Léonard Joseph Fontaine (February 25, 1948 – March 25, 2019) was a Canadian

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player who played 46 games in the

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for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons and 21 games in the

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for the

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/ Baltimore Blades during the 1974–75 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1968 to 1983, was mainly spent in the minor International Hockey League.

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