Adélard Henry "Adie, Del" Lafrance (January 13, 1913 – June 19, 1995) was a Canadian professional
ice hockey
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player. He played three games in the
National Hockey League
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for the
Montreal Canadiens during the
1933–34 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1931 to 1939, was spent in minor professional leagues.
Playing career
Born in
Chapleau, Ontario, in 1913, Lafrance joined the Sudbury St. Louis of the Nickel Belt Hockey League in 1929–30. The following season he moved to the Sudbury Cub Wolves in time for the playoffs and
Memorial Cup
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play. The following season he split between the St. Louis and the Wolves, and played in Memorial Cup and
Allan Cup playoffs. That season, 1931–32, the Wolves were the Memorial Cup champions. He played one final season for the Wolves before joining the professional Falconbridge in 1933–34. In March 1934, he joined the
Montreal Canadiens and played three games in the season and two in the playoffs without scoring a goal. The following season he was with the
Quebec Castors of the
Can-Am league. He played one season for Quebec before joining the
Springfield Indians for four seasons. He left competitive hockey after the 1938–39 season and he returned to Sudbury to join the family business, A. Lafrance & Son's Furriers LTD.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
References
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1913 births
1995 deaths
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Franco-Ontarian people
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Montreal Canadiens players
People from Chapleau, Ontario
Quebec Castors players
Springfield Indians players
20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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