Randy Ladouceur

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CanadaCanada  Randy Ladouceur Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 30, 1960
place of birth Brockville , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 100 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1977-1988 Hamilton Fincups
1978-1980 Brantford Alexander
1980-1981 Kalamazoo Wings
1981-1982 Adirondack Red Wings
1982-1986 Detroit Red Wings
1986-1993 Hartford Whalers
1993-1996 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

Randall J. "Randy" Ladouceur (born June 30, 1960 in Brockville , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 970 games for the Detroit Red Wings , Hartford Whalers between 1977 and 1996 and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim played in the National Hockey League as defender . Ladouceur was the seventh captain in the franchise credit history of New England / Hartford Whalers and the second of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Career

Ladouceur began his career as a hockey player in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Major Junior Hockey League , in which he was active from 1977 to 1980 for the Hamilton Fincups and Brantford Alexanders . During this period he received on November 1, 1979 as a free agent a contract with the Detroit Red Wings , without ever having been drafted .

After the defender played in his first two seasons in Detroit exclusively for their farm teams , the Kalamazoo Wings in the International Hockey League and Adirondack Red Wings in the American Hockey League , he made his debut in the National Hockey League for in the 1982/83 season the Red Wings, where he gave four templates in 27 games. Then he had a regular place in the NHL team. On January 12, 1987 Ladouceur was given in exchange for Dave Barr to the league rivals Hartford Whalers , for which he was the following six and a half seasons on the ice. After three more years with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , whose second team captain he was between 1994 and 1996, the left shooter ended his active career in 1996.

Immediately after the end of his playing career, Ladouceur became assistant coach at his ex-club Hartford Whalers. After his relocation, the Canadian stayed in the franchise and worked as Paul Maurice's assistant coach at the Carolina Hurricanes until 2004 . The former NHL player received his only job as head coach in the 2005/06 season with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League . He then moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs , where he worked again as an assistant coach. On May 7, 2008 Ladouceur was fired by the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Cliff Fletcher , along with head coach Paul Maurice. In the 2009/10 season Ladouceur worked as an assistant coach at the Niagara IceDogs in the OHL.

In July 2010, Ladouceur was introduced as the assistant coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs under Randy Cunneyworth . A year later, he was promoted to assistant coach with the Canadiens de Montréal . There he was employed for a year before he found a job as an assistant coach with the Lake Erie Monsters in the AHL after a one-year hiatus . He worked there for two years, followed by a three-year tenure until summer 2018 as an assistant coach at the San Antonio Rampage .

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1977/78 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 64 8th 20th 28 82 20th 0 0 0 9
1978/79 Brantford Alexander OMJHL 64 3 17th 20th 141 - - - - -
1979/80 Brantford Alexander OMJHL 37 6th 15th 21st 125 8th 0 5 5 18th
1980/81 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 80 7th 30th 37 52 8th 1 3 4th 10
1981/82 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 78 4th 28 32 78 5 1 1 2 6th
1982/83 Detroit Red Wings NHL 27 0 4th 4th 16 - - - - -
1982/83 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 48 11 21st 32 54 - - - - -
1983/84 Detroit Red Wings NHL 71 3 17th 20th 58 4th 1 0 1 6th
1983/84 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 11 3 5 8th 12 - - - - -
1984/85 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 3 27 30th 108 3 1 0 1 0
1985/86 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 5 13 18th 196 - - - - -
1986/87 Detroit Red Wings NHL 34 3 6th 9 70 - - - - -
1986/87 Hartford Whalers NHL 36 2 3 5 51 6th 0 2 2 12
1987/88 Hartford Whalers NHL 67 1 7th 8th 91 6th 1 1 2 4th
1988/89 Hartford Whalers NHL 75 2 5 7th 95 1 0 0 0 10
1989/90 Hartford Whalers NHL 71 3 12 15th 126 7th 1 0 1 10
1990/91 Hartford Whalers NHL 67 1 3 4th 118 6th 1 4th 5 6th
1991/92 Hartford Whalers NHL 74 1 9 10 127 7th 0 1 1 11
1992/93 Hartford Whalers NHL 62 2 4th 6th 109 - - - - -
1993/94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 81 1 9 10 74 - - - - -
1994/95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 44 2 4th 6th 36 - - - - -
1995/96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 63 1 3 4th 47 - - - - -
OMJHL overall 165 17th 52 69 348 28 0 5 5 27
AHL total 37 18th 54 72 144 5 1 1 2 6th
NHL overall 930 30th 126 156 1322 40 5 8th 13 59

( 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. ↑ tsn.ca, Leafs fire Maurice
  2. ↑ theahl.com, Cunneyworth named Hamilton head coach
personal data
SURNAME Ladouceur, Randy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ladouceur, Randall J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Brockville , Ontario , Canada