Yvon Pierre Lambert is a retired Canadian

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

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 forward

Forward (ice hockey)

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Yvon started his 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...

 career with the Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 in 1973. He would spend nine years in Montreal before being traded to the Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League .-Founding and early success: 1970-71—1980-81:...

. Yvon is best known for scoring the winning goal in overtime of game 7 of the 1979 Stanley Cup Semi-Finals against the Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins

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, the culmination of an exciting game most memorable for a career-damaging coaching error by Don Cherry with two minutes left in regulation. Lambert won four consecutive Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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s with the Habs from 1976 to 1979.

Career statistics

                                            --- Regular Season ---  ---- Playoffs ----

Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM

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1968-69 Drummondville Rangers        QJAHL   0    29   37  66    0       		

1969-70 Drummondville Rangers	     QMJHL   52   50   51  101   89		

1970-71 Port Huron Flags             IHL	65	23	18	41	81	14	8	1	9	32

1971-72	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL	67	18	21	39	116	15	4	4	8	28

1972-73	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL	76	52	52	104	84	13	9	9	18	32

1972-73	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--

1973-74	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	60	6	10	16	42	5	0	0	0	7

1974-75	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	80	32	35	67	74	11	4	2	6	0

1975-76	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	80	32	35	67	28	12	2	3	5	18

1976-77	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	79	24	28	52	50	14	3	3	6	12

1977-78	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	77	18	22	40	20	15	2	4	6	6

1978-79	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	79	26	40	66	26	16	5	6	11	16

1979-80	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	77	21	32	53	23	10	8	4	12	4

1980-81	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	73	22	32	54	39	3	0	0	0	2

1981-82	Buffalo Sabres	        NHL	77	25	39	64	38	4	3	0	3	2

1982-83	Rochester Americans	AHL	79	26	22	48	10	12	2	4	6	2

1983-84	Rochester Americans	AHL	79	27	43	70	14	18	8	11	19	2

NHL Totals		683	206	273	479	340	90	27	22	49	67

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