Sylvain Cloutier

Sylvain Richard Cloutier (born February 13, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He is the elder brother of Dan Cloutier, And current head coach of the Adirondack Thunder of the ECHL.

Career Cloutier played junior hockey for the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League from 1991 to 1994, scoring 237 points and 106 goals while also serving as team captain. He was drafted 70th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1992 NHL entry draft and spent the next four seasons playing in the American Hockey League for the Adirondack Red Wings but never managed to make Detroit's main lineup. He would go on to play seven NHL games for the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1998–99 NHL season.

Cloutier joined the Coventry Blaze of the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League in 2006 and helped the team win the Elite League title. In 2008, he won his second Elite League title with the Blaze. He then became the head coach of the Corpus Christi IceRays in the Central Hockey League before being let go in February 2009. Afterwards, he returned to the Elite League and became player-coach for the Hull Stingrays. Cloutier became a popular player for the Stingrays, and as such, his number 83 was retired by the Hull Pirates, the successor team for the Stingrays following their liquidation in 2015.

Cloutier began his junior coaching career with the Bradford Rattlers in 2014-15 and helped the team to a 31-11-0 record. Cloutier served four years as head coach and general manager of the Severn Stallions in the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League beginning in 2017-18. During his time as head coach, the team earned back-to-back Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League Championships in 2018 and 2019.

Cloutier coached the Corpus Christi IceRays of the NAHL South Division, until his resignation in May 2025. He was hired by the Adirondack Thunder of the East Coast Hockey League to be their head coach for the 2025-26 season.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Sault Ste. Marie North Stars GNML 34 51 40 91 92 — — — — — 1991–92 Guelph Storm OHL 62 35 31 66 74 — — — — — 1992–93 Guelph Storm OHL 44 26 29 55 78 5 0 5 5 14 1993–94 Guelph Storm OHL 66 45 71 116 127 9 7 9 16 32 1993–94 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 2 0 2 2 2 — — — — — 1994–95 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 71 7 26 33 144 — — — — — 1995–96 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 65 11 17 28 118 3 0 0 0 4 1995–96 Toledo Storm ECHL 6 4 2 6 4 — — — — — 1996–97 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 77 13 36 49 190 4 0 2 2 4 1997–98 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 72 14 22 36 155 — — — — — 1997–98 Detroit Vipers IHL 8 0 1 1 18 21 7 5 12 31 1998–99 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 7 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1998–99 Indianapolis Ice IHL 73 21 33 54 128 7 3 2 5 12 1999–00 Albany River Rats AHL 66 15 28 43 127 5 0 0 0 6 1999–00 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 9 1 1 2 25 — — — — — 2000–01 Albany River Rats AHL 79 16 35 51 115 — — — — — 2001–02 Albany River Rats AHL 60 6 10 16 87 — — — — — 2002–03 Houston Aeros AHL 69 4 11 15 129 23 3 3 6 28 2003–04 Adirondack IceHawks UHL 33 16 20 36 62 — — — — — 2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2003–04 Syracuse Crunch AHL 2 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2003–04 HC Ambri-Piotta NLA 12 3 5 8 14 7 0 2 2 16 2004–05 Adirondack Frostbite UHL 77 27 50 77 59 6 2 3 5 20 2005–06 Adirondack Frostbite UHL 75 31 59 90 127 6 5 2 7 11 2006–07 Coventry Blaze EIHL 52 23 32 55 92 3 1 3 4 0 2007–08 Coventry Blaze EIHL 49 25 34 59 51 4 1 2 3 8 2009–10 Hull Stingrays EIHL 44 7 17 24 80 2 1 1 2 0 2010–11 Hull Stingrays EIHL 51 9 35 44 44 2 1 0 1 0 2011–12 Hull Stingrays EIHL 50 10 20 30 74 3 1 1 2 8 2012–13 Hull Stingrays EIHL 51 12 19 31 156 — — — — — 2013–14 Hull Stingrays EIHL 52 10 33 43 80 2 0 1 1 6 NHL totals 7 0 0 0 0 — — — — — AHL totals 565 86 188 274 1,073 35 3 5 8 42