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Dan LaCouture

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: April 18, 1977 in Hyannis, Massachusetts

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1998-99 21 EDM NHL 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 6:30
1999-00 22 EDM NHL 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 35 7:02
2000-01 23 TOT NHL 48 2 4 6 2 -2 43 2 0 0 1 23 8.7 328 6:50
2000-01 23 EDM NHL 37 2 4 6 2 -2 29 2 0 0 1 22 9.1 263 7:06
2000-01 23 PIT NHL 11 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 66 5:57
2001-02 24 PIT NHL 82 6 11 17 6 -19 71 5 0 1 0 77 7.8 1088 13:16
2002-03 25 TOT NHL 68 3 6 9 3 -4 72 3 0 0 0 47 6.4 653 9:36
2002-03 25 PIT NHL 44 2 2 4 2 -8 72 2 0 0 0 30 6.7 405 9:13
2002-03 25 NYR NHL 24 1 4 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 17 5.9 247 10:18
2003-04 26 NYR NHL 59 5 2 7 3 -13 82 4 1 0 1 39 12.8 560 9:29
2005-06 28 BOS NHL 55 2 2 4 2 -6 53 1 0 1 0 37 5.4 344 6:15
2006-07 29 NJD NHL 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 30 4:57
2008-09 31 CAR NHL 11 2 0 2 1 -1 10 2 0 0 1 4 50.0 47 4:16
Career NHL 337 20 25 45 18 -44 348 17 1 2 3 229 8.7 3104 9:13

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1998-99 21 EDM NHL 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1999-00 22 EDM NHL 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0.40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
2000-01 23 TOT NHL 48 0.04 0.08 0.13 0.05 0.90 0.48 2 4 6 2 10 0 12 0 -2 -0.1 0.2 0.1
2000-01 23 EDM NHL 37 0.05 0.11 0.16 0.06 0.78 0.59 2 4 6 2 9 0 11 0 -2 0.1 0.2 0.3
2000-01 23 PIT NHL 11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.27 0.09 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
2001-02 24 PIT NHL 82 0.07 0.13 0.21 0.08 0.87 0.94 7 12 19 7 25 1 62 19 -19 -0.6 0.5 -0.1
2002-03 25 TOT NHL 68 0.04 0.09 0.13 0.05 1.06 0.69 3 6 9 3 15 1 22 4 -4 -0.5 0.6 0.1
2002-03 25 PIT NHL 44 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.04 1.64 0.68 2 2 4 2 6 1 14 1 -8 -0.5 0.2 -0.3
2002-03 25 NYR NHL 24 0.04 0.17 0.21 0.07 0.00 0.71 1 4 5 2 9 0 8 3 4 0.0 0.4 0.4
2003-04 26 NYR NHL 59 0.08 0.03 0.12 0.05 1.39 0.66 6 2 8 4 9 1 34 13 -13 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3
2005-06 28 BOS NHL 55 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.03 0.96 0.67 2 2 4 2 8 0 14 0 -6 -0.4 0.2 -0.3
2006-07 29 NJD NHL 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.17 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2008-09 31 CAR NHL 11 0.18 0.00 0.18 0.10 0.91 0.36 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 -1 0.3 0.0 0.3
Career NHL 337 0.06 0.07 0.13 0.05 1.03 0.68 22 26 48 19 70 3 147 36 -44 -1.7 1.5 -0.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 22 EDM NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2:05
2000-01 23 PIT NHL 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 29 5:46
Career NHL 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 31 5:09

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 15 Natick Redmen High-MA 20 38 34 72 46
1993-94 16 Natick Redmen High-MA 21 52 49 101 58
1994-95 17 Springfield Olympics NEJHL 52 44 56 100 98
1995-96 18 Springfield Olympics NEJHL 29 24 35 59 79
1996-97 19 Boston University Terriers H-East 31 13 12 25 18
1997-98 20 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 77 15 10 25 -2 31 11 4 0 2 101 14.9
1998-99 21 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 72 17 14 31 -5 73 12 1 4 4 126 13.5
1999-00 22 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 70 23 17 40 -11 85 13 8 2 2 193 11.9
2001-02 24 United States WC-A 7 2 2 4 -1 0 2 0 0 0
2004-05 27 Providence Bruins AHL 64 12 15 27 9 52 7 3 2 2
2005-06 28 HC Davos Swiss 4 2 1 3 4
2006-07 29 Lowell Devils AHL 39 8 3 11 0 33 5 3 0 2
2007-08 30 HC Lugano Swiss 15 1 1 2 18
2008-09 31 Albany River Rats AHL 12 1 5 6 -5 4 0 1 0 0
2008-09 31 Barys Astana Rus-KHL 12 2 1 3 51
2009-10 32 Providence Bruins AHL 9 1 0 1 -3 2 1 0 0 0
2010-11 33 Lorenskog IK Norway 30 16 13 29 18
Career 7 Seasons AHL 343 77 64 141 -17 280 49 20 8 12 420 13.1
Career 1 Season H-East 31 13 12 25 18
Career 2 Seasons High-MA 41 90 83 173 104
Career 2 Seasons NEJHL 81 68 91 159 177
Career 1 Season Norway 30 16 13 29 18
Career 1 Season Rus-KHL 12 2 1 3 51
Career 2 Seasons Swiss 19 3 2 5 22
Career 1 Season WC-A 7 2 2 4 -1 0 2 0 0 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 18 Springfield Olympics NEJHL 13 12 13 25 23
1997-98 20 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1998-99 21 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 9 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0
1999-00 22 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 6 2 1 3 -3 0 2 0 0 1
2004-05 27 Providence Bruins AHL 6 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
2008-09 31 Barys Astana Rus-KHL 3 0 0 0 0
Career 4 Seasons AHL 26 6 3 9 -2 6 4 1 1 2
Career 1 Season NEJHL 13 12 13 25 23
Career 1 Season Rus-KHL 3 0 0 0 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 9 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Dan LaCouture 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3
Alexandre Giroux -83.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0
Jesse Joensuu -85.9 0.6 0.2 0.2
Everett Sanipass -87.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0
Dave Hindmarch -87.4 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0
Alexander Svitov -88.1 0.5 0.5 0.2
Michal Repik -88.9 0.6 0.4 0.2
Benoit Gratton -89.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Milan Bartovic -89.1 0.7 0.4 0.2
Jeremy Williams -89.7 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
Nikita Filatov -90.1 0.9 0.4 0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Dan LaCouture 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3
Alexandre Giroux -83.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0
Jesse Joensuu -85.9 0.6 0.2 0.2
Everett Sanipass -87.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0
Dave Hindmarch -87.4 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0
Alexander Svitov -88.1 0.5 0.5 0.2
Michal Repik -88.9 0.6 0.4 0.2
Benoit Gratton -89.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Milan Bartovic -89.1 0.7 0.4 0.2
Jeremy Williams -89.7 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0
Nikita Filatov -90.1 0.9 0.4 0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

2001-02 NHL 82 (2)

Transactions

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August 25, 1997: Traded to Edmonton by NY Islanders for Mariusz Czerkawski, August 25, 1997.

March 13, 2001: Traded to Pittsburgh by Edmonton for Sven Butenschon, March 13, 2001.

February 10, 2003: Traded to NY Rangers by Pittsburgh with Mike Wilson, Alex Kovalev and Janne Laukkanen for Joel Bouchard, Richard Lintner, Rico Fata and Mikael Samuelsson, February 10, 2003.

November 2, 2004: Signed to a PTO (professional tryout) contract by Providence (AHL), November 2, 2004.

December 31, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Providence (AHL), December 31, 2004.

October 19, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Davos (Swiss), October 19, 2005.

November 24, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Boston, November 24, 2005.

October 4, 2006: Signed as a free agent by New Jersey, October 4, 2006.

July 18, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, July 18, 2007.

January 22, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Lugano (Swiss), January 22, 2008.

October 6, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Carolina, October 6, 2008.

December 29, 2008: Suspended by Carolina, December 29, 2008.

January 4, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Astana (Russia-KHL), January 4, 2009.

November 19, 2009: Signed to a PTO (professional tryout) contract by Providence (AHL), November 19, 2009.

January 5, 2010: Released by Providence (AHL), January 5, 2010.

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