[citation needed] After being drafted in 1977, Duguay made the jump directly from junior ice hockey to the NHL, with 20 goals in his rookie year.

[2] With the Rangers, Duguay set a team record, for the fastest goal at the start of a game, at 9 seconds, on April 6, 1980, against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Rangers coach Herb Brooks clashed with Duguay over his play and popularity in New York's night life, and on June 13, 1983, Duguay, Eddie Mio and Ed Johnstone were traded to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Willie Huber, Mark Osborne and Mike Blaisdell.

The song featured vocals by Duguay, Phil Esposito, Pat Hickey, Dave Maloney and John Davidson.

[6] In 1984–85 he was second on the Red Wings in all three categories, with 38 goals, 51 assists and 89 total points, the best offensive season of his career.

Attempted comebacks with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1990,[12] as well as with the Tampa Bay Lightning, where Phil Esposito was the general manager in 1992, were not successful.

Following the 1991–92 season he retired, but three years later resumed playing, again, for the new incarnation of the San Diego Gulls, who were now members of the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL).

In 1998–99, he joined to the Jacksonville Lizard Kings of the (East Coast Hockey League), but skated in just one game before commencing his second retirement.

In the 2003–04 season Duguay led the Barracudas, now playing in the World Hockey Association 2, to the league's best record and playoff championship.

[citation needed] In 2009, Duguay competed in the first season of the Battle of the Blades skating competition on CBC Television, partnered with Barbara Underhill.

[22] Duguay grew up in Carol Richard Park in the township of Valley East, also known as Vallée-Est, now part of Greater Sudbury.

[24] He and teammates Phil Esposito, Dave Maloney and Anders Hedberg appeared in a TV commercial for Sasson designer jeans.

In 2022, Slate and other publications referred to him as the "reported beau" of former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

[26] In January 2022, Duguay was seen dining outdoors with Palin in a restaurant, Elio's, on Second Avenue in the Upper East Side of New York City.