Claude Vilgrain

Claude Vilgrain
Date of birth	March 1, 1963
place of birth	Port-au-Prince , Haiti
size	185 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1982 , 6th lap, 107th position Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1980-1983	Laval Voisins
1983-1986	University of Moncton
1986-1988	Team Canada
1988	Vancouver Canucks
1988-1991	Utica Devils
1991-1992	New Jersey Devils
1992-1993	Utica Devils Cincinnati Cyclones
1993-1994	Hershey Bears
1994-1997	SC Herisau
1997-1998	Frankfurt Lions
1998-1999	Schwenninger Wild Wings
1999-2001	EHC Biel
2002	SC Bern

Claude Vilgrain (born March 1, 1963 in Port-au-Prince ) is a former Canadian - Haitian ice hockey player who played for the Vancouver Canucks , New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League from 1980 to 2002 as well as the Frankfurt Lions and the SERC Wild Wings in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

Claude Vilgrain, who emigrated to Canada with his family as a child , began his career as an ice hockey player with the Laval Voisins , for which he was active in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1980 to 1983 . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1982 in the sixth round as a total of 107 players by the Detroit Red Wings , for which he never played. After the attacker was on the ice for three seasons for the University of Moncton team, he played from 1986 to 1988 in numerous games for various national teams of Team Canada . On June 18, 1987, the native Haitian finally received a contract with the Vancouver Canucks , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1987/88 season .

Before the 1988/89 season Vilgrain received no place in the Vancouver NHL squad, whereupon he was transferred to the New Jersey Devils shortly before the end of the trade deadline , where he predominated for their farm team , the Utica Devils played from the American Hockey League . During his only full NHL season, the winger scored 46 points, including 19 goals, in 71 games in the 1991/92 season . He also got two scorer points, including one goal, in seven playoff games.

On August 3, 1993, Vilgrain moved as a free agent to the Philadelphia Flyers , for which he, however, played only two games in the NHL in the following season, in which he remained pointless and punished. The rest of the season he was active for their AHL farm team, the Hershey Bears . The Olympian then played for the first time in Europe , where he was initially under contract for three years from 1994 to 1997 for SC Herisau from the Swiss National League B , as well as one season each in the German Ice Hockey League with the Frankfurt Lions and the SERC Wild Wings . After two more years in the Swiss NLB at EHC Biel , the attacker ended his career in 2002 at SC Bern from the National League A.

International

For Canada , Vilgrain took part in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , where he finished fourth with his team. In addition, Vilgrain was on the ice in 150 friendly matches for Team Canada, in which he scored 128 points, including 54 goals.

Achievements and Awards

• 1983 QMJHL Second All-Star Team
• 1997 top scorer of the NLB playoffs
• 2000 key players in the NLB
• 2000 top scorer of the NLB

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	5	89	21st	32	53	78
NHL playoffs	2	11	1	1	2	17th
DEL main round	2	90	33	42	75	80
DEL playoffs	1	7th	1	2	3	8th

Web links

• Claude Vilgrain at hockeydb.com (English)
• Claude Vilgrain at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Claude Vilgrain at eurohockey.com
• Claude Vilgrain at eliteprospects.com (English)