wing
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 190
nickname = Ben
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1957|07|19
birth_place = Montreal, PQ, CAN
draft_year = 1977
career_start = 1977
career_end = 1984

Benoit Gosselin (born June 19, 1957 in Montreal, Quebec), also known as Ben Gosselin, is a former QMJHL left wing. He played seven games in the NHL during the 1977-1978 season.

Junior career

Benoit Gosselin played four years in the QMJHL. He started his junior hockey career playing for the Shawinigan Cataractes in the 1973-1974 and 1974-1975 seasons. He was later moved to the Sorel Éperviers for the 1975-1976 season, and finally he played for Trois-Rivieres in the 1976-1977 season.

In 1977 Gosselin was rated by the Hockey News draft preview issue as one of the QMJHL's top ten propects. [cite web |title =Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com |url =http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1977/77080.html|accessdate =2007-05-23]

NHL career

Gosselin had a short NHL career playing only seven games for the New York Rangers in the 1977-1978 season. He didn't score any points nor assists in this time.

On September 25, 1979 he signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Winnipeg Jets, however he never played for the parent team.

Other Leagues

Benoit Gosselin played for the New Haven Nighthawks, and the Sherbrooke Jets of the American Hockey League. He also played for the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League, and for three different International Hockey League teams: Toledo, Kalamazoo, and Dayton. In Europe, Gosselin played for Caen, a French hockey team.

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