Kevin LaVallee
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| Kevin LaVallee | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 16, 1961 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Calgary Flames Los Angeles Kings St. Louis Blues Pittsburgh Penguins Innsbrucker EV HC Ambri-Piotta SC Bern HC Milan HC Ajoie EC Ratingen Düsseldorfer EG EC Hannover HC Davos | ||
| NHL draft |
32nd overall, 1980 Calgary Flames | ||
| Playing career | 1980–1996 | ||
Kevin A. LaVallee (born September 16, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played eight seasons in the National Hockey League with four teams from 1980 to 1987. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1980 to 1996, was mainly spent in Europe.
NHL
LaVallee started his NHL career with the Calgary Flames in 1980. He also played for the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues. LaVallee played the last of his 398 NHL games (including playoffs) with the Penguins during the 1986–87 NHL season.
Europe
Following his NHL career, LaVallee played another nine seasons in various European leagues. He was with Innsbruck EV in Austria from 1987–88 until midway through 1989–90. He played for SC Bern for the remainder of that season. In 1990–91 He moved to Italy playing for HC Milano in 1991–92 he played for a different team in Milan. In 1992–93 He joined the Ayr Raiders of the BHL. Later that season he moved to EC Ratingen in Germany. He moved again during the 1992–93 season, this time to Ajoie in the Swiss National League A (NLA). In 1993–94 he went back to Germany with Düsseldorfer EG. He moved with the team in 1994–95 to the newly created Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). In 1995–96 He started the season playing for the DEL's EC Hannover before returning to Switzerland and playing for HC Davos in the NLA.
LaVallee retired from professional hockey following the 1995–96 season.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1977–78 | Sudbury Wolves U18 | GNML | 30 | 45 | 48 | 93 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Brantford Alexanders | OMJHL | 66 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Brantford Alexanders | OMJHL | 65 | 65 | 70 | 135 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 77 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1981–82 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 75 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1982–83 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 60 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 47 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 38 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 64 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1986–87 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 33 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Innsbruck EV | AUT | 34 | 39 | 33 | 72 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | HC Ambri-Piotta | NLA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Innsbruck EV | AUT | 40 | 45 | 47 | 92 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Innsbruck EV | AUT | 33 | 43 | 42 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1989–90 | SC Bern | NLA | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | HC Milan | ITA | 36 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | HC Milan | ITA | 16 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 1991–92 | HC Milan | ALP | 10 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Ratingen EC | GER | 10 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1992–93 | Ajoie | NLA | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Düsseldorfer EG | GER | 44 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 1994–95 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 39 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Hannover EC | DEL | 23 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | HC Davos | NLA | 18 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| NHL Totals | 366 | 110 | 125 | 235 | 85 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | ||||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Ayr Bruins players
- Brantford Alexanders players
- Calgary Flames draft picks
- Calgary Flames players
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Colorado Flames players
- Düsseldorfer EG players
- EC Ratinger Löwen players
- Hannover Indians players
- HC Ajoie players
- HC Ambrì-Piotta players
- HC Davos players
- HC Milano players
- Ice hockey people from Greater Sudbury
- Innsbrucker EV players
- Los Angeles Kings players
- New Haven Nighthawks players
- Pittsburgh Penguins players
- St. Louis Blues players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- SC Bern players
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