Dan Bouchard’s NHL career launched in Atlanta, where he guarded goals for the Flames for nine seasons, but it eventually landed him back home, in the province where he was born: Bouchard tended the crease for the Quebec Nordiques from 1981 through ’85. Born in Val-D’Or, Quebec, on a Tuesday of today’s date in 1950, Bouchard turns 72 today. In a profile included in the Nordiques’ ’82-83 media guide, Bouchard listed his favourite TV show as the PBS science series “Nova.” His favourite food? Fettucini. When Montreal artist Heather Price painted this portrait that in ’82, she called it “Incognito”
Dan Bouchard
a change is gonna come

Change ’Em Up: From 1982, Quebec-born artist Jacques Hamel’s “Avant Le Change” renders his lost, lamented, hometown Nordiques in transition. The captain is Hall-of-Fame centreman Peter Stastny, who’s flanked by brother and left winger Anton (left) and goaltender Dan Bouchard. Lurking back in the red beyond is coach Michel Bergeron.