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Norm Dubé

Canadian ice hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ7051467 ↗
Source-derived summary

Normand G. Dubé (born September 12, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 57 games in the National Hockey League and 148 games in the World Hockey Association. He played with the Kansas City Scouts and Quebec Nordiques. His son Christian Dubé played with his teammates when he was very young.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1951-09-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Norm, Dubé and Canadian providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7051467. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951.

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This entry incorporates text from “Norm Dubé” 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.