Daniel Goneau

Daniel Goneau (born January 16, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in 53 games the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers from 1996 to 2000. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1996 to 2009, was mainly spent in the minor leagues.

Biography As a youth, Goneau played in the 1990 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Verdun, Quebec.

Goneau was originally drafted by the Boston Bruins at the 1994 NHL entry draft, but chose not to sign with them. Two years later, he was drafted by the Rangers in the 1996 NHL entry draft. Goneau played in 41 games during the 1996–97 NHL season, collecting ten goals and three assists for 13 points. The following season he played in only 11 games scoring twice, while spending most of the season with the Rangers' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. After spending the entire 1998–99 season with the Wolf Pack, Goneau returned for one more game during the 1999–2000 season which proved to be his final game in the NHL.

Goneau later played in the AHL, the International Hockey League and the United Hockey League, before retiring in 2008. He also played in the United Kingdom for the Bracknell Bees during the 2001–02 ISL season, scoring 15 points in as many games.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Laval Leafs QAHA 32 16 18 34 20 — — — — — 1991–92 Lac St-Louis Lions QMAAA 42 21 14 35 52 14 1 4 5 6 1992–93 Laval Titan QMJHL 62 16 25 41 44 13 0 4 4 4 1992–93 Laval Titan M-Cup — — — — — 5 0 4 4 4 1993–94 Laval Titan QMJHL 66 28 57 85 81 19 8 21 29 45 1993–94 Laval Titan M-Cup — — — — — 5 5 2 7 10 1994–95 Laval Titan Collège Français QMJHL 56 16 31 47 78 20 5 10 15 33 1995–96 Granby Prédateurs QMJHL 67 54 51 105 115 21 11 22 33 40 1995–96 Granby Prédateurs M-Cup — — — — — 4 3 2 5 4 1996–97 New York Rangers NHL 41 10 3 13 10 — — — — — 1996–97 Binghamton Rangers AHL 39 15 15 30 10 — — — — — 1997–98 New York Rangers NHL 11 2 0 2 4 — — — — — 1997–98 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 66 21 26 47 44 13 1 4 5 18 1998–99 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 72 20 19 39 56 2 1 0 1 0 1999–00 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1999–00 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 51 15 17 32 48 22 1 2 3 6 2000–01 Manitoba Moose IHL 58 10 14 24 26 — — — — — 2000–01 Detroit Vipers IHL 15 6 4 10 8 — — — — — 2001–02 ERC Ingolstadt GER-2 13 4 5 9 55 — — — — — 2001–02 Bracknell Bees BISL 15 6 9 15 14 — — — — — 2002–03 Louisiana IceGators ECHL 48 21 43 64 102 — — — — — 2002–03 Hershey Bears AHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2002–03 Richmond Renegades ECHL 8 3 4 7 8 — — — — — 2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 13 2 1 3 8 — — — — — 2003–04 Fife Flyers BNL 33 22 37 59 42 2 1 0 1 2 2004–05 Épinal FRA 25 9 16 25 81 4 1 3 4 72 2005–06 Chiefs de Laval LNAH 52 23 39 62 42 5 2 5 7 4 2006–07 Fort Wayne Komets UHL 69 22 35 57 77 10 2 6 8 8 2007–08 Saint-François de Sherbrooke LNAH 25 7 10 17 20 — — — — — 2007–08 Isothermic de Thetford Mines LNAH 22 6 14 20 12 — — — — — 2008–09 VEU Feldkirch AUT-2 22 16 11 27 78 8 3 3 6 20 AHL totals 244 73 79 152 166 37 3 6 9 24 NHL totals 53 12 3 15 14 — — — — —