Jacques Cossette
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Jacques Cossette is a retired Canadian
ice hockey
right winger
. He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins
of the NHL.
Jacques Cossete had a highly productive junior career, twice being named to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League All-Star Team. Jacques Cossete's final year of junior, which was spent with the Sorel Black Hawks, saw him score 97 goals and 214 points.
Cossette was a second round selection of the Pittsburgh Penguins with whom he made his NHL debut during the 1975-76 season.
Cossette played just 7 games with the Penguins but was able to register two assists in that time. He spent the entire 1976-77 season back in the minors with the Hershey Bears but he returned to the Penguins lineup during the 1977-78 season.
Jacques Cossette played 19 games with Pittsburgh and scored his first NHL goal that year while he also added two assists. In 1978-79 Cosette played 38 games and scored 7 goals and 9 points.
His final season came in 1979-80 when he played 78 games with the Syracuse Firebirds and scored 25 goals.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
right winger
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
. He played for the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
of the NHL.
Jacques Cossete had a highly productive junior career, twice being named to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League All-Star Team. Jacques Cossete's final year of junior, which was spent with the Sorel Black Hawks, saw him score 97 goals and 214 points.
Cossette was a second round selection of the Pittsburgh Penguins with whom he made his NHL debut during the 1975-76 season.
Cossette played just 7 games with the Penguins but was able to register two assists in that time. He spent the entire 1976-77 season back in the minors with the Hershey Bears but he returned to the Penguins lineup during the 1977-78 season.
Jacques Cossette played 19 games with Pittsburgh and scored his first NHL goal that year while he also added two assists. In 1978-79 Cosette played 38 games and scored 7 goals and 9 points.
His final season came in 1979-80 when he played 78 games with the Syracuse Firebirds and scored 25 goals.