Rick Kehoe

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Born (1951-07-15) July 15, 1951 (age 74)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Right wing
Rick Kehoe
Kehoe in 1973 photo
Born (1951-07-15) July 15, 1951 (age 74)
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL draft 22nd overall, 1971
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 19691985

Richard Thomas Kehoe (born July 15, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1971 NHL entry draft but spent most of his professional career with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Upon his retirement in 1985, Kehoe ranked first among the Penguins' scoring leaders.

Kehoe played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association with the London Knights and the Hamilton Red Wings. He was drafted in the second round (22nd overall) by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1971 NHL entry draft.

He played in 32 games with the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League in 1971 before being promoted to the Maple Leafs midway through the 1972 season. He led the Leafs in goal scoring during the 1973 season with 33 goals.

Kehoe was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1974 and spent the remainder of his playing days with the Penguins. A notably clean player—he recorded 120 penalty minutes in a 14-season career—he won the Lady Byng Trophy in 1981, during which he scored a career best 55 goals. He retired after the 1985 season as the Penguins' career scoring leader, though most of his records were later shattered by Mario Lemieux. He currently ranks fifth in points behind Lemieux, Jaromír Jágr, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

In his playing career, he played in 906 NHL games, scoring 371 goals and 396 assists for 767 points, and accrued 120 penalty minutes. In 39 playoff games, he scored 4 goals and 17 assists for 21 points with 4 penalty minutes.

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1969–70 London Knights OHA 233256
1969–70 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 322467
1970–71 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 5839418043 74042
1971–72 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3888164 20002
1971–72 Tulsa Oilers CHL 3218213920
1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7733427520
1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 691822408
1974–75 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 7632316322 90220
1975–76 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 712947766 30000
1976–77 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 8030275710 30220
1977–78 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 7029215010
1978–79 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 572718452 70220
1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 793030604 52570
1980–81 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 805533886 50330
1981–82 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 713352858 52352
1982–83 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 7529366512
1983–84 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 571827458
1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 60220
NHL totals 906371396767120 39417214

Coaching career

References

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