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Bernie Geoffrion

1931 - 2006

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Joseph Bernard André Geoffrion (French pronunciation: [ʒɔfʁjɔ̃]; February 16, 1931 – March 11, 2006), nicknamed "Boom Boom", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Generally considered one of the innovators of the slapshot, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972 following a 16-year career with the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernie Geoffrion has received more than 264,562 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernie Geoffrion is the 48th most popular hockey player (down from 33rd in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Canada (down from 459th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 48 out of 364Before him are Howie Morenz, Brett Hull, Sergei Fedorov, Mats Näslund, Otakar Vindyš, and Vitali Davydov. After him are Veniamin Alexandrov, Alexander Almetov, Josef Černý, Viktor Shuvalov, Ronald Pettersson, and Mats Sundin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 434Before him are Aldo Aureggi, Carlo Galli, Paul Motian, Norman Read, Robert Morse, and William H. Keeler. After him are Heinz Fütterer, Bassano Staffieri, Frédérick Tristan, Nadezhda Konyayeva, Frank Ramsey, and Maria Gusakova. Among people deceased in 2006, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 305Before him are André Strappe, Vincent Sherman, Claude Esteban, Erik Elmsäter, Loyola de Palacio, and Neroli Fairhall. After him are Ann Richards, Darren McGavin, Shirley Walker, Martin David Kruskal, Ossi Reichert, and Joseph Vissers.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 509 out of 1,350Before him are Nicholas Lea (1962), Suzanne Clément (1969), Dwight Lodeweges (1957), Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871), Charlotte Le Bon (1986), and Patrick Roy (1965). After him are Edward Archibald (1884), Harry Watson (1898), Hilda Strike (1910), Teryl Rothery (1962), Emmanuelle Vaugier (1976), and Jill Hennessy (1968).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Bernie Geoffrion ranks 14Before him are Guy Lafleur (1951), Georges Vézina (1887), Bobby Orr (1948), Marcel Dionne (1951), Howie Morenz (1902), and Brett Hull (1964). After him are Bobby Clarke (1949), Mark Messier (1961), Ernie Collett (1895), Art Ross (1885), Steve Yzerman (1965), and Sidney Crosby (1987).