Richard Ronald Bourbonnais (born April 20, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian retired ice hockey right winger. Bourbonnais played junior hockey in the

Ontario Hockey Association The Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) is the governing body for the majority of junior and senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey As ...

for the Kitchener Rangers and the Ottawa 67's. He was drafted 63rd overall by the St. Louis Blues in the

1975 NHL Amateur Draft The 1975 NHL Amateur Draft was the 13th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers made the most noise at the draft, trading Bill Clement, Don McLean, and t ...

from the 67's and played 75 games for the Blues across three seasons. He was also drafted 48th overall by the Michigan Stags in the

1975 WHA Amateur Draft The 1975 WHA Amateur Draft was the third draft held by the World Hockey Association. __NOTOC__ Selections by Round Below are listed the selections in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 ...

though he never played in the World Hockey Association. Bourbonnais also played in the American Hockey League for the Providence Reds and Binghamton Dusters and the Central Hockey League for the Kansas City Blues and the Salt Lake Golden Eagles. He then moved to Europe in 1981, playing in France for

Chamonix HC Chamonix Hockey Club was a French professional ice hockey team based in Chamonix that last played in the Ligue Magnus in 2015. The team is also known as "Chamois de Chamonix" (Chamonix Chamois). With 30 championship titles, Chamonix was the mos ...

, Germany for

Sportbund DJK Rosenheim Starbulls Rosenheim is a professional ice hockey team based in Rosenheim, Oberbayern, Germany. They currently play in Oberliga. Prior to the 2013–14 season they played in the 2nd Bundesliga. They play their home games at '' Rofa-Stadion'', loc ...

and in Austria for

Innsbrucker EV Innsbrucker EV or EV Innsbruck was an ice hockey team based in Innsbruck, Austria. They competed in the Austrian Hockey League until 1993 and won the Austrian Championship seven times. Their home arena was Olympiahalle Innsbruck. The organi ...

before moving to the German lower leagues.

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* 1955 births Living people Binghamton Dusters players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Chamonix HC players Innsbrucker EV players Kansas City Blues (ice hockey) players Kitchener Rangers players Michigan Stags draft picks Ottawa 67's players Providence Reds players Salt Lake Golden Eagles (CHL) players St. Louis Blues draft picks St. Louis Blues players Starbulls Rosenheim players Ice hockey people from Toronto {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1950s-stub