Roger Maurice Bourbonnais (born October 26, 1942) is a retired

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player.

Career

Bourbonnais played junior hockey for the

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from 1960 to 1963. In his final year with the Oil Kings, he served as the team captain and led them to their first-ever

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Championships. After playing junior hockey, he was recruited by Father David Bauer to attend the

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. While there, Bauer coached them to compete in the Winter Olympics as part of the Canadian National Team. Bourbonnais competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics and skated for Canada at the 1965, 1966 and 1967

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. He won two bronze medals with the team under coach Bauer. His success on the international level drew attention from the

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of the

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, however, he turned them down to pursue his law degree. Bourbonnais was inducted into the

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in 1999 and the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011.

Personal life

His granddaughter

Jaime Bourbonnais Jaime Claire Bourbonnais (born September 9, 1998) is a Canadian women's ice hockey defender, currently playing for the Montréal section of the PWHPA. She made her debut for the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2018 4 Nations Cup. ...

also plays ice hockey for Team Canada.

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1942 births Living people Canadian ice hockey centres Edmonton Flyers (WHL) players Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) players Franco-Albertan people Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Olympic ice hockey players of Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Ice hockey people from Edmonton {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1940s-stub