Yves Racine

Yves Racine (born February 7, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Biography As a youth, Racine played in the 1981 and 1982 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Charlesbourg, Quebec City.

Racine was drafted 11th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1987 NHL entry draft. He played 508 NHL games for the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, San Jose Sharks, Calgary Flames and Tampa Bay Lightning, and his last season in NHL was 1997-98.

Later, he played one season in Jokerit in Finland and five seasons in Germany, mostly in Adler Mannheim. Racine won a gold medal playing for Canada at the 1994 World Ice Hockey Championships. He retired after the 2005–2006 season, his 2nd season playing for Thetford-Mines Prolab of the LNAH.

He currently works for Arizona Capital, in Quebec City.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 Sainte-Foy Gouverneurs QMAAA 26 3 6 9 12 — — — — — 1985–86 Sainte-Foy Gouverneurs QMAAA 42 4 38 42 66 — — — — — 1986–87 Longueuil Chevaliers QMJHL 70 7 43 50 50 20 3 11 14 14 1987–88 Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL 69 10 84 94 150 5 0 0 0 13 1987–88 Adirondack Red Wings AHL — — — — — 9 4 2 6 2 1988–89 Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL 63 23 85 108 95 16 3 30 33 41 1988–89 Adirondack Red Wings AHL — — — — — 2 1 1 2 0 1989–90 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 46 8 27 35 31 — — — — — 1989–90 Detroit Red Wings NHL 28 4 9 13 23 — — — — — 1990–91 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 16 3 9 12 10 — — — — — 1990–91 Detroit Red Wings NHL 62 7 40 47 33 7 2 0 2 0 1991–92 Detroit Red Wings NHL 61 2 22 24 94 11 2 1 3 10 1992–93 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 9 31 40 80 7 1 3 4 27 1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 67 9 43 52 48 — — — — — 1994–95 Montreal Canadiens NHL 47 4 7 11 42 — — — — — 1995–96 Montreal Canadiens NHL 25 0 3 3 26 — — — — — 1995–96 San Jose Sharks NHL 32 1 16 17 28 — — — — — 1996–97 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 4 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1996–97 Quebec Rafales IHL 6 0 4 4 4 — — — — — 1996–97 Calgary Flames NHL 46 1 15 16 24 — — — — — 1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 60 0 8 8 41 — — — — — 1998–99 Jokerit SM-l 52 8 18 26 108 3 1 0 1 6 1999–2000 Adler Mannheim DEL 54 5 21 26 90 5 0 1 1 43 2000–01 Adler Mannheim DEL 52 4 29 33 98 11 0 7 7 40 2001–02 Adler Mannheim DEL 48 3 31 34 124 12 2 2 4 10 2002–03 Adler Mannheim DEL 47 2 18 20 90 8 1 5 6 16 2003–04 Adler Mannheim DEL 15 2 3 5 44 — — — — — 2003–04 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 33 2 10 12 24 8 1 1 2 39 2004–05 Thetford Mines Prolab LNAH 47 2 41 43 36 — — — — — 2005–06 Thetford Mines Prolab LNAH 40 1 31 32 69 — — — — — NHL totals 508 37 194 231 439 25 5 4 9 37 DEL totals 249 18 112 130 470 44 4 16 20 148

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1989 Canada WJC 7 0 0 0 6 1991 Canada WC 4 0 0 0 0 1994 Canada WC 8 1 2 3 8 Senior totals 12 1 2 3 8