Former New York Rangers forward Ron Duguay of Sudbury, Ontario passed away on Thursday at the age of 69 according to nhl.com. The cause of death was colon cancer.
Duguay played 12 seasons with four franchises in the NHL from 1977 to 1989. He was with the New York Rangers from 1977 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1988, the Detroit Red Wings from 1983 to 1986, the Pittsburgh Penguins from 1986 to 1987, and the Los Angeles Kings from 1988 to 1989.
In 864 regular season games, Duguay had 274 goals and 346 assists for 620 points. He was a -103 with 582 penalty minutes, 166 power-play points, 21 shorthanded points, 19 game-winning goals, 1806 shots on goal, and nine hat tricks.
Duguay was a NHL All-Star with the Rangers in 1981-82. That year he had a career high in goals with 40.
In the postseason, Duguay had 31 goals and 22 assists for 53 points in 89 games. He was a +1 with 118 penalty minutes, 12 power-play points, three shorthanded points, two game-winning goals, 193 shots on goal, and one hat trick.
Duguay’s postseason hat trick came on April 20, 1980 in a 4-2 Rangers win over the Philadelphia Flyers in game four of the quarterfinals. Duguay’s first postseason game winning goal came on April 20, 1981 in a 4-1 Rangers win over the St. Louis Blues in game four of the quarterfinals. Duguay put the Rangers up 2-1 with one minute and 23 seconds left in the first period. Steve Vickers of Toronto, Ontario and Dean Talafous had the assists. Duguay’s second postseason game-winning goal came on April 12, 1987 in a 6-3 Rangers win over the Philadelphia Flyers in game four of the Patrick Division semifinals. Duguay put the Rangers up 4-1 on an all-Canadian goal with one minute and 29 seconds left in the second period on the power-play. Defenseman Ron Greschner of Goodsoil, Saskatchewan and Pierre Larouche of Taschereau, Quebec had the assists.
