Joseph Adelard ''Edmond'' Bouchard (May 24, 1892 in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès,

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

– July 18, 1953) was a Canadian

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 ...

left winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

who sometimes doubled as a

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the la ...

. He played eight seasons in the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

with the

Hamilton Tigers The Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team based in Hamilton, Ontario. They competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1920 to 1925. The Tigers were formed by the sale of the Quebec Bulldogs NHL franchise to Hamilton intere ...

New York Americans The New York Americans, colloquially known as the Amerks, were a professional ice hockey team based in New York City from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the second to play ...

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

, and

Montreal Canadiens The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...

. He also spent several years playing in various minor leagues throughout his career, which lasted from 1915 to 1932. Bouchard died in July 1953, at an age of 61."Ed. Bouchard, une des gloires sportives de notre ville, décède à l'âge de 61 ans"
BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec) (in French) ''Le Nouvelliste'' (Trois-Rivières) July 20, 1953 (pg. 12). Retrieved 2023-07-08.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouchard, Edmond 1892 births 1953 deaths Canadian ice hockey left wingers French Quebecers Hamilton Tigers (ice hockey) players Ice hockey people from Quebec Montreal Canadiens players New York Americans players People from Mauricie Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) players Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets (IHL) players