Vincent Riendeau played in 184 games over the course of a eight year career. Riendeau's career was looking up after the 1990-91 season. He was 29-9-6 while playing in 44 games with the St. Louis Blues. In the play-offs he helped the Blues come back from a 3-1 deficit in the first round against the Detroit Red Wings. In the second round, he had two bad games on the road in Minnesota and even though he allowed two goals in each of the final two games, the North Stars sent the Blues, along with 86 goal scorer Brett Hull, packing.
The following season, the Blues found itself with a glut of young goalies, along with Riendeau, the Blues also had Pat Jablonski, Guy Hebert and Curtis Joseph. Jabonski and Hebert shared the James Norris Trophy the previous year, the IHL version, which is for the Lowest GAA. Six games into the 91-92 season, Riendeau was traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Rick Zombo. 27 minutes into his first game as Red Wings, and while pitching a shutout, Riendeau suffered a knee injury that would force him to miss the next 70+ games. Riendeau played a few more seasons as a back-up and would eventually finish his NHL career with the Boston Bruins in 1995.
He had a diverse career after the NHL, playing in Manitoba, Germany, Switzerland, Britan, Russia and Alaska. As a rookie, Riendeau only played 1 game for the Montreal Canadiens. I had to be a bit creative with making him a 88-89 OPC card. The only decent picture of him I found in a Canadiens jersey had a plain white background. I had to layer two pics together. Riendeau is currently the goalies coach with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL.
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