Denis Gilles Dupere (born June 6, 1948 in Jonquiere, Quebec) is a retired Canadianice hockey player. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Jonquière was a city on the Saguenay River in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, near Chicoutimi. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...
Acquired by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the New York Rangers, Dupere played four seasons with the Maple Leafs. After being left exposed for the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft, he was claimed by the Washington Capitals. After playing most of the 1974-75 season with the Capitals, he was traded to the St. Louis Blues. The Blues would trade him to the Kansas City Scouts the next season, and he would remain with the organization, including after its move to Colorado, until his retirement in 1978. The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The New York Rangers (NYR) are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City, New York, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The St. ... The Kansas City Scouts was an ice hockey franchise that played in the National Hockey League from 1974-1976 out of Kansas City, Missouri. ...