Benoît Doucet

Benoît Doucet
Date of birth	April 23, 1963
place of birth	Montréal , Québec , Canada
size	175 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	center
Career stations
1980-1983	Hull Olympiques
1984-1985	University of Moncton
1985-1986	Moncton Golden Flames
1986-1987	Team Canada
1988-1989	Duisburg SV
1989-1990	ECD Sauerland
1990-1991	EV Landshut
1991-1998	Düsseldorfer EG
1998-1999	Grefrather EC
1999	Cologne Sharks

Benoît Doucet (born April 23, 1963 in Montréal , Québec ) is a former Canadian - German ice hockey player (striker) who has worked as a coach since 2005.

Career

In North America

The Canadian ice hockey player Ben Doucet began his career in the Canadian junior hockey league QMJHL (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League) with the Hull Olympiques . There he played three seasons in the early 1980s and was already distinguished by his scoring qualities. Hull he played with the later successful in the German ice hockey players John Chabot and also in the NHL established Sylvain Turgeon together.

After an interlude at the University of Moncton in the game operations of the CIAU , Doucet moved to the AHL ( American Hockey League ) to the Moncton Golden Flames . Here, too, he met later opponents from the German leagues such as Tom Thornbury and Greg Johnston .

He also played in the Canadian national team in 1986/87 .

In Germany

Since Doucet could not recommend himself for the NHL despite good scorer values, he moved to Europe. Germany his first stop was in the season 1988/1989 of Duisburg SV in the second division. There he immediately showed his skills and scored record values ​​with 94 points in 27 games. This made financially better off clubs like the ECD Sauerland sit up and take notice, where he signed a contract the following year and even exceeded his scorer values ​​with 127 points in 33 games. It didn't take long and a Bundesliga club showed interest. The EV Landshut signed Doucet for the 1990/1991 season . Here he succeeded immediately in his first season in this league, with 87 points to be top scorer. Landshut, in German ice hockey at that time only middle class could not keep him; he followed the call of the top club of the time, the Düsseldorfer EG . In the already existing All-Star Team with many high-quality players, he had a hard time at first, but still showed good performances over the course of the season . In the following six years he became one of the idols of Düsseldorf ice hockey and several times the top scorer of the team with which he was also three times German champion (1992, 1993, 1996). Even today he is one of DEG's most popular ice hockey personalities as part of the “golden times” of the club and because of his sympathetic appearance with fans and the media.

After the brief withdrawal of DEG from the German Ice Hockey League (DEL) after the 1997/98 season , he let his career end. In the following year he played six more games for the Cologne EC , he also played a few games with the second division Grefrather EV , but was only a shadow of earlier years. After that he moved back to Canada.

International

After receiving German citizenship, he played successfully in the German national team . He was eligible to play because he did not take part in any IIHF tournaments with Team Canada at the time. For Germany he took in 1993 , 1995 and 1996 at the Ice Hockey World Championship , and in 1994 at the Winter Olympics in part. He also represented the German colors at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey .

As a trainer

From 2005 Doucet worked as an ice hockey coach in Canada and trained various youth teams. Between June 2015 and January 2016 he was the head coach of the Fischtown Pinguins from the DEL2 .

Others

Ben Doucet was married to the daughter of the German referee legend Josef Kompalla , Nicole Kompalla, and has one daughter.

Career data

• Hull Olympiques (QJMHL) 1980–1983 - 221 games - 139 goals - 202 assists - 341 points - 154 penalty minutes
• University of Moncton (CIAU) 1984–1985 - 24 games - 19 goals - 22 assists - 41 points - 0 (?) Penalty minutes
• Moncton Golden Flames (AHL) 1985–1987 - 94 games - 29 goals - 39 assists - 68 points - 43 penalty minutes
• Team Canada 63 games - 27 goals - 31 assists - 58 points - 86 penalty minutes
• Duisburger SV (2nd division) 1988–1989 - 27 games - 43 goals - 51 assists - 94 points - 55 penalty minutes
• ECD Sauerland (2nd division) 1989–1990 - 48 games - 92 goals - 90 assists - 182 points - 70 penalty minutes
• EV Landshut (Bundesliga) 1990–1991 - 43 games - 45 goals - 42 assists - 87 points - 82 penalty minutes
• Düsseldorfer EG (Bundesliga / DEL) 1991–1998 - 340 games - 159 goals - 234 assists - 393 points - 521 penalty minutes
• Kölner Haie (DEL) 1998–1999 - 6 games - 0 goals - 1 assists - 1 point - 6 penalty minutes
• Grefrather EV (2nd division) 1998–1999 - 10 games - 2 goals - 7 assists - 9 points - 32 penalty minutes

Web links

• Benoît Doucet at hockeydb.com (English)
• Benoît Doucet at eurohockey.com