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==Biography== Vaive was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] to Claude (d. 2016) and Mary Vaive (d. 2010),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-546924-claude-vaive.html|title = Claude Vaive: Obituary and death notice on InMemoriam}}</ref> and lived in [[Charlottetown]], [[Prince Edward Island]] after he turned 11.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/news/local/rogers-hometown-hockey-in-summerside-unites-fans-of-the-sport-56873/|title=Rogers Hometown Hockey in Summerside unites fans of the sport|work=Journal Pioneer|date=December 13, 2015|access-date=2023-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estevanmercury.ca/opinion/columnists/hockey-day-shows-off-pei-s-history-1.1438026|title=Hockey Day shows off PEI's history|work=Estevan Mercury|date=February 15, 2012|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref> Grandparents Lionel and Reina Vaive were from [[Gatineau, Quebec]]. As a youth, he played in the 1970 and 1971 [[Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament]]s with a [[minor ice hockey]] team from [[Amherst, Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-10|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> After a stellar junior hockey career with the [[Sherbrooke Castors]], he began his professional career in 1978-79 in the [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA) with the [[Birmingham Bulls (WHA)|Birmingham Bulls]], with whom he signed as an underage free agent. He was part of a contingent of young players who were nicknamed the "Baby Bulls", a group which also included [[Michel Goulet]], [[Craig Hartsburg]], [[Keith Crowder]], [[Gaston Gingras]] and [[Pat Riggin]]. Following the [[NHL-WHA merger]] at the end of the season, these youngsters were declared eligible for the [[1979 NHL Entry Draft]], and Vaive was selected fifth overall by the [[Vancouver Canucks]]. In 1980, the Canucks traded Vaive, along with [[Bill Derlago]], to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in exchange for [[Tiger Williams|Dave "Tiger" Williams]] and [[Jerry Butler (ice hockey)|Jerry Butler]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Leafs no longer 'hold that Tiger'|work=The Globe and Mail|date=February 19, 1980}}</ref> In Toronto, Vaive and Derlago were teamed with [[Pat Hickey (ice hockey)|Pat Hickey]], and Derlago became Vaive's setup man. Vaive was a prolific scorer for the Leafs, becoming the first player in the team's history to score 50 goals in a season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaive scores his 50th as Leafs beat Blues|work=The Globe and Mail|date=March 25, 1982}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=On this day in 1982β¦ Rick Vaive becomes the first Toronto Maple Leafs player to score 50 goals in a season |url=https://theleafsnation.com/news/on-this-day-in-1982-rick-vaive-becomes-the-first-toronto-maple-leafs-player-to-score-50-goals-in-a-season |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=TheLeafsNation |language=en}}</ref> His 54 goals in [[1981β82 NHL season|1981β82]] stood as a franchise record for 40 years before it was broken by [[Auston Matthews]] in [[2021β22 NHL season|2021β22]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/matthews-scores-hat-trick-to-tie-vaives-single-season-maple-leafs-record/|title=Matthews scores hat trick to tie Vaive's single-season Maple Leafs record|date=2022-04-04|website=Sportsnet|access-date=2022-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/auston-matthews-rick-vaive-toronto-maple-leafs-55-goals-1.1782458|title=Matthews sets Leafs' single-season franchise record for goals with 55|date=2022-04-07|website=TSN|access-date=2022-04-07}}</ref> He served as [[captain (ice hockey)|captain]] of the Maple Leafs from 1982 to 1986; he was stripped of the captaincy during the 1985β86 NHL season, for missing a morning practice. Vaive was invited to the [[Canada Cup (ice hockey)|Canada Cup]] team in 1984, but was cut in training camp.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19860224&id=kqQkAAAAIBAJ&pg=3107,2454356&hl=en|title=Leafs' sleepy Vaive stripped of captaincy|work=The Montreal Gazette|date=February 24, 1986|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2016/02/09/leafs-captains-often-had-nasty-departures.html|title=Leafs' captains often had nasty departures|work=Toronto Star|date=February 9, 2016|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref> In 1987 Vaive was traded, along with [[Steve Thomas (ice hockey)|Steve Thomas]] and [[Bob McGill]], to the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in exchange for [[Al Secord]] and [[Ed Olczyk]], one of several lamentable deals by team owner [[Harold Ballard]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaive traded to the Hawks|work=The Globe and Mail|date=September 4, 1987}}</ref> Vaive netted 43 goals in his first season in Chicago but never managed more than 31 in a season after that. He spent four seasons with the [[Buffalo Sabres]], then retired as a member of the [[American Hockey League]]'s [[Hamilton Canucks]] in 1993. In May 2000, Vaive was inducted into the [[PEI Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/vaive-inducted-into-sports-hall-of-fame-1.229833|title=Vaive inducted into Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=CBC News|date=May 15, 2000|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://peisportshalloffame.ca/vaive-rick-hockey/|title=Rick Vaive biography|publisher=Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame|date=May 13, 2000|access-date=2023-02-18}}</ref>
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