Bob Sirois

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = 230px | position = Right wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 178 | played_for = Philadelphia Flyers <br>Washington Capitals <br>Lausanne HC | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|02|06}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | draft = 53rd overall | draft_year = 1974 | draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers | wha_draft = 103rd overall | wha_draft_year = 1974 | wha_draft_team = Houston Aeros | career_start = 1974 | career_end = 1982 }}

'''Robert Sirois''' (born February 6, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played 286 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals from 1974 to 1980. Sirois is the author of ''Discrimination In The NHL: Quebec Hockey Players Sidelined'', a 2013 book on racial bias against Quebec-born hockey players.<ref name=canoe>{{cite web|title=French players have it tough|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Hockey/NHL/2010/10/25/15824961.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222202253/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Hockey/NHL/2010/10/25/15824961.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2015|work=Canadian Online Explorer|access-date=25 April 2011}}</ref>

==Playing career== Born in Montreal, Quebec, Sirois was originally drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1974. Sirois played in only four games with the Flyers in over two seasons before he was traded to the Washington Capitals. He spent five seasons with the Capitals before leaving the NHL to play one season in Switzerland, and then in the AHL the year after that before retiring from active play in 1982.

==Career statistics== ===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 ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1969–70 | Rosemont National | QMJHL | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1970–71 | Rosemont National | QMJHL | 59 || 24 || 30 || 54 || 37 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1971–72 | Laval National | QMJHL | 59 || 20 || 44 || 64 || 58 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1972–73 | Laval National | QMJHL | 6 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1972–73 | Montréal Bleu Blanc Rouge | QMJHL | 58 || 46 || 51 || 97 || 55 | 4 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1973–74 | Montréal Juniors | QMJHL | 67 || 72 || 81 || 153 || 77 | 7 || 6 || 1 || 7 || 0 |- | 1974–75 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1974–75 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 53 || 26 || 23 || 49 || 38 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1975–76 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 26 || 14 || 18 || 32 || 10 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1975–76 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 43 || 10 || 19 || 29 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1976–77 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 45 || 13 || 22 || 35 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1977–78 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 72 || 24 || 37 || 61 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1978–79 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 73 || 29 || 25 || 54 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1979–80 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 49 || 15 || 17 || 32 || 18 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1979–80 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1980–81 | HC Lausanne | NDA | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1981–82 | HC Lugano | NLB | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1981–82 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 13 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 286 !! 92 !! 120 !! 212 !! 42 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}} * [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1974/74053.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]

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