Gaëtan Boucher

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGaëtan•Boucher
Used nameGaëtan•Boucher
Born5 May 1956 in Princeville, Québec (CAN)
Died4 May 2016 in Arthabaska, Québec (CAN)
Measurements170 cm / 75 kg
AffiliationsHC Sierre, Sierre (SUI)
NOC Switzerland

Biography

Gaëtan Boucher started his hockey career with the Quebec Remparts in the Québec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), playing with them from 1972-76, when he briefly joined the Trois Rivieres Draveurs. Boucher then settled in Switzerland, playing out the rest of his career there, through 2001. He started with Villars in 1978, but then had brief stretches with Bern, Lausanne, Genève-Servette, and Sierre, before moving to Biel-Bienne in 1989. Boucher played with Biel-Benne through 1994, and then had one season with La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1994/95, then returning to Villars, with whom he played the final six seasons of his career.

Boucher played at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and also skated for Switzerland at the 1987 World Championships, and the 1990 B World Championships.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) SUI Gaëtan Boucher
Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) Switzerland 8