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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Norm Beaudin
| image = Norm Beaudin.png
| image_size = 
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| played_for = [[St. Louis Blues]]<br>[[Minnesota North Stars]]<br>[[Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)|Winnipeg Jets]]<br>[[SC Langnau]]<br>[[HC Sierre]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 170
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|11|28}}
| birth_place = [[Montmartre, Saskatchewan|Montmartre]], [[Saskatchewan]], Canada
| draft = ''Undrafted''
| career_start = 1962
| career_end = 1979
}}
'''Norman Joseph Andrew Beaudin''' (born November 28, 1941) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] [[forward (ice hockey)|forward]]. Between 1962 and 1979, he played two short stints in the [[National Hockey League]] and spent most of his major league career in the [[World Hockey Association]] with the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)|Winnipeg Jets]]. He spent the rest of his career in the minor leagues and the Swiss [[National League (ice hockey)|Nationalliga A]]. He owned two hockey stores in [[Florida]].

==Minor leagues==
In four years in the junior leagues, Beaudin played twice for the [[Memorial Cup]]: in 1961 with the [[Regina Pats]] of the [[Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League]], and in 1962 with the [[Edmonton Oil Kings]].  In 1962, Beaudin signed with the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and played with their farm team in Hull-Ottawa. It is there that he accomplished the rare feat of scoring a goal in the same game that he served as an emergency goaltender.<ref>'Fires Goal, Plays Goal in E.C.H.L.', ''The Windsor Star'', November 3, 1962.</ref> In 1963 he was claimed in the waiver draft by the [[Detroit Red Wings]] and played the next four seasons with their farm clubs, the [[Pittsburgh Hornets]] and the [[Memphis Wings]].  In [[1967 NHL Expansion Draft|1967]], he was claimed by the [[St. Louis Blues]] in the expansion draft, and made his NHL debut that year;<ref>https://www.iihf.com/en/news/13430/a-happy-original-blue</ref> he spent most of the season with the Blues' [[Kansas City Blues (ice hockey)|Kansas City]] affiliate.  He was loaned to the [[American Hockey League]] [[Buffalo Bisons]] in [[1968-69 AHL season|1968]], and then played three seasons for the [[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]] of the AHL.  At that time, his rights were traded to the [[Minnesota North Stars]], for whom he played 12 games in [[1970-71 NHL season|1970-71]].

==WHA career==
Beaudin was the first player signed by the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)|Winnipeg Jets]] of the newly established [[World Hockey Association]],<ref>https://brileybaxterbooks.com/2021/11/25/new-memoir-profiles-ice-hockey-legend-norm-beaudin/</ref> and he played on a line nicknamed ''the Luxury Line'' with superstar left winger [[Bobby Hull]] and centre [[Christian Bordeleau]] in the [[1972–73 WHA season|Jets' inaugural season]].<ref>Skating through life, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, April 21, 2007.</ref> He had his best pro season by far, scoring 38 goals and 65 assists for 103 points, and was named to play in the WHA's first All-Star Game in 1973.  He led the WHA playoffs in scoring that year with 13 goals and 15 assists, including seven points in one game against the [[Minnesota Fighting Saints]].

Beaudin's production dropped sharply the next season, and in [[1974–75 WHA season|1974]] he and Bordeleau were replaced as Hull's linemates by Swedish stars [[Anders Hedberg]] and [[Ulf Nilsson (ice hockey)|Ulf Nilsson]].  After the Jets won the [[AVCO World Trophy]] in 1976, Beaudin signed with Swiss team [[SC Langnau]], with whom he played for two seasons before retiring.

===Biography===
A biography of his career, ''The Original:  Living Life Through Hockey'', was published in 2022.<ref>https://brileybaxterbooks.com/author-kim-passante-norm-beaudin</ref>

===Career statistics===
<ref>[[Internet Hockey Database]]</ref>
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [[1959–60 SJHL season|1959–60]]
| [[Regina Pats]]
| [[Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League|SJHL]]
| 58 || 25 || 32 || 57 || 18
| 13 || 7 || 2 || 9 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1960–61 SJHL season|1960–61]]
| Regina Pats
| SJHL
| 60 || 39 || 40 || 79 || 23
| 16 || 12 || 6 || 18 || 6
|-
| [[1961 Memorial Cup|1960–61]]
| Regina Pats
| [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1961–62 SJHL season|1961–62]]
| Regina Pats
| SJHL
| 54 || 58 || 30 || 88 || 22
| 16 || 14 || 6 || 20 || 2
|-
| [[1961–62 WHL season|1961–62]]
| [[Spokane Comets]]
| [[Western Hockey League (1952–1974)|WHL]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 4 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1962 Memorial Cup|1961–62]]
| [[Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)|Edmonton Oil Kings]]
| M-Cup
| — || — || — || — || —
| 4 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 4
|-
| [[1962–63 EPHL season|1962–63]]
| [[Hull-Ottawa Canadiens]]
| [[Eastern Professional Hockey League (1959–1963)|EPHL]]
| 72 || 19 || 22 || 41 || 16
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1963–64 AHL season|1963–64]]
| [[Pittsburgh Hornets]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 13 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 2
| 5 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 4
|-
| [[1964–65 CHL season|1964–65]]
| [[Memphis Wings]]
| [[Central Professional Hockey League|CHL]]
| 53 || 42 || 24 || 66 || 28
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1964–65 AHL season|1964–65]]
| Pittsburgh Hornets
| AHL
| 13 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 2
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0
|-
| [[1965–66 AHL season|1965–66]]
| Pittsburgh Hornets
| AHL
| 70 || 29 || 29 || 58 || 35
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1966–67 CHL season|1966–67]]
| Memphis Wings
| CHL
| 65 || 39 || 37 || 76 || 32
| 7 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 0
|-
| [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]]
| [[St. Louis Blues]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 13 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1967–68 CHL season|1967–68]]
| [[Kansas City Blues (ice hockey)|Kansas City Blues]]
| CHL
| 59 || 22 || 23 || 45 || 26
| 7 || 5 || 7 || 12 || 5
|-
| [[1968–69 AHL season|1968–69]]
| [[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]]
| AHL
| 74 || 32 || 39 || 71 || 10
| 6 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 7
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1969–70 AHL season|1969–70]]
| [[Cleveland Barons (1937–1973)|Cleveland Barons]]
| AHL
| 70 || 34 || 44 || 81 || 10
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]]
| [[Minnesota North Stars]]
| NHL
| 12 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1970–71 AHL season|1970–71]]
| Cleveland Barons
| AHL
| 59 || 27 || 48 || 75 || 39
| 8 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 4
|-
| [[1971–72 AHL season|1971–72]]
| Cleveland Barons
| AHL
| 75 || 33 || 33 || 66 || 16
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1972–73 WHA season|1972–73]]
| [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996)|Winnipeg Jets]]
| [[World Hockey Association|WHA]]
| 78 || 38 || 65 || 103 || 15
| 14 || 13 || 15 || 28 || 2
|-
| [[1973–74 WHA season|1973–74]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| WHA
| 74 || 27 || 28 || 55 || 8
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1974–75 WHA season|1974–75]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| WHA
| 79 || 16 || 31 || 47 || 8
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1975–76 WHA season|1975–76]]
| Winnipeg Jets
| WHA
| 80 || 16 || 31 || 47 || 38
| 13 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 10
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1976–77 Nationalliga A season|1976–77]]
| [[SC Langnau]]
| [[National League (ice hockey)|NLA]]
| 27 || 27 || 11 || 38 || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1977–78 Nationalliga A season|1977–78]]
| SC Langnau
| NLA
| 28 || 20 || 11 || 31 || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1978–79 Nationalliga A season|1978–79]]
| [[HC Sierre]]
| NLA
| — || — || — || — || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | WHA totals
! 311 !! 97 !! 155 !! 252 !! 69
! 31 !! 18 !! 19 !! 37 !! 14
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 25 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4
! — !! — !! — !! — !! —
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{icehockeystats}}

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