John Chabot

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CanadaCanada  John Chabot Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 18, 1962
place of birth Summerside , Prince Edward Island , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1980 , 2nd lap, 40th position
Montréal Canadiens
Career stations
1979-1981 Hull Olympiques
1981-1982 Sherbrooke Castors
1982-1983 Nova Scotia Voyageurs
1983-1984 Montréal Canadiens
1984-1987 Pittsburgh Penguins
1987-1991 Detroit Red Wings
1991-1992 HC Milano Saima
1992 HC Devils Milano
1992-1997 BSC Prussia
1997-2000 Frankfurt Lions
2000-2001 Polar bears Berlin

John David Chabot (born May 18, 1962 in Summerside , Prince Edward Island ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who was active in the National Hockey League and German Ice Hockey League .

Player career

Chabot was selected by the Canadiens de Montréal in the second round of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft in round two as the 40th player. In 1984/85 he moved from the Habs to the Pittsburgh Penguins , where he played in a row with Mario Lemieux . He spent the 1987/88 to 1990/91 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings .

In 1991 Chabot decided to move to Europe and was signed by HC Milano Saima , for whom he played in the Alpine League . At the beginning of the following season he was active for HC Devils Milano , before he moved to Germany to the Prussians Berlin during the 1992/93 season. With the Prussians he played until the 96/97 season. In 1997 he played the Swiss playoff final with EV Zug , after which he was drawn to the Frankfurt Lions . After three years in Frankfurt he went to the Eisbären Berlin, where he ended his active career after a season in the summer of 2001. Chabot also played eleven games for Team Canada .

Coaching career

In 2001 he became the head coach of the Hull Olympiques in the Canadian Junior League QMJHL . In 2002 he changed to the post of assistant coach and was part of the team until 2005, which has since been renamed Gatineau Olympiques . In February 2006, the Acadie-Bathurst Titan signed him from the QMJHL, which he was able to lead to the semi-finals of the playoffs in the same year .

From July 2007 to the end of the 2008/09 season he was assistant coach with Gerard Gallant and Daniel Lacroix at the New York Islanders in the NHL.

social commitment

Chabot founded an organization called the "First Assist Initiative," which provides sports for Native Americans. Chabot himself is a member of the Algonquin tribe living in the Kitigan Zibi reserve (province of Québec ) .

Achievements and Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Chabot - Assistant Coach - New York Islanders. In: www.nhl.com. Retrieved February 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ JOHN CHABOT Ex-EHC star helps Indian children: Chief polar bear | Berliner-Kurier.de. In: Berliner-Kurier.de. Retrieved on February 21, 2016 (German).
  3. ↑ What lies ahead for aboriginals. In: The Globe and Mail. Retrieved February 21, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Chabot, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chabot, John David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Summerside , Prince Edward Island, Canada