Sean Gauthier

Sean Gauthier
Date of birth	March 28, 1971
place of birth	Sudbury , Ontario , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1991 , 9th lap, 181st position Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
1988-1989	Kingston Raiders
1989-1991	Kingston Frontenacs
1991-1994	Moncton Hawks Fort Wayne Comet
1994-1995	Team Canada
1995-1996	South Carolina Stingrays
1996-1998	Pensacola Ice Pilots
1998-1999	Kentucky Thoroughblades
1999-2001	Louisville Panthers
2001-2002	Reading Royals
2002-2003	Leksands IF
2003-2005	Skellefteå AIK

Sean D. Gauthier (born March 28, 1971 in Sudbury , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper . During his career he played for the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League , Leksands IF in the Swedish Elitserien and Skellefteå AIK in the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan .

Career

Gauthier first played for three years from 1988 to 1991 in the Ontario Hockey League before he was selected in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft in the ninth round in 181st position by the Winnipeg Jets . Despite his move to the professional camp for the 1991/92 season, he never played for the Jets, but spent the seasons until the end of the 2001/02 season in the North American minor leagues . He played in the International Hockey League , American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League , where he was elected to the League's Second All-Star Team in 1996 and 1998 and even scored a goal in the 1995/96 season in the South Carolina Stingrays jersey out of the game. He also played between 1994 and 1996 in Roller Hockey International , an inline hockey league.

For his only brief appearance in the National Hockey League , he came in March 1999 during the 1998/99 season in the jersey of the San Jose Sharks , when he came in for Steve Shields three minutes before the end of the game . He was able to parry both shots on his goal. For the Florida Panthers he also came into the season preparation for the 2000/01 season . He delivered in the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning a fist fight with Dan Cloutier , the goalkeeper of the Lightning.

For the 2002/03 season he moved to Europe. There he played one season for the Swedish Elitserien club Leksands IF before ending his career, which he ended in summer 2005, in the following two seasons at Skellefteå AIK in HockeyAllsvenskan .

Achievements and Awards

• 1996 ECHL Second All-Star Team
• 1998 ECHL Second All-Star Team

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victories	Defeats	draw	Minutes	GT	Shutouts	Sv%	GTS
Regular season	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1,000	0.00
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Sean Gauthier at hockeydb.com (English)
• Sean Gauthier at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Sean Gauthier at hockeygoalies.org