After a stellar junior career with the Cornwall Royals, with whom he shared a Memorial Cup title in 1972 with fellow Canuck alumnus B.J. MacDonald, Richard Brodeur began his pro career as a member of the Quebec Nordiques of the WHA, despite being claimed in the 1972 Amateur Draft by the NHL New York Islanders. After seven seasons with the Nords, he returned to the NHL when the two leagues merged in 1979 and played briefly for the Islanders in 1979-80. He then was traded to Vancouver where he played the next seven seasons. In 1982, ǃ?King Richardǃ? was brilliant in backstopping the Canucks all the way to the Stanley Cup finals against the Islanders. During his illustrious tenure with the Canucks, he won the coveted Molson Cup and unprecedented four times, earned 131 wins and six shutouts. A tireless fundraiser, Brodeur has his own annual golf tournament, is involved in event planning and is the starting netminder in nearly all charity games for the Canucks alumni team.