Donald Audette

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CanadaCanada  Donald Audette Ice hockey player
Date of birth 23rd September 1969
place of birth Laval , Quebec , Canada
size 173 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1989 , 9th round, 183rd position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1986-1989 Titan de Laval
1989-1990 Rochester Americans
1990-1998 Buffalo Sabers
1998-2000 Los Angeles Kings
2000-2001 Atlanta Thrashers
2001 Buffalo Sabers
Dallas Stars
2001-2004 Canadiens de Montréal
2004 Florida panthers

Donald Daniel Audette (born September 23, 1969 in Laval , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current scout , who played 808 games for the Buffalo Sabers , Los Angeles Kings , Atlanta Thrashers , Dallas Stars , Canadiens de Montréal and Florida Panthers played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Audette, who once took part in the NHL All-Star Game , has been a scout for the Canadiens de Montréal since 2012 . His son Daniel Audette is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

As a junior he played in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec with the Titan de Laval . In 1989 he led his team into the finals of the Memorial Cup with 161 points and was very successful there with nine points in four games. The Buffalo Sabers selected him in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in the round as 183rd. Because of his slim stature, he was not trusted to make the leap into the NHL.

The Sabers put him in their AHL farm team with the Rochester Americans , where he now proved that he could also assert himself in the senior sector . He was voted rookie of the year and so the Sabers brought him in 1990 for two play-off games in their squad. A knee injury prevented his breakthrough in the NHL. After alternating assignments in Rochester and Buffalo, the 1990/91 season ended for him with four goals and three assists in eight games in December . For the 1991/92 season he returned to the ice and convinced with 31 goals. He developed into one of the most dangerous goal scoring players in the Sabers, but was repeatedly thrown back in his development by knee injuries.

For the 1998/99 season he was given to the Los Angeles Kings and in the course of the next season the Kings sent him together with František Kaberle in exchange for Kelly Buchberger and Nelson Emerson to the Atlanta Thrashers . At the Thrashers he shone in the 2000/01 season with 32 goals until mid-March when the Sabers brought him back to Buffalo. In the summer of 2001 he signed a contract with the Dallas Stars , but after just 20 games his journey continued. The Canadiens de Montréal brought him to the team with Shaun Van Allen and sent Benoît Brunet and Martin Ručínský to Dallas. In Montreal, too, his bad luck with injuries remained true to him. During the 2003/04 season , he moved to the Florida Panthers for a few games before ending his career.

After a break of several years, Audette was hired as a scout by his ex-team Canadiens de Montréal in 2012 . He also appeared as a coach in 2012 and 2013 when he coached Team Canada Québec at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1986/87 Titan de Laval LHJMQ 66 17th 22nd 39 36 14th 2 6th 8th 10
1987/88 Titan de Laval LHJMQ 63 48 61 109 56 14th 7th 12 19th 20th
1988/89 Titan de Laval LHJMQ 70 76 85 161 123 17th 17th 12 29 43
1989 Titan de Laval Memorial Cup 4th 3 6th 9 6th
1989/90 Rochester Americans AHL 70 42 46 88 78 15th 9 8th 17th 29
1989/90 Buffalo Sabers NHL - - - - - 2 0 0 0 0
1990/91 Rochester Americans AHL 5 4th 0 4th 2 - - - - -
1990/91 Buffalo Sabers NHL 8th 4th 3 7th 4th - - - - -
1991/92 Buffalo Sabers NHL 63 31 17th 48 75 - - - - -
1992/93 Rochester Americans AHL 6th 8th 4th 12 10 - - - - -
1992/93 Buffalo Sabers NHL 44 12 7th 19th 51 8th 2 2 4th 6th
1993/94 Buffalo Sabers NHL 77 29 30th 59 41 7th 0 1 1 6th
1994/95 Buffalo Sabers NHL 46 24 13 37 27 5 1 1 2 4th
1995/96 Buffalo Sabers NHL 23 12 13 25th 18th - - - - -
1996/97 Buffalo Sabers NHL 73 28 22nd 50 48 11 4th 5 9 6th
1997/98 Buffalo Sabers NHL 75 24 20th 44 59 15th 5 8th 13 10
1998/99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 49 18th 18th 36 51 - - - - -
1999/00 Los Angeles Kings NHL 49 12 20th 32 45 - - - - -
1999/00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 14th 7th 4th 11 12 - - - - -
2000/01 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 64 32 39 71 64 - - - - -
2000/01 Buffalo Sabers NHL 12 2 6th 8th 12 13 3 6th 9 4th
2001/02 Dallas Stars NHL 20th 4th 8th 12 12 - - - - -
2001/02 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 13 1 5 6th 8th 12 6th 4th 10 10
2002/03 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 54 11 12 23 19th - - - - -
2002/03 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 11 5 5 10 8th - - - - -
2003/04 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 23 3 5 8th 16 - - - - -
2003/04 Florida panthers NHL 28 6th 7th 13 22nd - - - - -
LHJMQ total 199 141 168 309 215 45 26th 30th 56 73
AHL total 92 59 55 114 98 15th 9 8th 17th 29
NHL overall 735 260 249 509 584 73 21st 27 48 46

( 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 Audette, Donald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Audette, Donald Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and scout
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd September 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Laval , Quebec, Canada