Louis Côté is a Canadian retired ice hockey

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and

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who was a two-time

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for

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Career

Cote was a star defenseman for

in the 1970. He was one of the first big recruits for the program after it moved up to Division I in 1974–75. In each of his four years with the Catamounts Cote was better than a point-per game player and helped the Catamounts transition into becoming a viable team at the top level of college hockey. Cote was named as an All-American for his junior and senior season despite missing 10 games in his final campaign. He left Vermont as the programs all-time leader in scoring by a defenseman and continued to hold that position as of 2021. After graduation, Cote continued his playing career. He appeared briefly for the

Carolina Thunderbirds The Carolina Thunderbirds were a professional ice hockey team located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. The Thunderbirds played their home games at the old Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum before the arena was demolished in 1989. ...

in 1980 before heading to

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. He played three years for Sapporo and then signed on with

Chamonix HC Chamonix Hockey Club was a French professional ice hockey team based in Chamonix that last played in the Ligue Magnus in 2015. The team is also known as ''Chamois de Chamonix'' (Chamonix Chamois). With 30 championship titles, Chamonix was the mo ...

, playing hockey on his third continent. He left

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for a season to play with the

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but quickly returned and eventually joined the French National Team. He played in three separate

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for France. Cote retired in 1991, shortly after being inducted into the Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cote, Louis 1956 births Living people Ice hockey people from Montreal Canadian ice hockey defencemen Canadian ice hockey right wingers AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey players Dundee Rockets players Carolina Thunderbirds players Chamonix HC players Ours de Villard-de-Lans players Gothiques d'Amiens players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in France 20th-century Canadian sportsmen