Gilbert Delorme (born November 25, 1962, in

Boucherville Boucherville is a city in the Montérégie region in Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of Montreal on the South Shore (Montreal), South shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Boucherville is part of both the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and Greate ...

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) is a Canadian former professional

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player who was a

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for five

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teams. He played for the

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and

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. Delorme was born in

. Delorme was selected by Montreal in the

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in the first round (18th overall). He spent nine seasons in the NHL. He missed the entire 1990–91 season recovering from broken leg suffered in an auto accident during training in the summer of 1990. Pittsburgh won the Cup in 1991, but Delorme was left off the cup for missing the whole season Delorme retired following the 1991–92 season in the minors. He then briefly held a front office position with the Penguins before attempting a comeback in the IHL. He spent three seasons in the IHL as an assistant coach, split between the

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and

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. He also spent two seasons with the

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of the

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before serving as head coach for one season. He and his wife now own a

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franchise in

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, on Montreal's south shore.

Awards and achievements

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Second All-Star Team (1981)

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Regular season and playoffs

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