Gaétan Duchesne

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CanadaCanada  Gaétan Duchesne Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 11, 1962
place of birth Québec City , Québec , Canada
date of death April 16, 2007
Place of death Québec City , Québec , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1981 , 8th round, 152nd position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
1979-1981 Remparts de Quebec
1981-1987 Washington Capitals
1987-1989 Nordiques de Québec
1989-1993 Minnesota North Stars
1993-1995 San Jose Sharks
1995 Florida panthers
1996-1998 Rafales de Quebec

Gaétan Duchesne (born July 11, 1962 in Québec City , Québec ; † April 16, 2007 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 1112 games for the Washington Capitals , Nordiques de during his active career between 1979 and 1998 Quebec , Minnesota North Stars , San Jose Sharks and Florida Panthers played in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger . Duchesne later worked as an assistant coach with the Rafales de Québec in the International Hockey League and Remparts de Québec in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . His son Jeremy is also a professional ice hockey player and plays in the position of goalkeeper .

Career

Duchesne first played in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec with the Remparts de Québec . After the Washington Capitals had selected him in the eighth round in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft in 152nd place, he made the jump into the NHL roster of Caps for the 1981/82 season to the surprise of everyone. The Franco-Canadian remained until the end of the 1986/87 season to the team of capital city, before the summer of 1987 in exchange for Dale Hunter and Clint Malarchuk together with Alan Haworth and a first-round pick in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft , with the later Joe Sakic was selected to be transferred to the Nordiques de Québec .

After only two seasons in his hometown, the left winger had to move to the Minnesota North Stars . With the team he reached the final of the Stanley Cup in 1991 , where the Pittsburgh Penguins were defeated in six games.

For the 1993/94 season , the North Stars left Minnesota and moved to Dallas . Since the Dallas Stars no longer had a use for Duchesne with a new game philosophy, they gave him to the San Jose Sharks , who sent him to the Florida Panthers after a year and a half . After only 13 games in the already shortened 1994/95 season with the Panthers, he ended his NHL career and moved back to his hometown Quebec. There he ran in the International Hockey League as a player and assistant coach for the Rafales de Québec . After the 1997/98 season he ended his career as a player.

He then worked in his hometown from 2000 to 2002 as an assistant coach at the Remparts de Québec, where he had already played as a junior.

Duchesne died surprisingly on April 16, 2007 at the age of 44 while exercising, presumably of cardiac arrest . In 1,028 NHL games, he scored 179 goals and prepared another 254.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1979/80 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 46 9 28 37 22nd 5 0 2 2 9
1980/81 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 72 27 45 72 63 7th 1 4th 5 6th
1981/82 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1981/82 Washington Capitals NHL 74 9 14th 23 46 - - - - -
1982/83 Washington Capitals NHL 77 18th 19th 37 52 4th 1 1 2 4th
1982/83 Hershey Bears AHL 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
1983/84 Washington Capitals NHL 79 17th 19th 36 29 8th 2 1 3 2
1984/85 Washington Capitals NHL 67 15th 23 38 32 5 0 1 1 7th
1985/86 Washington Capitals NHL 80 11 28 39 39 9 4th 3 7th 12
1986/87 Washington Capitals NHL 74 17th 35 52 53 7th 3 0 3 14th
1987/88 Nordiques de Québec NHL 80 24 23 47 83 - - - - -
1988/89 Nordiques de Québec NHL 70 8th 21st 29 56 - - - - -
1989/90 Minnesota North Stars NHL 72 12 8th 20th 33 7th 0 0 0 6th
1990/91 Minnesota North Stars NHL 68 9 9 18th 18th 23 2 3 5 34
1991/92 Minnesota North Stars NHL 73 8th 15th 23 102 7th 1 0 1 6th
1992/93 Minnesota North Stars NHL 84 16 13 29 30th - - - - -
1993/94 San Jose Sharks NHL 84 12 18th 30th 28 14th 1 4th 5 12
1994/95 San Jose Sharks NHL 33 2 7th 9 16 - - - - -
1994/95 Florida panthers NHL 13 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
1995/96 without a contract not played after resignation
1996/97 Rafales de Quebec IHL 66 10 18th 28 54 9 5 0 5 4th
1997/98 Rafales de Quebec IHL 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
LHJMQ total 120 36 73 109 85 12 1 6th 7th 15th
IHL total 69 10 18th 28 56 9 5 0 5 4th
NHL overall 1028 179 254 433 617 84 14th 13 27 97

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b usatoday.com, Ex-NHL player Gaetan Duchesne dies at 44
  2. ↑ tsn.ca, Gaetan Duchesne dead at 44 ( Memento from April 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Duchesne, Gaétan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duchesne, Gaetan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Quebec City , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 2007
Place of death Quebec City, Quebec