| abstract | - Jean-Pierre "J. P." Bordeleau (born June 13, 1949, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a former professional ice hockey player who played 519 NHL games, all for the Chicago Black Hawks, the team which drafted him in the first round of the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft. Bordeleau's brothers Christian Bordeleau and Paulin Bordeleau also played in the National Hockey League. He played on the Memorial Cup-winning Montreal Junior Canadiens in 1968-69. Drafted in 1969 by the Chicago Blackhawks, Bordeleau played three seasons for their farm team the Dallas Black Hawks. He made the big team in 1972-73 and stayed with them through the 1979-80 season. In 519 NHL games, he scored 97 goals and 126 assists. After that, he played two seasons for the New Brunswick Hawks of the American Hockey League and then a couple of seasons as a player-coach of the senior Riverview Trappers.
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