Gilles Hamel
Born (1960-03-18) March 18, 1960
Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
Winnipeg Jets
Los Angeles Kings
NHL Draft 74th overall, 1979
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 19801990

Gilles Julien Hamel (born March 18, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the fourth round, 74th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. Gilles is the brother of Jean Hamel.

Biography

Hamel was born in Asbestos, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1972 and 1973 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Asbestos.[1] He played three seasons of junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Hamel made his professional debut with the Sabres' American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, in the 1980 Calder Cup playoffs. After six seasons in the National Hockey League with Buffalo, during which he scored 92 goals, he was traded to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Scott Arniel after the 1985–86 season.

Hamel had the most prolific goal-scoring season of his NHL career in 1986–87 with Winnipeg, notching 27 goals. After a mediocre 1987–88, however, and spending much of the early 1988–89 season in the AHL, Hamel was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Paul Fenton. He played just eleven games with the Kings during that season, and spent the final year of his career playing in France.

In his NHL career, Hamel appeared in 519 games. He scored 127 goals and added 147 assists. He also played in 27 NHL playoff games, scoring four goals and five assists.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1977–78 Laval National QMJHL 7244378163 52244
1978–79 Laval National QMJHL 725655111130
1979–80 Trois-Rivières Draveurs QMJHL 12138218
1979–80 Chicoutimi Saguenéens QMJHL 57736213587 121061618
1979–80 Rochester Americans AHL 10000
1980–81 Buffalo Sabres NHL 511091953 50114
1980–81 Rochester Americans AHL 1487157
1981–82 Buffalo Sabres NHL 162792
1981–82 Rochester Americans AHL 5731447555
1982–83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6622204226 92242
1983–84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7521234437 30222
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 8018304836 10000
1985–86 Buffalo Sabres NHL 7719254461
1986–87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 7927214824 82022
1987–88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 638111935 10000
1988–89 Winnipeg Jets NHL 10000
1988–89 Moncton Hawks AHL 14751210
1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 110112
1988–89 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 34991812 10000
1989–90 Hockey Club de Caen FRA 8871510
NHL totals 519127147274276 2745910

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
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