Sam St. Laurent

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CanadaCanada  Sam St. Laurent Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 16, 1959
place of birth Arvida , Quebec , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 86 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1975-1979 Saguenéens de Chicoutimi
1979-1981 Toledo Goaldiggers
1981-1986 Maine Mariners
1986-1990 Adirondack Red Wings
1990-1992 Binghamton Rangers

Samuel Saint-Laurent (* 16th February 1959 in Arvida , Quebec ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and - coaches , who in his active between 1975 and 1992, including for the New Jersey Devils and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League played .

Career

St. Laurent began his career as a hockey player with the Saguenéens de Chicoutimi , for which he was active from 1975 to 1979 in the Canadian junior league QMJHL . From 1979 to 1986 the goalkeeper played for the Maine Mariners in the American Hockey League , while in his first four years in the professional field he was used in parallel, especially for the Toledo Goaldiggers in the International Hockey League . In the 1983/84 season he won the Calder Cup with the Maine Mariners . In the 1985/86 season he was also used in four games for the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League . In the AHL, the Canadian was one of the best goalkeepers in the league and was elected to the league's Second All-Star Team in 1985 and 1986 . In 1986 he and his compatriot Karl Friesen also received the Harry “Hap” Holmes Memorial Award for the goalkeeper team with the lowest average goal conceded in the AHL. He himself also received the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award for best goalkeeper in the league.

On August 18, 1986 St. Laurent was given by the New Jersey Devils within the NHL in exchange for Steve Richmond to the Detroit Red Wings . In the following four years he played a total of 31 times for Detroit in the NHL. Most of the time, however, he spent with their AHL farm team Adirondack Red Wings . With Adirondack he also won the Calder Cup in the 1988/89 season . He himself played a key role in this success and was awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the most valuable player in the AHL playoffs. Most recently he ran from 1990 to 1992 for the Binghamton Rangers in the AHL, where in his second year he mainly participated with Team Canada in its Olympic preparation. Following the 1992 Winter Games, he ended his active career at the age of 33.

From 1993 to 2004 St. Laurent worked as a goalkeeping coach for the New York Rangers from the NHL.

International

For Canada , St. Laurent took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , where he and his team won the silver medal. As a substitute goalkeeper, he was not used during the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

International

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personal data
SURNAME St. Laurent, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saint-Laurent, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Arvida , Quebec , Canada