Alain Côté

Alain R. Gabriel Côté (born April 14, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and inline hockey player.

Early life Côté was born in Montmagny, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1979 and 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Montmagny.

Career Côté was drafted in the second round (31st overall) by the Boston Bruins in the 1985 NHL entry draft. His first season in the National Hockey League (NHL) was 1985–86. He played a total of 36 games in his rookie year and had no goals and six assists. Those 32 games marked the most games that he would play in a single NHL season as he spent most of his career playing in the minors and elsewhere.

Côté played for five different NHL clubs during his career. He played for the Boston Bruins (1985–86 to 1988–89), Washington Capitals (1989–90), Montreal Canadiens (1990–91 to 1991–92), Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) and Quebec Nordiques (1993–94). During that span, he played a total of 119 games in which he scored 2 goals and 18 assists for 20 points. He also racked up 124 penalty minutes. As well as the NHL, Côté has played in the QMJHL, AHL and IHL. He has also played hockey in Europe and Japan.

In 1996, Côté played 26 games of inline hockey for the Oakland Skates. He had 4 goals and 15 assists for 19 points.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1983–84 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 60 3 17 20 40 5 1 3 4 8 1984–85 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 68 9 25 34 173 4 0 1 1 12 1985–86 Granby Bisons QMJHL 22 4 12 16 48 — — — — — 1985–86 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1985–86 Boston Bruins NHL 32 0 6 6 14 — — — — — 1986–87 Granby Bisons QMJHL 43 7 24 31 185 4 0 3 3 2 1986–87 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1987–88 Maine Mariners AHL 69 9 34 43 108 9 2 4 6 19 1987–88 Boston Bruins NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1988–89 Maine Mariners AHL 37 5 16 21 111 — — — — — 1988–89 Boston Bruins NHL 31 2 3 5 51 — — — — — 1989–90 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 57 5 19 24 161 3 0 0 0 9 1989–90 Washington Capitals NHL 2 0 0 0 7 — — — — — 1990–91 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 49 8 19 27 110 — — — — — 1990–91 Montreal Canadiens NHL 28 0 6 6 26 11 0 2 2 26 1991–92 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 20 1 10 11 24 7 0 1 1 4 1991–92 Montreal Canadiens NHL 13 0 3 3 22 — — — — — 1992–93 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 61 10 17 27 83 — — — — — 1992–93 Atlanta Knights IHL 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1993–94 Cornwall Aces AHL 67 10 34 44 80 11 0 2 2 11 1993–94 Quebec Nordiques NHL 6 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1995–96 San Francisco Spiders IHL 80 5 26 31 133 4 0 0 0 10 1996–97 Quebec Rafales IHL 76 8 17 25 102 9 0 2 2 30 1997–98 Japan Intl 38 15 19 34 0 — — — — — 1999–00 Nuermberg Ice Tigers DEL 45 6 12 18 114 — — — — — 2000–01 St. Georges-de-Beauce Garaga QSPHL 4 1 2 3 8 — — — — — 2000–01 Tappara Tampere SM-liiga 44 9 15 24 111 5 0 1 1 27 2001–02 St. Georges-de-Beauce Garaga QSPHL 43 8 12 20 55 11 1 3 4 14 2002–03 Rivière-du-Loup Promutuel QSPHL 14 1 7 8 2 4 0 1 1 8 2003–04 Rivière-du-Loup Promutuel QSPHL 49 4 17 21 87 10 0 4 4 14 2004–05 Quebec RadioX LNAH 42 6 8 14 64 — — — — — 2005–06 Trois-Rivieres Caron and Guay LNAH 3 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2005–06 Pont Rouge Grand Portneuf LNAH 31 5 13 18 42 — — — — — 2006–07 Saguenay 98.3-FM LNAH 29 0 8 8 46 — — — — — NHL totals 119 2 18 20 124 11 0 2 2 26