Claude Lapointe (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Claude Lapointe Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 11, 1968
place of birth Lachine , Quebec , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 85 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1988 , 12th lap, 234th position
Nordiques de Québec
Career stations
1985-1987 Draveurs de Trois-Rivières
1987-1989 Titan de Laval
1989-1991 Halifax Citadels
1991-1995 Nordiques de Québec
1995 Colorado Avalanche
1995-1996 Calgary Flames
1996-2003 New York Islanders
2003-2004 Philadelphia Flyers
2006 SC Bern
2007-2008 Caron & Guay de Trois-Rivières

Claude Lapointe (born October 11, 1968 in Lachine , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 913 games for the Nordiques de Québec , Colorado Avalanche , Calgary Flames , New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers during his active career between 1985 and 2008 has contested in the National Hockey League on the position of the center .

Career

Lapointe spent his youth in his home province of Québec before moving to the 1985/86 season for the Draveurs de Trois-Rivières from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . There he played for two years before he was transferred within the league to the Titan de Laval . After his third game year in the LHJMQ he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 in the twelfth round in 234th place by the Nordiques de Québec from the National Hockey League . In his last junior year he finally won the league title, the Coupe du Président , and was thus represented in the subsequent Memorial Cup .

In the summer of 1989 the striker switched to the professional field. Initially, he was active in the Nordiques de Québec's franchise for the first two years, mainly for their farm team , the Halifax Citadels , in the American Hockey League . The attacker only made his NHL debut in the 1990/91 season , but was then an unrestricted regular player from the beginning of the 1992/93 season until the Nordiques were relocated after the 1994/95 season. At the beginning of the 1995/96 game year , Lapointe was then active for the Colorado Avalanche , as the team called itself after its relocation. After only three missions he was given in early November 1995 for a seven-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 1996 to the Calgary Flames . There he came back for the first time in the AHL in the course of the season.

Since the Canadian's contract expired in the summer of 1996, he joined the New York Islanders as a free agent . Lapointe played there for the next seven years until he was given to the Philadelphia Flyers in March 2003 in exchange for a five-round vote in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft . He was active for the Flyers until the end of the 2003/04 season . He then ended his career at the age of 35. After a break of more than two years, the striker made a short comeback at SC Bern from the Swiss National League A in September 2006 , which ended after just four games. In the 2007/08 season he ran again in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey for the Caron & Guay de Trois-Rivières .

International

Lapointe played for his home country in the 1999 World Cup in Norway . He played ten tournament games for the Canadians and collected four scorer points. The team finished the tournament in fourth place and thus just outside the medal ranks.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 Draveurs de Trois-Rivières LHJMQ 72 19th 38 57 74 5 2 4th 6th 14th
1986/87 Draveurs de Trois-Rivières LHJMQ 70 47 57 104 123 - - - - -
1987/88 Titan de Laval LHJMQ 69 37 83 120 143 13 2 17th 19th 53
1988/89 Titan de Laval LHJMQ 63 32 72 104 158 17th 5 14th 19th 66
1989 Titan de Laval Memorial Cup 4th 2 2 4th 4th
1989/90 Halifax Citadels AHL 63 18th 19th 37 51 6th 1 1 2 34
1990/91 Halifax Citadels AHL 43 17th 17th 34 46 - - - - -
1990/91 Nordiques de Québec NHL 13 2 2 4th 4th - - - - -
1991/92 Nordiques de Québec NHL 78 13 20th 33 86 - - - - -
1992/93 Nordiques de Québec NHL 74 10 26th 36 98 6th 2 4th 6th 8th
1993/94 Nordiques de Québec NHL 59 11 17th 28 70 - - - - -
1994/95 Nordiques de Québec NHL 29 4th 8th 12 41 5 0 0 0 8th
1995/96 Colorado Avalanche NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1995/96 Saint John Flames AHL 12 5 3 8th 10 - - - - -
1995/96 Calgary Flames NHL 32 4th 5 9 20th 2 0 0 0 0
1996/97 Utah grizzlies IHL 9 7th 6th 13 14th - - - - -
1996/97 New York Islanders NHL 73 13 5 18th 49 - - - - -
1997/98 New York Islanders NHL 78 10 10 20th 47 - - - - -
1998/99 New York Islanders NHL 82 14th 23 37 62 - - - - -
1999/00 New York Islanders NHL 76 15th 16 31 60 - - - - -
2000/01 New York Islanders NHL 80 9 23 32 56 - - - - -
2001/02 New York Islanders NHL 80 9 12 21st 60 7th 0 0 0 14th
2002/03 New York Islanders NHL 66 6th 6th 12 20th - - - - -
2002/03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 14th 2 2 4th 16 13 2 3 5 14th
2003/04 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 42 5 3 8th 32 1 0 0 0 0
2003/04 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 2 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2004/05 without a contract not played after resignation
2005/06 without a contract not played after resignation
2006/07 SC Bern NLA 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2007/08 Caron & Guay de Trois-Rivières LNAH 18th 1 12 13 27 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 274 135 250 385 498 35 9 35 44 133
IHL total 9 7th 6th 13 14th - - - - -
AHL total 120 41 40 81 107 6th 1 1 2 34
NHL overall 879 127 178 305 721 34 4th 7th 11 44
LNAH total 18th 1 12 13 27 - - - - -

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1999 Canada WM 4th Place 10 1 3 4th 10
Men overall 10 1 3 4th 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Lapointe, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Lachine , Quebec