Right winger with the National Hockey League's New York Rangers,
1960-61 thru 1977-78.
The city of Pointe-aux-Trembles,(his birthplace), honored him by naming
the hockey arena after him.
In 2007 the National Hockey League Alumni Association honored him with the Man of the Year Award.
In 1960 he broke a vertebra in his back after slipping on garbage on the ice while playing for Guelph in the junior Ontario Hockey Association.
His #7 jersey became the first number ever to be retired by the Rangers when it was raised to Madison Square Garden rafters on 10/14/79.
Received the Bill Masterton Trophy in 1976 as the NHL player who "best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.".