Rogatien Rosaire "Rogie" Vachon (born September 8, 1945 in Palmarolle, Quebec) is a retired French-Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League.

Vachon shared the 1968 Vezina Trophy with Gump Worsley while with the Canadiens, along with three Stanley Cups. He was runner up for the 1975 Vezina Trophy. Vachon was traded to the Kings in 1971, where he achieved his greatest individual success. He was named to the NHL's second all-star team in 1975 and 1977. His number 30 was the first number retired by the Kings in a ceremony on February 14, 1985. He ended his career with the Boston Bruins in 1982. He has since served in a variety of executive positions with the Los Angeles Kings organization.

Known for his great reflexes and quick glove hand, Vachon was considered one of the premier one-on-one goaltenders of his era. Internationally, Vachon was the starting goaltender for Canada's 1976 Canada Cup team where he achieved a record of 6 wins and 1 loss, with 2 shutouts and a sparkling 1.39 goals against average. Canada captured the championship with a two-game sweep of Czechoslovakia, and Vachon was named best goaltender of the tournament and Canadian MVP.

After retiring, Vachon served general manager of the Kings from 1984 to 1992. He also served as interim head coach of the Kings on three separate occasions. He currently serves as a Royal Ambassador for the Kings organization.

Achievements

• Stanley Cup champion - 1968, 1969, 1971 (with Montreal)
• 1976 Canada Cup champion
• Vezina Trophy - 1968

Career statistics

Regular season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1963–64	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA		7	—	—	—	—	29	0	4.35	—
1965–66	Quebec Aces	AHL		10	6	4	0	—	—	0	3.00	—
1966–67	Houston Apollos	CPHL		34	17	12	5	—	—	2	2.91	—
1966–67	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		19	11	3	4	1137	47	1	2.48	.915
1967–68	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		39	23	13	2	2227	92	4	2.48	—
1968–69	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		36	22	9	3	2051	98	2	2.87	—
1969–70	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		64	31	18	12	3697	162	4	2.63	—
1970–71	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		47	23	12	9	2676	118	2	2.64	.914
1971–72	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		1	0	1	0	20	4	0	12.00	—
1971–72	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		28	6	18	3	1586	107	0	4.05	—
1972–73	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		52	22	20	10	3120	148	4	2.85	.931
1973–74	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		65	28	26	10	3751	175	5	2.80	—
1974–75	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		54	27	14	13	3239	121	6	2.24	.926
1975–76	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		51	26	20	5	3060	160	5	3.14	.891
1976–77	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		68	33	23	12	4059	184	8	2.72	—
1977–78	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		70	29	27	13	4107	196	4	2.86	—
1978–79	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		50	10	27	11	2908	189	0	3.90	—
1979–80	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		59	20	30	8	3474	209	4	3.61	—
1980–81	Boston Bruins	NHL		53	25	19	6	3021	168	1	3.34	—
1981–82	Boston Bruins	NHL		38	19	11	6	2165	132	1	3.66	.861
NHL totals				795	355	291	127	46298	2310	51	2.99	—

Playoffs

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1966–67	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		9	6	3	555	22	0	2.38
1967–68	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		2	1	1	113	4	0	2.12
1968–69	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		7	7	1	507	12	1	1.42
1973–74	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		4	0	4	240	7	0	1.75
1974–75	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		3	1	2	199	7	0	2.11
1975–76	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		7	4	3	438	17	1	2.33
1976–77	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		9	4	5	520	36	0	4.15
1977–78	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		2	0	2	120	11	0	5.50
1980–81	Boston Bruins	NHL		3	0	2	164	16	0	5.85
1981–82	Boston Bruins	NHL		1	0	0	20	1	0	3.00
NHL totals				48	23	23	2876	133	2	2.77

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