Scott Lachance

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United StatesUnited States  Scott Lachance Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 22, 1972
place of birth Charlottesville , Virginia , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 96 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1991 , 1st round, 4th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1988-1990 Springfield Olympics
1990-1991 Boston University
1991-1992 USA hockey
1992-1999 New York Islanders
1999-2000 Montréal Canadiens
2000-2002 Vancouver Canucks
2002-2004 Columbus Blue Jackets
2005-2006 Kloten Flyers
2006-2007 Lowell Devils

Scott Joseph Lachance (* 22. October 1972 in Charlottesville , Virginia ) is a former American ice hockey player , who during his playing career Between 1992 and 2007, among others for the New York Islanders , Montreal Canadiens , Vancouver Canucks and Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League played on the position of defender .

Career

Lachance first played between 1988 and 1990 at the Springfield Olympics in the New England Junior Hockey League , where he got 102 scorer points in 70 games . In the fall of 1990, the defender moved to Boston University and played there for a year for the ice hockey team in Hockey East , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . With the so-called Terriers , the then 19-year-old won the Hockey East championship at the end of the season and in the summer of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft was selected in fourth position by the New York Islanders in the first round .

Before Lachance switched to the professional field, he joined the American ice hockey association USA Hockey and prepared with the team for large parts of the 1991/92 season for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , France , and also played the 1992 Junior World Championship before he did accrued at the Olympics. After the Winter Games, the defender ran for the rest of the season with the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League . In the following seven seasons Lachance was a fixture in the squad and was only transferred to the Montréal Canadiens in March 1999, when the Islanders changed their team in many parts . In return, the Islanders received a third-round vote in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft . The Islanders' career was crowned with participation in the 1997 NHL All-Star Game .

In the French Canadians, the defender only ran up until the summer of 2000 when he joined the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent for two seasons . He then joined the Columbus Blue Jackets as a free agent for two years until 2004 . Due to the lockout -related failure of the 2004/05 NHL season, Lachance paused a year from playing ice hockey and found no new NHL team to sign him for the 2005/06 season . He then moved abroad for the first time and spent the season in Switzerland . There he was responsible for the Kloten Flyers of the National League A active. In the summer of 2006 he returned to North America and spent his last professional time with the Lowell Devils in the American Hockey League .

International

Lachance first played for his native USA at the 1991 World Junior Championship when he was elected to the tournament's All-Star Team. At the Junior World Championship in 1992 he won the bronze medal with the Americans and remained with the association to prepare for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , France . There, the Americans took fourth place.

Lachance also made appearances at the 1996 , 1997 and 1999 World Championships . At the World Cup in 1996 in the Austrian capital Vienna , he won another bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 Springfield Olympics NEJHL 36 8th 28 36 20th
1989/90 Springfield Olympics NEJHL 34 25th 41 66 62
1990/91 Boston University Hockey East 31 5 19th 24 48
1991/92 USA hockey International 36 1 10 11 34
1991/92 New York Islanders NHL 17th 1 4th 5 9 - - - - -
1992/93 New York Islanders NHL 75 7th 17th 24 67 - - - - -
1993/94 New York Islanders NHL 74 3 11 14th 70 3 0 0 0 0
1994/95 New York Islanders NHL 26th 6th 7th 13 26th - - - - -
1995/96 New York Islanders NHL 55 3 10 13 54 - - - - -
1996/97 New York Islanders NHL 81 3 11 14th 47 - - - - -
1997/98 New York Islanders NHL 63 2 11 13 45 - - - - -
1998/99 New York Islanders NHL 59 1 8th 9 30th - - - - -
1998/99 Montréal Canadiens NHL 17th 1 1 2 11 - - - - -
1999/00 Montréal Canadiens NHL 57 0 6th 6th 22nd - - - - -
2000/01 Vancouver Canucks NHL 76 3 11 14th 46 2 0 1 1 2
2001/02 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81 1 10 11 50 6th 1 1 2 4th
2002/03 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 61 0 1 1 46 - - - - -
2003/04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 77 0 4th 4th 44 - - - - -
2004/05 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Kloten Flyers NLA 28 0 2 2 99 8th 1 3 4th 12
2006/07 Lowell Devils AHL 25th 0 4th 4th 14th - - - - -
NEJHL total 70 33 69 102 82
Hockey East overall 31 5 19th 24 48
AHL total 25th 0 4th 4th 14th - - - - -
NHL overall 819 31 112 143 567 11 1 2 3 6th
NLA total 28 0 2 2 99 8th 1 3 4th 12

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1991 United States U20 World Cup 8th 2 1 3 2
1992 United States U20 World Cup 7th 1 4th 5 0
1992 United States Olympia 8th 0 1 1 6th
1996 United States WM 8th 0 0 0 2
1997 United States WM 8th 0 2 2 4th
1999 United States WM 6th 0 0 0 4th
Juniors overall 15th 3 5 8th 2
Men overall 30th 0 3 3 16

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Lachance, Scott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lachance, Scott Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlottesville , Virginia