Dan LaCouture

Dan LaCouture
Date of birth	April 18, 1977
place of birth	Hyannis , Massachusetts , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1996 , 2nd round, 29th position New York Islanders
Career stations
1996-1997	Boston University
1997-2000	Hamilton Bulldogs
2000-2001	Edmonton Oilers
2001-2003	Pittsburgh Penguins
2003-2004	New York Rangers
2004-2005	Providence Bruins
2005-2006	Boston Bruins
2006-2007	Lowell Devils
2007-2008	HC Lugano
2008-2009	Carolina Hurricanes
2009	Barys Astana
2009-2010	Providence Bruins
since 2010	Lørenskog IK

Dan LaCouture (born April 18, 1977 in Hyannis , Massachusetts ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with Lørenskog IK from the GET-ligaen since September 2010 .

Career

Dan LaCouture was selected as the 29th overall player in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders . He has since played for numerous teams in the National Hockey League . During the failed NHL season 2004/05 LaCouture played for the first time for the Providence Bruins from the American Hockey League . The American then moved to Europe for the first time, where he played for the Swiss club HC Davos for a short time . Then he took the Boston Bruins under contract. After he played much of the 2006/07 season with the Lowell Devils , the farm team of the New Jersey Devils , in the American Hockey League, his path took him a second time to Switzerland. At HC Lugano , however, he only made 15 appearances in the entire 2007/08 season , as he mostly sat in the stands as a surplus foreigner. He had previously received a contract with the Anaheim Ducks , which was terminated after LaCouture refused to appear for their farm team in Portland.

On October 6, 2008, LaCouture signed a one-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes , which is also valid for their farm team, but moved in January 2009 to the Continental Hockey League at Barys Astana from Kazakhstan . After he did not find a new club in the summer of 2009, he was signed again by the Providence Bruins in November of the same year. In September 2010 LaCouture was signed by Lørenskog IK from the GET-ligaen .

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	9	337	20th	25th	45	348
NHL playoffs	2	6th	0	0	0	2
KHL main round	1	12	2	1	3	51
KHL playoffs	1	3	0	0	0	0

(Status: end of the 2008/09 season)

Web links

• Dan LaCouture at hockeydb.com (English)
• Dan LaCouture at eurohockey.com
• Dan LaCouture at legendsofhockey.net (English)