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Hockey Fortune: $100

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Bernard Deschamps’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $100 (US $1,174 in today's dollars), ranking #6501 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: December 17, 1939
Country of birth: Canada
Position: LW
Salary History - Bernard Deschamps
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1955-56 $100 $1,174
During the season, as he was playing for the Midland Juvenile team in the Ontario Hockey Association, he was drafted by the New York Rangers and received a $100 signing bonus to join the organization. Never played in the NHL.
Source(s): The Hockey Research Journal
1963-64 $0 $0
After playing with the Long Island Ducks, in the Eastern Hockey League, in 1962-63, the New York Rangers offered him $5,000 per year plus bonuses to joing the Portland Buckaroos in the Wester Hockey League. He turned down the offer and returned with the Ducks, following his father's advice that it is better to be a big fish in a small pound.
Source(s): The Hockey Research Journal
Career Total: US $100
(In today's dollars: US $1,174)

NHL Rank: 6501
(In today's dollars: 6502)