Don Beaupré

Canadian ice hockey player

Donald William Beaupré (born September 19, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 17 seasons with the Minnesota North Stars, Washington Capitals, Ottawa Senators, and Toronto Maple Leafs. A two time NHL All Star, Beaupré played in the 33rd National Hockey League All Star Game in 1981 and 43rd National Hockey League All Star Game in 1992. As a rookie in 1981, Beaupré appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals with the North Stars, losing to the New York Islanders.

Beaupré emerged as a goaltender in the OHA for the Sudbury Wolves. In 1979–80 he won 28 games and was named to the league's first All star team. As one of the top rated goalies in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, Beaupré didn't last very long and was claimed 37th overall by the Minnesota North Stars. In 1981 with Minnesota, Beaupré split goaltending with Gilles Meloche and in his rookie year appeared in the 1981 All Star Game (his other All Star appearance would come in 1993), and although Minnesota would lose the series, recorded a 4–2 win in Game 4 of the 1981 Stanley Cup Finals against the powerful New York Islanders. Traded in 1989 to the Washington Capitals, Beaupré continued to play well and benefit from Washington's solid defence in the early 1990s. He led the NHL with five shutouts in 1990–91, then won a career high 29 games the next year. By the mid '90s, the Capitals were looking to Olaf Kolzig to lead them in goal. Beaupré was shipped to the weak Ottawa Senators where he saw plenty of rubber in 71 games over two seasons. Beaupre became the first Ottawa netminder to register a shutout. By the time he was traded to Toronto in 1995–96, the veteran's reflexes were disappearing with age. He retired in 1997, after spending most of the season with the St. John's Maple Leafs of the AHL. Beaupré is the owner and president of an aerial lift equipment company in Minneapolis.

Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1978–79 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 54 — — — 3248 260 2 4.78 — 10 — — 600 44 0 4.40 — 1979–80 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL 59 28 29 2 3447 248 0 4.32 — 9 5 4 552 38 0 4.13 — 1980–81 Minnesota North Stars NHL 44 18 14 11 2585 138 0 3.20 .895 6 4 2 360 26 0 4.33 .881 1981–82 Minnesota North Stars NHL 29 11 8 9 1634 101 0 3.71 .889 2 0 1 60 4 0 4.00 .852 1981–82 Nashville South Stars CHL 5 2 3 0 299 25 0 5.02 .857 — — — — — — — — 1982–83 Minnesota North Stars NHL 36 19 10 5 2011 120 0 3.58 .885 4 2 2 245 20 0 4.90 .853 1982–83 Birmingham South Stars CHL 10 8 2 0 599 31 0 3.11 .906 — — — — — — — — 1983–84 Minnesota North Stars NHL 33 16 13 2 1791 123 0 4.12 .873 13 6 7 782 40 1 3.07 .895 1983–84 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 7 2 5 0 419 30 0 4.30 — — — — — — — — — 1984–85 Minnesota North Stars NHL 31 10 17 3 1770 109 1 3.69 .883 4 1 1 184 12 0 3.91 .850 1985–86 Minnesota North Stars NHL 52 25 20 6 3073 182 1 3.55 .892 5 2 3 300 17 0 3.40 .892 1986–87 Minnesota North Stars NHL 47 17 20 6 2622 174 1 3.98 .879 — — — — — — — — 1987–88 Minnesota North Stars NHL 43 10 22 3 2284 161 0 4.23 .872 — — — — — — — — 1988–89 Minnesota North Stars NHL 1 0 1 0 59 3 0 3.03 .880 — — — — — — — — 1988–89 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 3 1 2 0 179 9 1 3.02 — — — — — — — — — 1988–89 Washington Capitals NHL 11 5 4 0 578 28 1 2.91 .896 — — — — — — — — 1988–89 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 30 14 12 2 1715 102 0 3.57 .881 — — — — — — — — 1989–90 Washington Capitals NHL 48 23 18 5 2793 150 2 3.22 .890 8 4 3 401 18 0 2.69 .903 1990–91 Washington Capitals NHL 45 20 18 3 2572 113 5 2.64 .897 11 5 5 624 29 1 2.79 .901 1990–91 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 2 2 0 0 120 3 0 1.50 .942 — — — — — — — — 1991–92 Washington Capitals NHL 54 29 17 6 3108 166 1 3.20 .884 7 3 4 419 22 0 3.15 .896 1991–92 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 3 1 1 1 184 10 0 3.26 .865 — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Washington Capitals NHL 58 27 23 5 3282 181 1 3.31 .882 2 1 1 119 9 0 4.55 .862 1993–94 Washington Capitals NHL 53 24 16 8 2853 135 2 2.84 .880 8 5 2 429 21 1 2.94 .890 1994–95 Ottawa Senators NHL 38 8 25 3 2161 121 1 3.36 .896 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Ottawa Senators NHL 33 6 23 0 1770 110 1 3.73 .877 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 8 0 5 0 336 26 0 4.64 .847 2 0 0 20 2 0 5.88 .846 1996–97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 0 3 0 110 10 0 5.46 .833 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 47 24 16 4 2623 128 3 2.93 .898 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Utah Grizzlies IHL 4 2 2 0 238 13 0 3.27 .877 7 3 4 438 17 1 2.32 — NHL totals 667 268 277 75 37,392 2151 17 3.45 .885 72 33 31 3943 220 3 3.35 .888