Robert Bertrand "Bob" Blanchet (born February 24, 1954) is a Canadian former professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
player who played in the
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association (french: Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (NHL) ...
(WHA).
Drafted in the seventeenth round of the
1974 NHL amateur draft by the
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL) ...
, Blanchet opted to play in the WHA after being selected by the
San Diego Mariners in the fourteenth round of the
1974 WHA Amateur Draft
The 1974 WHA Amateur Draft was the second amateur draft held by the World Hockey Association. The first two rounds of the draft were conducted in secret in February and only graduating junior players (born in 1954) were eligible for selection. The ...
.
He played parts of two seasons for the Mariners.
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Awards
*1974–75
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* North American Hockey League, an American junior hockey league
* North American Hockey League (1973–1977), an American professi ...
Second All-Star Team
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1954 births
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Charlotte Checkers (SHL) players
Ice hockey people from Quebec
Kitchener Rangers players
Living people
Oklahoma City Blazers (1965–1977) players
Sportspeople from Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Sportspeople from Rouyn-Noranda
San Diego Mariners draft picks
San Diego Mariners players
Syracuse Blazers players
Washington Capitals draft picks
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
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