Craig Laughlin

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CanadaCanada  Craig Laughlin Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 4th 1958
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1977 , 10th lap, 162nd position
Canadiens de Montréal
Career stations
1976-1980 Clarkson University
1980-1981 Nova Scotia Voyageurs
1981-1982 Canadiens de Montréal
1982-1988 Washington Capitals
1988 Los Angeles Kings
1988-1989 Toronto Maple Leafs
1989-1990 EV Landshut

Craig Alan Laughlin (born May 4, 1958 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , official and sports commentator , who played 582 games for the Canadiens de Montréal , Washington Capitals , Los Angeles during his active career between 1976 and 1990 Kings and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of right winger . Laughlin's last professional station was in the 1989/90 season of EV Landshut from the ice hockey Bundesliga .

Career

Laughlin first played during his junior years in the 1975/76 season for the Wexford Raiders in the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL). In the summer of 1976, the striker finally moved to the United States , where he began his studies at Clarkson University in New York State . Parallel to his studies, he ran for the following four years until the spring of 1980 for their university team, the Clarkson Golden Knights , in the ECAC Hockey , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Over the course of four years, the Canadian played 127 games for the team, in which he collected 168 points scorer . Already after his rookie year Laughlin was selected in the tenth round in the NHL Amateur Draft 1977 in 162nd place by the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League (NHL). His fourth and final year, he had denied as team captain of the Golden Knights.

Immediately after the end of the college game year 1979/80, the Canadiens ordered their young players to their farm team , the Nova Scotia Voyageurs , in the American Hockey League (AHL). There the wing attacker made his professional debut during the rest of the season. Laughlin spent the following season completely with the Voyageurs, but only played 46 games due to injury. Nevertheless, he collected 61 points scorer. After he had also been in the Nova Scotia squad at the beginning of the 1981/82 season , he made his debut in the Montréals squad in early December 1981 and worked there until the end of the season, where he had played 36 games, a regular place. However, before he could complete more games for the Habs , he was given in September 1982 in a six-player transfer deal to the Washington Capitals . While he moved to the US capital with Doug Jarvis , Rod Langway and Brian Engblom , the French-Canadians received Ryan Walter and Rick Green from Washington in return .

In the following five and a half years, Laughlin found a sporting home with the Washington Capitals. He managed to become a regular player right away, and so he increased his points yield in the first four years from 44 to 75 points scorer in the 1985/86 season . In the same game year he also reached the mark of 30 goals. After he got only ten points in the first 40 games in the 1987/88 season , the Capitals parted ways with him in February 1988 when they gave him in exchange for Grant Ledyard to the Los Angeles Kings . With twelve points in 19 missions, he recovered noticeably from his crisis. The Kings did not extend his expiring contract, whereupon he signed a contract as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs from his native city in June 1988 . There he spent the last NHL season of his career.

For the 1989/90 season , the Canadian did not find a new employer in the NHL. He then moved to Europe, where he joined the EV Landshut from the ice hockey Bundesliga . The Landshutern had achieved a real transfer coup, which paid off especially in the relegation round. With 47 scorer points in the 18 relegation games, he was involved in almost half of the 106 Landshut goals and was therefore primarily responsible for the EVL's remaining in the Bundesliga. After the season he ended his active career at the age of 32.

As a result of his resignation, Laughlin received an offer as an analyst for the TV broadcasts of his ex-team Washington Capitals before the 1990/91 season . He pursued this position until the end of the 2002/03 season . In the meantime he had also bought himself in as a partner in the Richmond Renegades from the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) and accepted the post of General Manager there for the 1994/95 season . With the Renegades he won the Riley Cup that year . In addition, he was named ECHL Executive of the Year himself and subsequently rose to the position of President of Hockey Operations in the organization . He held this position until the summer of 2000.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1976/77 Clarkson University NCAA 33 12 13 25th 44
1977/78 Clarkson University NCAA 30th 17th 31 48 56
1978/79 Clarkson University NCAA 30th 18th 29 47 22nd
1979/80 Clarkson University NCAA 34 18th 30th 48 38
1979/80 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1980/81 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 46 32 29 61 15th 6th 0 1 1 6th
1981/82 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 26th 14th 15th 29 16 - - - - -
1981/82 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 36 12 11 23 33 3 0 1 1 0
1982/83 Washington Capitals NHL 75 17th 27 44 41 4th 1 0 1 0
1983/84 Washington Capitals NHL 80 20th 32 52 69 8th 4th 2 6th 6th
1984/85 Washington Capitals NHL 78 16 34 50 38 5 0 0 0 2
1985/86 Washington Capitals NHL 75 30th 45 75 43 9 1 2 3 10
1986/87 Washington Capitals NHL 80 22nd 30th 52 67 1 0 0 0 0
1987/88 Washington Capitals NHL 40 5 5 10 26th - - - - -
1987/88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 19th 4th 8th 12 6th 3 0 1 1 2
1988/89 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 66 10 13 23 41 - - - - -
1989/90 EV Landshut Bundesliga 35 22nd 11 33 80 18 1 10 37 47 10
NCAA overall 127 65 103 168 160
AHL total 74 46 44 90 33 6th 0 1 1 6th
NHL overall 549 136 205 341 364 33 6th 6th 12 20th

( 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 Laughlin, Craig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laughlin, Craig Alan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, official and sports commentator
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario , Canada