Jean Cusson is a retired professional 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...

 player who briefly played in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 for the Oakland Seals

California Golden Seals

The California Golden Seals were a team in the National Hockey League from 1967–76. Initially named California Seals, the team was renamed Oakland Seals part-way through the 1967–68 season, and then to California Golden Seals in 1970. The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of...

. Cusson spent three years with the Canadian national team before the Seals signed him to a three-game amateur tryout contract in March, 1968. He only played two games for the Seals registering no points and a single shot on goal. He returned to Canada and played three seasons as a senior amateur, then moved to Switzerland

Switzerland

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 and played out the remainder of his career in the Swiss National League.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1964–65	University of Montreal	CIAU Canadian Interuniversity Sport Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...		15	19	16	35			–	–	–	–	–
1966–67	New Haven Blades New Haven Blades thumb|250px|right|New Haven Blades1954-1972League: [[Eastern Hockey League]]Affiliate: N/AHome Venue: New Haven ArenaThe New Haven Blades were a popular professional ice hockey team from New Haven, CT from the EHL from that played from 1954 until the league's demise in 1972...	EHL Eastern Hockey League -Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972...		70	14	11	25	41		–	–	–	–	–
1967–68	Ottawa Nationals	OHA Sr. A OHA Senior A League (1929–1979) The Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League was a top tier Canadian Senior ice hockey league in Ontario from 1890 until 1979. The league was sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and its clubs competed for the Allan Cup.-History:The league was...		8	6	6	12	0		–	–	–	–	–
1967–68	Oakland Seals California Golden Seals The California Golden Seals were a team in the National Hockey League from 1967–76. Initially named California Seals, the team was renamed Oakland Seals part-way through the 1967–68 season, and then to California Golden Seals in 1970. The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of...	NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...		2	0	0	0	0		–	–	–	–	–
1968–69	Sherbrooke Beavers	QSHL
1969–70	Sherbrooke Beavers	QSHL
1970–71	Sherbrooke Beavers	QSHL
1971–72	HC Genève-Servette	Swiss-A
1972–73	HC Genève-Servette	Swiss-A
1973–74	HC Davos	Swiss-A
1974–75	SCL Tigers SCL Tigers SC Langnau Tigers are a professional ice hockey team from Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland. They have played in Switzerland's top hockey level, National League A, since last promotion in 1998.-History:-Champions:*NDA Championship : 1976...	Swiss-A
1975–76	SCL Tigers	Swiss-A
NHL Totals				2	0	0	0	0		–	–	–	–	–

International play

International statistics

Year	Team	Comp	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1965–66	Canada
1966–67	Canada
1967	Canada	WC 1967 World Ice Hockey Championships The 1967 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 34th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The tournament was held in Vienna, Austria from March 18 to March 29, 1967. For the fifth straight year, the Soviet Union won the tournament.- Final Round :...	7	3	0	3	0
1967–68	Canada		20	15	7	22	6

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