Richard Claude "Rick" Vaive - Born May 14, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario is a Canadian retired ice Hockey right winger, coach and general manager.

- President's Cup (Gilles-Courteau Trophy) Champion 1977 with Sherbrooke Castors.
- Michel Bergeron Trophy Winner 1977 as QMJHL Rookie of the Year.

- Kelly Cup Champion 1997 with South Carolina Stingrays (coach).

Vaive played in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament in 1970 and 1971.

Vaive made his NHL debut with Vancouver Canucks on October 9, 1979 vs St. Louis Blues at Pacific Coliseum in a 5-2 St. Louis win. He had a 5 minute fighting penalty.

Vaive scored his 1st NHL goal vs Rogie Vachon of Detroit Red Wings at 11:18 of 3rd period on October 12, 1979 at Pacific Coliseum in a 3-1 Canucks win. His goal was the game winner.

Vaive was traded to Toronto Maple Leafs in mid February 1980.

Vaive scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Tony Esposito and Chicago Black Hawks on January 31, 1982 at Chicago Stadium in a 5-2 Toronto win.

Vaive would become the 1st Maple Leafs player to scored 50 goals or more, doing it during the 1981-82 Season (54 goals), a record that would stand until 2022 when it was finally eclipsed by Auston Matthews. He would later score 51 and 52 goals, also becoming the 1st Maple Leafs player to scored 50 goals or more in 3 different seasons.

Vaive was named Maple Leafs Captain for the 1982-83 season, the 20th captain in Maple Leafs history, and later had it stripped from him on February 22, 1986 for missing an early morning practice, as he had been out consuming alcohol the night before. Despite the public embarrassment, Vaive remained productive for Toronto that season, finishing the season with 12 more goals (33 overall), and another 6 goals in the playoffs.

Vaive had a good season the next year with 32 goals and no pressure of captaincy, helping the Maple Leafs into the playoffs for the 2nd straight season.

Vaive was traded to Chicago in September 1987. The trade reinvigorated Vaive, as he scored 43 goals that season playing on a line with Denis Savard and Steve Larmer, but after scoring just 12 goals in 30 games to start the 1988-89 season, the Blackhawks traded him to Buffalo.

Vaive played for the Sabres until John Muckler took over as coach for the 1991-92 season, and after scoring 1 goal in 20 games into the season, Vaive was sent down to the AHL Rochester Americans in early February to finish the season. He would never play an NHL game again.

Vaive played 38 games for the AHL Hamilton Canucks the next season, helping out as a assistant coach too.

Vaive then turned to coaching full time, getting a position with the South Carolina Stingrays in the East Coast Hockey League / ECHL for the 1993-94 season. He would coach the Stingrays for 5 seasons, guiding them to the 1997 Kelly Cup championship. He was also their general manager from 1996 to 1998.

Vaive would then coach the AHL Saint John Flames for 2 seasons, and 1 disastrous season back in the Ontario Hockey League with Mississauga IceDogs, winning just 3 games from a 68 game season.

Vaive played in 876 regular season NHL games, scoring 441 goals (52 GWG / 3 OTG), 347 assists with 1445 penalty minutes and 54 NHL playoff games, scoring 27 goals (1 GWG), 16 assists with 111 penalty minutes.

Rick Vaive was inducted into the Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame in 2000