Joseph Leopold Louis Marie Frédéric Chabot (born February 12, 1968) is a Canadian

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coach and former

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who played parts of five seasons in the

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(NHL) for the

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and

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from 1991 to 1999. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1989 to 2006, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe. He is currently the Goaltending Coach for the

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Playing career

Chabot played for the International Hockey League's

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. He also played for the Houston Aeros, helping them win the Turner Cup in 1999. He also played a portion of his career for the

. He was also on the roster for the 1998–99 expansion

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. He won the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award as the best goaltender in the American Hockey League in the 1993–94 season as a member of the

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. Chabot was available in a record five NHL Expansion Drafts:

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, and

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

. He was selected in three (1992, 1998, and 2000), also a record.

Coaching career

On July 6, 2009, Chabot was named the Goaltending Consultant for the

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. On November 24, 2014, Chabot was relieved of his duties as the Goaltender Consultant for the

after being replaced by Dustin Schwartz. He was shortly thereafter hired by the Minnesota Wild as their Goaltending Development Coach. On August 26, 2020, Chabot was promoted by the Wild to be their Goaltending Coach.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Awards

* WHL East First All-Star Team – 1989

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chabot, Frederic 1968 births Living people Adler Mannheim players Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL) players Drummondville Voltigeurs players Edmonton Oilers coaches Fort Wayne Komets players Fredericton Canadiens players Hershey Bears players Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players Ice hockey people from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Las Vegas Thunder players Los Angeles Kings players Minnesota Wild coaches Montreal Canadiens players Moose Jaw Warriors players New Jersey Devils draft picks Nürnberg Ice Tigers players Sportspeople from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Philadelphia Flyers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Prince Albert Raiders players Sherbrooke Canadiens players Vienna Capitals players Winston-Salem Thunderbirds players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen