Jean-François Labbé

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CanadaCanada  Jean-François Labbé Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 15, 1972
place of birth Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
Nickname Ti mine
size 175 cm
Weight 77 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 35
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1989-1992 Trois-Rivières Draveurs
1992-1993 Olympiques de Hull
1993-1994 Thunder Bay Senators
1994-1995 Prince Edward Island Senators
1995-1996 Cornwall Aces
1996-1997 Hershey Bears
1997-1998 Hamilton Bulldogs
1998-2000 Hartford Wolf Pack
2000-2003 Syracuse crunch
2003-2004 HK Lada Tolyatti
Garaga de Saint-Georges
2004-2005 Augsburg panther
2005-2007 Nuremberg Ice Tigers
2007-2009 Vienna Capitals
2009-2010 Flint Generals
2010-2011 Saint-François de Sherbrooke

Jean-François Labbé (born June 15, 1972 in Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and current - functionary , who was active during his active career for the New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets from the National Hockey League .

Career

Labbé began his career in 1989 in the Canadian Junior League Québec Major Junior Hockey League with the Trois-Rivières Draveurs . After further engagements in the QMJHL with the Sherbrooke Faucons and the Olympiques de Hull in the 1992/93 season, he moved in the summer of 1993 to the American Hockey League to the Prince Edward Island Senators for which he only played two games. Mainly he was in the gate of the farm team at the time , the Thunder Bay Senators .

In the following years Labbé went on the ice for several AHL teams. In the 1999/00 season he even scored a goal for the Hartford Wolf Pack . In the American Hockey League, the Canadian was voted best goalkeeper twice and in 1997 the AHL's Most Valuable Player . During the 2001/02 season he set a new AHL record with nine shutouts , but this was improved by Jason LaBarbera in 2003/04 . He played his first game in the National Hockey League during the 1999/00 season for the New York Rangers . This was also his last assignment for the New Yorkers. Another 14 games followed in the jersey of the Columbus Blue Jackets .

From the 2004/05 season he played in Germany. First with the Augsburg Panthers and in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons with the Nürnberg Ice Tigers . In the Panthers, Labbé made 50 appearances and an average goal against 2.81. Furthermore, he finished eighth among the goalkeepers with a catch quota of 91.13. He stood out with good reflexes and is considered a goalkeeper. When his contract was not renewed in the summer of 2007 by those responsible for the Nürnberg Ice Tigers, he moved to the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for the Vienna Capitals , for which he was active until 2009.

From September 2009 he was under contract with the Flint Generals from the International Hockey League . At the end of the 2009/10 season, the franchise was dissolved and Labbé signed in September 2010 with Saint-François de Sherbrooke in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey . After the 2010/11 season, the Canadian ended his active career and was committed to the following season by the Windsor Wild from the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey in the role of general manager.

Achievements and Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Le camp d'entraînement du Saint-François débute ce samedi avec des surprises ( Memento of March 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Labbé, Jean-François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and official
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Sherbrooke , Quebec, Canada