What is Norm LaPointe?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | caption = | image_size = 230px | played_for = [[Cincinnati Stingers]] ([[World Hockey Association|WHA]] ) | position = [[Goaltender]] | catches = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 180 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|13}} | birth_place = [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], [[Quebec]], Canada | draft = 46th overall | draft_team = [[Vancouver Canucks]] | draft_year = 1975 | wha_draft = 46th overall | wha_draft_year = 1975 | wha_draft_team = [[Cincinnati Stingers]] | career_start = 1975 | career_end = 1980 }} '''Normand “Norm” LaPointe''' (born August 13, 1955) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]]. ==Playing career== As a youth he played in the 1965 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]] with a [[minor ice hockey]] team from [[Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec]], and the 1967 tournament with a team from [[Pointe-Claire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-04|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was selected by the [[Vancouver Canucks]] in the 3rd round (46th overall) of the [[1975 NHL Amateur Draft]], and was also drafted by the [[Cincinnati Stingers]] in the 4th round (46th overall) of the [[1975 WHA Amateur Draft]]. LaPointe played three seasons in the [[World Hockey Association]] with the Cincinnati Stingers. In January 1979, the [[Fort Wayne Komets]] traded LaPointe to the [[Toledo Goaldiggers]] in exchange for [[defenceman]] [[Peter Brown (ice hockey)|Peter Brown]]. <ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J0AxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hwIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4124,7443289&dq=goaltender+%7C+goalie+peter-brown&hl=en Toledo Blade - January 15, 1979 – Page 23 – Brown Goes to Komets for Netminder