Daniel Laperrière

Daniel Jacques Laperrière (born March 28, 1969) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. Laperriere played 48 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues and Ottawa Senators from 1992 to 1996. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2008, was spent in the minor leagues and Europe. He is the son of Jacques Laperrière, who also played in the NHL and is in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Biography As a youth, Laperrière played in the 1981 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Laval, Quebec.

He played with the St. Louis Blues and the Ottawa Senators. He graduated from St. Lawrence University where he played for the Skating Saints, earning Hobey Baker Award nomination in 1992.

Laperrière was drafted 93rd overall by St. Louis in the 1989 NHL entry draft, and went on to play in 48 regular-season games, scoring two goals and five assists for seven points, collecting 27 penalty minutes.

In 1997, he moved to Germany to play in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. In five seasons, he played for the SERC Wild Wings and Eisbären Berlin. He also spent a season in the 2nd Bundesliga for EV Duisburg. He then spent two seasons in Switzerland's Nationalliga B for HC Ajoie.

He returned to Canada in 2005 to play in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey for the Saint-Georges CRS Express. He moved to the Arizona Sundogs of the Central Hockey League in 2006, where his 57 points (11 goals and 46 assists) in 60 games were his most productive in his career and were ranked 5th among CHL defencemen in points.

He is currently a pro scout for the Colorado Avalanche.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 Collège Saint-Sacrement HS-CA 17 22 17 39 — — — — — — 1987–88 Collège Laval HS-CA — — — — — — — — — — 1988–89 St. Lawrence University ECAC 34 1 11 12 14 — — — — — 1989–90 St. Lawrence University ECAC 29 6 19 25 16 — — — — — 1990–91 St. Lawrence University ECAC 29 6 24 30 18 — — — — — 1991–92 St. Lawrence University ECAC 32 8 45 53 36 — — — — — 1992–93 St. Louis Blues NHL 5 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1992–93 Peoria Rivermen IHL 54 4 20 24 28 — — — — — 1993–94 St. Louis Blues NHL 20 1 3 4 8 — — — — — 1993–94 Peoria Rivermen IHL 56 10 37 47 16 6 0 2 2 2 1994–95 St. Louis Blues NHL 4 0 0 0 15 — — — — — 1994–95 Ottawa Senators NHL 13 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 1994–95 Peoria Rivermen IHL 65 19 33 52 42 — — — — — 1995–96 Ottawa Senators NHL 6 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1995–96 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 15 2 7 9 4 — — — — — 1995–96 Atlanta Knights IHL 15 4 9 13 4 — — — — — 1995–96 Kansas City Blades IHL 23 2 6 8 11 5 0 1 1 0 1996–97 Portland Pirates AHL 69 14 26 40 33 5 0 2 2 2 1997–98 SERC Wild Wings DEL 45 11 24 35 16 6 3 4 7 2 1998–99 SERC Wild Wings DEL 46 9 30 39 52 — — — — — 1999–00 SERC Wild Wings DEL 55 17 29 46 16 — — — — — 2000–01 Eisbären Berlin DEL 38 5 10 15 12 — — — — — 2001–02 Eisbären Berlin DEL 56 11 22 33 12 4 0 2 2 0 2002–03 EV Duisburg GER-2 34 1 17 18 22 — — — — — 2003–04 HC Ajoie NLB 45 9 29 38 34 11 11 3 14 4 2004–05 HC Ajoie NLB 27 6 15 21 6 — — — — — 2005–06 CRS Express de Saint-Georges LNAH 40 6 23 29 4 3 0 1 1 2 2006–07 Arizona Sundogs CHL 60 11 46 57 40 14 4 9 13 8 2007–08 Arizona Sundogs CHL 61 18 33 51 28 17 3 15 18 4 DEL totals 240 53 115 168 108 10 3 6 9 2 NHL totals 48 2 5 7 27 — — — — —

Awards and honours List of awards and honours.

Award Year All-ECAC Hockey Second Team 1990–91 ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team 1991 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1991–92 AHCA East First-Team All-American 1991–92 ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team 1992