Alexis Lafrenière

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CanadaCanada  Alexis Lafrenière Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 11, 2001
place of birth Saint-Eustache , Quebec , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 87 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
since 2017 Oceanic de Rimouski

Alexis Lafrenière (born October 11, 2001 in Saint-Eustache , Québec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has played for the Océanic de Rimouski in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ) since 2017 . The left winger is one of the most outstanding talents in world ice hockey and is considered a likely first overall draft pick in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft 2020 .

Career

Alexis Lafrenière was born in Saint-Eustache in the French-Canadian province of Québec. There he was in his youth, among others, for the lords of the Mille-Îles and for the Vikings de Saint-Eustache on before he 2017 Draft of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (LHJMQ) in the first position of the Rimouski Océanic selected has been. With the start of the 2017/18 season, the winger appeared in the highest junior league in his home province and recorded 42 goals as a rookie , as many as Sidney Crosby most recently (2003/04, 54 goals, also for the Océanic). As a result, he was awarded the Coupe RDS and the Trophée Michel Bergeron as the best newcomer in the league and also elected to the LHJMQ First All-Star Team and the LHJMQ All-Rookie Team . A little later, the entire Canadian Hockey League (CHL), the umbrella organization of the three major Canadian junior leagues, honored him as CHL Rookie of the Year .

In his second season 2018/19 Lafrenière recorded 105 points and thus placed third in the LHJMQ behind Peter Abbandonato (111) and Ivan Chekhovich (105). With Rimouski he reached the semi-finals of the playoffs, but lost there to the eventual winner from Rouyn-Noranda with 0: 4. Nevertheless, the attacker was honored with the Trophée Michel Brière as MVP of the LHJMQ and the Trophée Paul Dumont as "Personality of the Year" for leadership qualities and fairness, while he was again considered in the LHJMQ First All-Star Team . He was also named CHL Player of the Year and prevailed against Joachim Blichfeld and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen .

At the beginning of the 2019/20 season, Lafrenière took over the position of team captain at the Océanic and achieved an average of over 2.0 points per game during the season, recording 112 points from 52 games. He also led the entire LHJMQ and was therefore honored with the trophy Jean Béliveau as top scorer. He also took part in the CHL Top Prospects Game and is unanimously a likely First Overall Draft Pick in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft 2020 .

International

On an international level, Lafrenière made his debut as part of the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2017 , where she won the silver medal with Team Canada Red . He played his first major tournament at the U18 World Cup in 2018 , where he missed the medal ranks with the Canadian selection and finished in fifth place. In summer 2018 he led the U18s of his home country to the gold medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2018 , where he (together with Wassili Podkolsin ) was the top scorer of the tournament. He was then appointed to the squad of the U20 national team at the age of 17 and took part in the U20 World Cup 2019 , where the team was eliminated again in the quarter-finals. The following year, he is also part of the Canadian squad at the U20 World Cup in 2020 , which won the gold medal in Ostrava, Czech Republic . Lafrenière was honored as the most valuable player and the best attacker and was also included in the tournament's all-star team.

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2020 Most Valuable Player of the U20 World Cup
  • 2020 Best attacker in the U20 World Cup
  • 2020 All-Star Team of the U20 World Cup

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2017/18 Oceanic de Rimouski LHJMQ 60 42 38 80 54 7th 4th 3 7th 12
2018/19 Oceanic de Rimouski LHJMQ 61 37 68 105 72 13 9 14th 23 14th
2019/20 Oceanic de Rimouski LHJMQ 52 35 77 112 50 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 173 114 183 297 176 20th 13 17th 30th 26th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2017 Canada Red U17-WHC 2nd place, silver 6th 3 3 6th 0
2018 Canada U18 World Cup 5th place 5 4th 2 6th 2
2018 Canada HGC 1st place, gold 5 5 6th 11 2
2019 Canada U20 World Cup 6th place 5 1 0 1 2
2020 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 4th 6th 10 4th
Juniors overall 26th 17th 17th 34 10

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Alexis Lafrenière  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Nugent-Bowman: Comparisons to Sidney Crosby not easy for Alexis Lafreniere to ignore. sportsnet.ca, April 19, 2018, accessed December 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Mike G. Morreale: Lafreniere embracing status as projected No. 1 pick in 2020 Draft. nhl.com, July 31, 2019, accessed December 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Bob McKenzie: Lafreniere leads loaded class in TSN hockey's pre-season draft ranking. tsn.ca, September 16, 2019, accessed on December 28, 2019 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Lafrenière, Alexis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lafreniere, Alexis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 2001
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Eustache , Quebec , Canada