Herb LaFontaine is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman who starred for Rensselaer.

Career

LaFontaine played two seasons for Rensselaer as the team was ascending to the top of the college hockey landscape. In each of his two campaigns, the Engineers finished atop the Tri-State League standings and ended the year with 15 wins. For his second year with the program LaFontaine was named team captain and he led the Engineers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance. RPI lost a close contest with Minnesota in the semifinal then defeated

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in the consolation game. For his performance during the season, LaFontaine was an

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and made the All-Tournament Second Team.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Awards and honors

References

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* Year of birth unknown Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Quebec People from Westmount, Quebec RPI Engineers men's ice hockey players AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans {{quebec-bio-stub