Michel Larocque
#30 · Goalie · St. Louis Blues
Born Apr 6, 1952 in Hull, Quebec, CAN · 5'10", 185 lb · Catches left · Drafted 6th overall in 1972 by MTL (round 1)
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The goalies closest to him in games played in 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.
Pete Peeters
PHI ·
40 GP, 0.898
Billy Smith
NYI ·
38 GP, 0.898
Mike Palmateer
TOR ·
38 GP, 0.873
John Davidson
NYR ·
41 GP, 0.885
Phil Myre
PHI ·
41 GP, 0.875
Career
Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.
Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | T | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-74 | MTL | 27 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 741 | 672 | 69 | 2.90 | 0.907 |
| 1974-75 | MTL | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 683 | 609 | 74 | 3.00 | 0.892 |
| 1975-76 | MTL | 22 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 537 | 487 | 50 | 2.46 | 0.907 |
| 1976-77 | MTL | 26 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 592 | 539 | 53 | 2.09 | 0.910 |
| 1977-78 | MTL | 30 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 736 | 659 | 77 | 2.67 | 0.895 |
| 1978-79 | MTL | 34 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 841 | 747 | 94 | 2.84 | 0.888 |
| 1979-80 | MTL | 39 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1042 | 917 | 125 | 3.33 | 0.880 |
| 1980-81 | MTL | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 683 | 601 | 82 | 3.04 | 0.880 |
| 1980-81 | TOR | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 234 | 40 | 5.22 | 0.854 |
| 1981-82 | TOR | 50 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1505 | 1298 | 207 | 4.70 | 0.862 |
| 1982-83 | TOR | 16 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 454 | 386 | 68 | 4.89 | 0.850 |
| 1982-83 | PHI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 4.00 | 0.857 |
| 1983-84 | STL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 132 | 31 | 6.22 | 0.810 |
| 11 seasons | Career | 312 | 160 | 89 | 45 | 0 | 17 | 8307 | 7329 | 978 | 3.34 | 0.882 |
Playoffs
Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-74 | MTL | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 170 | 18 | 2.98 | 0.904 |
| 1978-79 | MTL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 |
| 1979-80 | MTL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 132 | 11 | 2.20 | 0.923 |
| 1980-81 | TOR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 6.36 | 0.750 |
| 4 seasons | Playoffs | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 372 | 335 | 37 | 2.93 | 0.901 |
1979-80 season totals
| GP | Starts | W | L | T | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1042 | 917 | 125 | 3.33 | 0.880 |
Game log
| Date | Opponent | Result | Decision | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | Save % | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 1980 | @ QUE | T 4-4 | T | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0.875 | 60:00 |
| Apr 2, 1980 | @ DET | W 7-2 | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0.929 | 60:00 |
| Mar 30, 1980 | @ BUF | T 1-1 | T | 31 | 30 | 1 | 0.968 | 60:00 |
| Mar 25, 1980 | vs CHI | W 8-4 | W | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0.862 | 60:00 |
| Mar 22, 1980 | vs HFD | T 5-5 | T | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0.773 | 59:57 |
| Mar 10, 1980 | vs LAK | W 6-3 | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | 0.912 | 60:00 |
| Mar 1, 1980 | vs WSH | W 6-3 | W | 25 | 22 | 3 | 0.880 | 60:00 |
| Feb 26, 1980 | @ AFM | T 3-3 | T | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0.893 | 60:00 |
| Feb 21, 1980 | vs WIN | W 3-0 | W, SO | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| Feb 17, 1980 | @ BUF | T 2-2 | T | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0.900 | 60:00 |
| Feb 9, 1980 | vs VAN | L 3-4 | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0.857 | 59:20 |
| Feb 2, 1980 | @ LAK | W 5-4 | W | 31 | 27 | 4 | 0.871 | 60:00 |
| Jan 29, 1980 | @ VAN | W 4-3 | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0.885 | 59:31 |
| Jan 22, 1980 | @ NYI | L 1-2 | L | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0.917 | 59:27 |
| Jan 16, 1980 | @ CHI | W 6-1 | W | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0.941 | 60:00 |
| Jan 14, 1980 | vs AFM | W 3-2 | W | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 | 40:00 |
| Dec 27, 1979 | vs NYI | L 3-7 | L | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0.708 | 60:00 |
| Dec 23, 1979 | vs TOR | W 8-4 | W | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0.852 | 60:00 |
| Dec 22, 1979 | vs VAN | W 4-2 | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | 0.931 | 60:00 |
| Dec 19, 1979 | @ MNS | L 2-5 | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0.815 | 60:00 |
| Dec 14, 1979 | @ EDM | L 3-5 | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0.815 | 60:00 |
| Dec 11, 1979 | @ NYI | L 1-4 | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0.875 | 60:00 |
| Dec 9, 1979 | vs CLR | L 5-7 | L | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0.781 | 60:00 |
| Dec 7, 1979 | vs LAK | W 5-2 | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | 0.939 | 60:00 |
| Dec 5, 1979 | @ TOR | L 2-3 | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | 0.897 | 59:53 |
| Dec 3, 1979 | @ NYR | T 3-3 | T | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0.900 | 60:00 |
| Nov 27, 1979 | @ DET | T 5-5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0.429 | 20:00 | |
| Nov 25, 1979 | @ BOS | L 2-4 | L | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0.875 | 60:00 |
| Nov 24, 1979 | vs BOS | W 3-1 | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | 0.966 | 60:00 |
| Nov 22, 1979 | vs WIN | W 7-0 | W, SO | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| Nov 10, 1979 | vs STL | L 3-5 | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | 0.839 | 60:00 |
| Nov 7, 1979 | @ PIT | T 3-3 | T | 34 | 31 | 3 | 0.912 | 60:00 |
| Nov 5, 1979 | vs WSH | W 2-0 | W, SO | 32 | 32 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| Nov 3, 1979 | vs PHI | L 3-5 | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0.857 | 38:43 |
| Oct 28, 1979 | @ QUE | L 4-5 | L | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0.800 | 59:12 |
| Oct 25, 1979 | vs PIT | W 8-5 | W | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0.828 | 60:00 |
| Oct 21, 1979 | @ PHI | T 6-6 | T | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0.739 | 60:00 |
| Oct 17, 1979 | @ CHI | L 2-3 | L | 39 | 36 | 3 | 0.923 | 58:42 |
| Oct 11, 1979 | vs AFM | W 3-1 | W | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0.933 | 60:00 |