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Michel DeGuise

Canadian ice hockey player

Correspondence, annotated notebooks and portrait silhouettes prepared for research
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ16148371 ↗
Source-derived summary

Michel DeGuise (born November 6, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA). DeGuise played two WHA seasons with the Quebec Nordiques. He was drafted in the second round of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft by the Montreal Canadiens.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Michel DeGuise” as canadian ice hockey player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Michel, DeGuise and Canadian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 1971—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1951-11-06. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Michel, DeGuise and Canadian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Michel DeGuise”, the useful work is to connect “canadian ice hockey player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16148371. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951 and 1971.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Michel DeGuise” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.