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Michel Bernard Goulet - Born April 21, 1960 in Péribonka, Quebec, is a retired Canadian ice Hockey left winger and assistant general manager.

- Gilles-Courteau Trophy (President's Cup) Champion 1976 with Quebec Remparts.

- Canada Cup Champion 1984, 1987 with Team Canada.

- NHL President's Trophy Champion 1991 with Chicago Blackhawks.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1996, 2001 with Colorado Avalanche (Director of Player Personnel).
- Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Champion 1996, 2001 with Colorada Avalanche (Director of Player Personnel).

Goulet played his first professional season with the Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association/ WHA during the 1978–79 season in which he scored 28 goals and 58 points. Following the NHL/WHA merger, Goulet was declared eligible for the 1979 NHL Entry Draft and was selected by the Quebec Nordiques.

Goulet made his NHL debut on October 10, 1979 vs Atlanta Flames at Colisée de Québec in a 5-3 Atlanta win.

Goulet scored his 1st NHL goal vs Doug Soetaert of New York Rangers at 15:18 of 1st period at Madison Square Garden in a 5-4 Rangers win.

Goulet scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Tony Esposito & Murray Bannerman of Chicago Black Hawks on December 29, 1981 at Colisée de Québec in a 8-1 Nordiques win.

Goulet became one of the most prolific snipers of the eighties in the NHL. He achieved 50 goals in a season in four consecutive years, starting with the 1982–83 season, and became one of the centrepieces of the Nordiques along with the Šťastný brothers.

During the 1989–90 season, a season in which the Nordiques ended up with a record of 12 wins, 61 losses and 7 ties and followed two years where the club failed to make the playoffs, Goulet was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in return for younger players.

While playing against the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum on March 16, 1994, Goulet crashed into the end boards striking his head and suffered a severe concussion forcing him into retirement and having to cope with post-trauma symptoms.

A year to the day after the accident, Goulet's number 16 was retired by the Nordiques before a large crowd at le Colisée de Québec where he enjoyed his most productive years.

Goulet played in 1089 regular season NHL games, scoring 548 goals (63 GWG / 3 OTG), 605 assists with 825 penalty minutes and 92 NHL playoff games, scoring 39 goals (3 GWG), 39 assists with 110 penalty minutes.

Goulet played in NHL All-Star Games 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988.

Goulet was selected to the NHL First All-Star Team in 1984, 1986, 1987 (left wing).

Goulet was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998.

In 2012, he was inducted into the World Hockey Association Hall of Fame in the “Legends of the Game” category.

While Goulet never won a Stanley Cup as a player, he did win 2 Cups with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 and 2001 as Director of Player Personnel.

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