Daniel Goneau (born January 16, 1976) is a Canadian former professional
ice hockey
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player. He played in 53 games the
National Hockey League
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with the
New York Rangers
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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
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with a
minor ice hockey
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team from
Verdun, Quebec
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Long known as a working class neighbourhood, it has experienced significant gentrification and social change in the 21 ...
.
Goneau was originally drafted by the
Boston Bruins
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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
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(AHL) affiliate, the
Hartford Wolf Pack
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. 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
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, before retiring in 2008. He also played in the United Kingdom for the
Bracknell Bees
The Bees Ice Hockey Club are an ice hockey team from Slough, Berkshire, UK. They compete in the National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) National League, the second tier of English Ice Hockey.
History
Early years
The Bracknell Bees were formed in 1 ...
during the
2001–02 ISL season, scoring 15 points in as many games.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Binghamton Rangers players
Boston Bruins draft picks
Bracknell Bees players
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Dauphins d'Épinal players
Detroit Vipers players
ERC Ingolstadt players
Fife Flyers players
Fort Wayne Komets players
Granby Prédateurs players
Hartford Wolf Pack players
Hershey Bears players
Ice hockey people from Montreal
Laval Titan players
Laval Titan Collège Français players
Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) players
Lowell Lock Monsters players
Manitoba Moose (IHL) players
New York Rangers draft picks
New York Rangers players
Thetford Mines Isothermic players
VEU Feldkirch players