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. He is the son of NHL Hall of Famer
Jacques Laperrière.
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
The 1989 NHL Entry Draft was the 27th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 17 at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. The Detroit Red Wings' 1989 draft has been noted as exceptionally successful, with 5,955 total NHL games played by the pla ...
, 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
The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...
. 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
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
's
Nationalliga B for
HC Ajoie.
He returned to Canada in 2005 to play in the
Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey
The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH, ''"North American Hockey League"'') is a low-level professional ice hockey league based in the Canadian province of Quebec. Teams in the LNAH compete for the Vertdure Cup.
History
The league was fou ...
for the
Saint-Georges CRS Express
The Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5 is a professional ice hockey team based in Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada. The team is part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH), and plays at the Centre Sportif Lacroix-Dutil.
History
The team was fo ...
. He moved to the
Arizona Sundogs of the
Central Hockey League in 2006 where his 57 points (11 goals and 46 assist) in 60 games was his most productive in his career and was ranked 5th among CHL defencemen in points.
He is currently a pro scout for the
Colorado Avalanche.
Awards and honours
List of awards and honours.
References
External links
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1969 births
HC Ajoie players
Arizona Sundogs players
Atlanta Knights players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Colorado Avalanche scouts
Eisbären Berlin players
Füchse Duisburg players
Ice hockey people from Laval, Quebec
Kansas City Blades players
Living people
Ottawa Senators players
Peoria Rivermen (IHL) players
Portland Pirates players
Prince Edward Island Senators players
St. Lawrence Saints men's ice hockey players
St. Louis Blues draft picks
St. Louis Blues players
Schwenninger Wild Wings players
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
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