Rick Chartraw
Venezuelan-born American defenseman and four-time Stanley Cup champion with Montreal.
Raymond Richard Chartraw (born July 13, 1954) is a Venezuelan-born American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 420 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1974 and 1984. He was a four-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens.
Quick Facts
- Primary nhl affiliation
- Montreal Canadiens
Lore & Background
Chartraw was born in Caracas, Venezuela while his father was employed as an engineer. He predominantly grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he learned to play hockey before moving to Canada as a teenager to play junior hockey for the Kitchener Rangers.
Reader's Guide
Chartraw began his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1975, spending seven seasons there before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings. He later played for the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers. He won a total of five Stanley Cups: four with Montreal (1976 to 1979) and one with the Oilers (1984), though he did not qualify for engravement on the 1984 Cup. He also played for Team USA in the 1976 Canada Cup.
Did You Know?
- Chartraw was the first ever American skater drafted in the first round of the NHL entry draft, selected tenth overall in 1974.
- He played only 24 regular season games and one playoff game for Edmonton in 1984, which prevented his name from being engraved on the Stanley Cup.
- Chartraw never played for the Calgary Flames.
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