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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.
Al Smith
CLR ·
36 GP, 0.836
Bob Sauve
BUF ·
35 GP, 0.880
Gilles Meloche
MNS ·
38 GP, 0.888
Doug Soetaert
NYR ·
39 GP, 0.854
Michel Plasse
QUE ·
33 GP, 0.876
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 |
1980-81 season totals
| GP | Starts | W | L | T | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 957 | 835 | 122 | 3.52 | 0.873 |
Game log
| Date | Opponent | Result | Decision | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | Save % | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1981 | vs QUE | T 5-5 | T | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0.792 | 60:00 |
| Mar 28, 1981 | vs CGY | W 9-5 | W | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0.808 | 60:00 |
| Mar 25, 1981 | @ PIT | L 2-5 | L | 35 | 30 | 5 | 0.857 | 60:00 |
| Mar 21, 1981 | vs BUF | L 2-6 | L | 42 | 36 | 6 | 0.857 | 60:00 |
| Mar 19, 1981 | @ BUF | L 4-14 | L | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0.630 | 40:00 |
| Mar 18, 1981 | vs STL | W 6-2 | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | 0.938 | 60:00 |
| Mar 15, 1981 | @ PHI | T 4-4 | T | 47 | 43 | 4 | 0.915 | 60:00 |
| Mar 14, 1981 | vs WSH | W 5-3 | W | 41 | 38 | 3 | 0.927 | 60:00 |
| Feb 24, 1981 | @ STL | T 2-2 | T | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0.909 | 60:00 |
| Jan 31, 1981 | @ LAK | L 1-4 | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0.840 | 60:00 |
| Jan 21, 1981 | @ CHI | L 2-4 | L | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.625 | 20:00 |
| Jan 19, 1981 | @ MNS | L 3-6 | L | 37 | 32 | 5 | 0.865 | 59:10 |
| Jan 10, 1981 | vs QUE | T 5-5 | T | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0.773 | 60:00 |
| Jan 6, 1981 | @ DET | W 6-2 | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0.905 | 60:00 |
| Jan 3, 1981 | vs CHI | W 2-1 | W | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0.947 | 60:00 |
| Jan 2, 1981 | @ HFD | W 3-1 | W | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0.933 | 47:28 |
| Dec 4, 1980 | vs PIT | L 2-3 | L | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0.875 | 55:39 |
| Dec 3, 1980 | @ BUF | W 6-5 | W | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0.792 | 60:00 |
| Nov 29, 1980 | vs MNS | L 2-4 | L | 31 | 27 | 4 | 0.871 | 59:36 |
| Nov 25, 1980 | vs CGY | L 4-5 | L | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0.800 | 59:07 |
| Nov 22, 1980 | vs PHI | W 7-3 | W | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0.864 | 60:00 |
| Nov 20, 1980 | vs DET | W 7-3 | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | 0.906 | 60:00 |
| Nov 19, 1980 | @ TOR | W 5-4 | W | 28 | 24 | 4 | 0.857 | 60:00 |
| Nov 16, 1980 | @ WIN | W 5-1 | W | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0.941 | 60:00 |
| Nov 14, 1980 | @ VAN | T 3-3 | T | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0.893 | 60:00 |
| Nov 12, 1980 | @ LAK | W 8-4 | W | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0.840 | 60:00 |
| Nov 11, 1980 | @ CLR | W 8-2 | W | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0.900 | 60:00 |
| Nov 8, 1980 | vs LAK | W 3-0 | W, SO | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| Nov 4, 1980 | vs QUE | W 5-4 | W | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0.833 | 60:00 |
| Nov 1, 1980 | vs NYR | W 7-4 | W | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0.833 | 60:00 |
| Oct 30, 1980 | vs HFD | W 8-2 | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | 0.931 | 60:00 |
| Oct 25, 1980 | vs BUF | L 2-5 | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0.826 | 59:31 |
| Oct 23, 1980 | @ CHI | W 7-2 | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0.920 | 60:00 |
| Oct 19, 1980 | @ PHI | L 1-2 | L | 40 | 38 | 2 | 0.950 | 59:08 |
| Oct 18, 1980 | vs VAN | W 4-1 | W | 30 | 29 | 1 | 0.967 | 60:00 |
| Oct 12, 1980 | @ BOS | L 2-3 | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | 0.897 | 59:24 |