Sylvain Côté

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CanadaCanada  Sylvain Côté Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 19, 1966
place of birth Québec , Québec , Canada
size 184 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1984 , 1st lap, 11th position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1981-1982 Sainte-Foy governor
1982-1984 Remparts de Quebec
1984-1985 Hartford Whalers
1985-1986 Olympiques de Hull
1986-1991 Hartford Whalers
1991-1998 Washington Capitals
1998-1999 Toronto Maple Leafs
1999-2000 Chicago Blackhawks
2000 Dallas Stars
2000-2002 Washington Capitals

Sylvain Côté (born January 19, 1966 in Québec City , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 1273 games for the Hartford Whalers , Washington Capitals , Toronto Maple Leafs , Chicago Blackhawks and Dallas in the course of his playing career between 1984 and 2002 Stars in the National Hockey League has denied on the position of defender .

Career

Côté first played with the Sainte-Foy Governors , before moving to the Remparts de Québec in 1982 in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . There the defender spent two seasons and after 34 points in his rookie season came to 65 points in the following. He was then selected in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in the first round in eleventh position by the Hartford Whalers . For the 1984/85 season Côté made the leap into the National Hockey League and was used in 67 games. In the 1985/86 season the defender also started in the professional field, but was sent back to the LHJMQ after a few missions. There he was used at the Olympiques de Hull , with which he won the Coupe du Président at the end of the season. He also received a nomination in First All-Star team in the league and was with the Emile Bouchard Trophy the best defensive player of the regular season as well as the Guy Lafleur Trophy for the most valuable player of the playoffs , which he shared with his teammate Luc Robitaille received , excellent. Then the Olympiques played in the tournament for the Memorial Cup .

From the 1986/87 season Côté belonged - with the exception of twelve missions in the farm team , the Binghamton Whalers , in the American Hockey League - to the permanent staff in Hartford. This lasted until the end of the 1990/91 season . Only in the 1989/90 season he missed most of the games due to an injury. In September 1991, the Whalers and the Defense Counsel finally parted ways. In exchange for the Russian striker Andrei Nikolischin , he moved to the Washington Capitals . With the team from the US capital, he was able to significantly increase his points and played there until the end of March 1998. As part of the trade deadline , the Toronto Maple Leafs secured the services of the defender. Jeff Brown moved to Washington for Côté .

The Canadian spent only one and a half years in Toronto, but they were extremely successful with reaching the play-off semi- finals in the 1998/99 season . In October 1999, Côté was given a second-round vote in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft to the Chicago Blackhawks . For the Blackhawks he completed only 45 games, since he was given in February 2000 together with Dave Manson to the reigning Stanley Cup winner and renewed championship favorites Dallas Stars . In exchange, Kevin Dean , Derek Plante and a second-round suffrage in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft moved to Chicago.

With Dallas, the defender reached the final series of the Stanley Cup, where the team in the best-of-seven series was subject to the New Jersey Devils in six games and thus missed the title defense. After 28 season and 23 play-off games, the time with the Texans was over again. As an unrestricted free agent , Côté returned to the Washington Capitals, where he spent two more full seasons. After only one use in the 2002/03 season , the Capitals dissolved the contract with him, whereupon he could not find a new team and ended his career.

International

Côté represented his home country Canada at the Junior World Championships in 1984 and 1986 . After finishing fourth at the 1984 World Cup, he won the silver medal two years later and was named to the tournament's all-star team.

At the 1996 World Cup of Hockey - his only national team appearance among the seniors - the defender played two games for the maple leaves and prepared a hit. After two losses in the best-of-three series against the United States , he finished second with the team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1981/82 Sainte-Foy governor QAAA 46 18th 29 47 117 5 0 3 3 8th
1982/83 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 66 10 24 34 50 - - - - -
1983/84 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 66 15th 50 65 89 5 1 1 2 0
1984/85 Hartford Whalers NHL 67 3 9 12 17th - - - - -
1985/86 Hartford Whalers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1985/86 Olympiques de Hull LHJMQ 26th 10 33 43 14th 13 6th 28 34 22nd
1986 Olympiques de Hull Memorial Cup 5 0 3 3 14th
1986/87 Binghamton Whalers AHL 12 2 4th 6th 0 - - - - -
1986/87 Hartford Whalers NHL 67 2 8th 10 20th 2 0 2 2 2
1987/88 Hartford Whalers NHL 67 7th 21st 28 30th 6th 1 1 2 4th
1988/89 Hartford Whalers NHL 78 8th 9 17th 49 3 0 1 1 4th
1989/90 Hartford Whalers NHL 28 4th 2 6th 14th 5 0 0 0 2
1990/91 Hartford Whalers NHL 73 7th 12 19th 17th 6th 0 2 2 2
1991/92 Washington Capitals NHL 78 11 29 40 31 7th 1 2 3 4th
1992/93 Washington Capitals NHL 77 21st 29 50 34 6th 1 1 2 4th
1993/94 Washington Capitals NHL 84 16 35 51 66 9 1 8th 9 6th
1994/95 Washington Capitals NHL 47 5 14th 19th 53 7th 1 3 4th 2
1995/96 Washington Capitals NHL 81 5 33 38 40 6th 2 0 2 12
1996/97 Washington Capitals NHL 57 6th 18th 24 28 - - - - -
1997/98 Washington Capitals NHL 59 1 15th 16 36 - - - - -
1997/98 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 12 3 6th 9 6th - - - - -
1998/99 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 79 5 24 29 28 17th 2 1 3 10
1999/00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1999/00 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 45 6th 18th 24 14th - - - - -
1999/00 Dallas Stars NHL 28 2 8th 10 14th 23 2 1 3 8th
2000/01 Washington Capitals NHL 68 7th 11 18th 18th 5 0 0 0 2
2001/02 Washington Capitals NHL 70 3 11 14th 26th - - - - -
2002/03 Washington Capitals NHL 1 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
LHJMQ total 158 35 107 142 153 18th 7th 29 36 22nd
AHL total 12 2 4th 6th 0 - - - - -
NHL overall 1171 122 313 435 545 102 11 22nd 33 62

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1984 Canada June World Cup 4th Place 7th 0 2 2 13
1986 Canada June World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 1 4th 5 4th
1996 Canada World cup 2nd place 2 0 1 1 0
Juniors overall 14th 1 6th 7th 17th
Men overall 2 0 1 1 0

( 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 Cote, Sylvain
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cote, Sylvain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Québec , Québec