Michel Alain Goulet (born April 21, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played for the Birmingham Bulls in the World Hockey Association and the Quebec Nordiques and Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League. He was also a two-time Canada Cup champion with Team Canada. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998.
Goulet played his first professional season with the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA during the 1978âÂÂ79 season in which he scored 28 goals and 58 points. Following the NHL-WHA merger, Goulet was declared eligible for the 1979 entry draft and was selected by the Quebec Nordiques.
Goulet was one of the NHL's most prolific scorers during the 1980s. He achieved 50 goals in a season in four consecutive years, starting with the 1982âÂÂ83 season, and became one of the centrepieces of the Nordiques along with the à  à ¥astný brothers (Peter à  à ¥astný, Anton à  à ¥astný, Marián à  à ¥astný).
During the 1989âÂÂ90 season, in which the Nordiques finished with a record of 12 wins, 42 loss seven ties and failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive season, Goulet was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks, along with goalie Greg Millen and a sixth round pick at 1991 NHL entry draft, for Everett Sanipass, Dan Vincelette and Mario Doyon. With the Blackhawks, Goulet reached the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals for the only time as a player in his career where they were swept by the defending champions Pittsburgh Penguins.
On March 16, 1994, during a game at the Montreal Forum, Goulet crashed into the end boards, striking his head and causing a severe concussion. Goulet announced his retirement from the NHL on January 26, 1995, as a result of the incident.
In 1089 NHL games, he recorded 548 goals and 604 assists for 1152 points.
On March 16, 1995, exactly one year after Goulet's career-ending injury, his number 16 was retired by the Nordiques before a large crowd at le Colisée de Québec, where he enjoyed his most productive years. This turned out to be the final season of the Nordiques, which relocated to Denver to become the Colorado Avalanche for the 1995-96 season.
While Goulet never won a Stanley Cup as a player, he did win the Cup in 1996 and 2001 as the Avalanche's director of player personnel.
Goulet was a scout for the Calgary Flames until the end of the 2015-16 NHL season. He became a scout for the Anaheim Ducks at the start of the 2017-18 season.
He played NHL All-Star Game five times (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988)
He was named to the NHL First All-Star Team (1984, 1986, 1987) three times and twice to the NHL Second All-Star Team (1983, 1988).
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998 alongside former linemate Peter à  à ¥astný. They were the first Hall of Famers to earn their credentials primarily with the Nordiques, prior to the franchise relocating to become the Colorado Avalanche.
In 2012, he was inducted into the World Hockey Association Hall of Fame in the âÂÂLegends of the Gameâ category.