Steve Larouche

Steve Larouche (born April 14, 1971 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada) is a professional ice hockey centre who played two seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers, and Los Angeles Kings from 1994–1996.

Playing career

Larouche was drafted 41st overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He was a standout scorer in junior, playing for the Trois Rivieres Draveurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, scoring 153 and 145 points in the 1988–89 and 1989–90 seasons, respectively. In 1990–91, now with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, he led the team to the Memorial Cup by leading the QMJHL in playoff goals, assists, and points.

The next season, Larouche advanced to the American Hockey League to play for the Fredericton Canadiens. However after two solid seasons with the club, he never got called up to the NHL and he played the 1993–94 season for the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League, and continued his scoring success by scoring 96 points in the regular season, and leading the IHL in playoff goals and points in the playoffs as the Knights won the Turner Cup.

Larouche was signed by the Ottawa Senators in the fall of that year, but because of the 1994–95 NHL lockout he found himself back down in the AHL. Nevertheless, he led the league in goals with 53 in only 70 games, and finally got a chance with the Senators late in the season. He did not disappoint, scoring eight goals and fifteen points in only eighteen games. However before the next season started, he was traded to the New York Rangers for Jean-Yves Roy, and then later on to the Los Angeles Kings for Chris Snell. He was back in the minors permanently by the end of the season, and he continued on in the IHL, scoring at a prolific pace until the league disbanded in 2001. After this he went on to play hockey in Germany and then Finland. At the moment he plays for Loius Jeans de Pont Rouge in the LNAH.

Awards

• QMJHL Second All-Star Team (1990)
• AHL First All-Star Team (1995)
• Awarded Fred Hunt Memorial Trophy for Sportsmanship (1995)
• Awarded Les Cunningham Award as League MVP (1995)
• IHL First All-Star Team (1997, 2000, 2001)
• Won Turner Cup as League Champion (1994, 1998, 2000)

Achievements

• Led QMJHL in playoff goals with 13 (1991)
• Led QMJHL in playoff assists with 20 (1991)
• Led QMJHL in playoff points with 33 (1991)
• Led IHL in playoff goals with 16 (1994)
• Led IHL in playoff points with 26 (1994)
• Led AHL in regular season goals with 53 (1994–95)
• Led IHL in regular season assists with 57 (1999–00)

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987–88	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL		66	11	29	40	25		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL		70	51	102	153	53		4	4	2	6	6
1989–90	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL		60	55	90	145	40		7	3	5	8	8
1990–91	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	QMJHL		45	35	41	76	64		17	13	20	33	33
1990–91	Chicoutimi Saguenéens	Mem. Cup		4	2	3	5	10		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		74	21	35	56	41		7	1	0	1	0
1992–93	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		77	27	65	92	52		5	2	5	7	6
1993–94	Atlanta Knights	IHL		80	43	53	96	73		14	16	10	26	16
1994–95	P.E.I. Senators	AHL		70	53	48	101	54		2	1	0	1	0
1994–95	Ottawa Senators	NHL		18	8	7	15	6		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	New York R./LA Kings	NHL		8	1	2	3	4		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Binghamton Rangers	AHL		39	20	46	66	47		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Phoenix Roadrunners	IHL		33	19	17	36	14		4	0	1	1	8
1996–97	Quebec Rafales	IHL		79	49	53	102	78		9	3	10	13	18
1997–98	Quebec/Chicago	IHL		81	32	54	86	60		22	9	11	20	14
1998–99	Chicago Wolves	IHL		33	13	25	38	18		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Chicago Wolves	IHL		82	31	57	88	52		16	6	8	14	22
2000–01	Chicago Wolves	IHL		75	31	52	83	78		15	12	6	18	6
2001–02	Berlin Polar Bears	DEL		58	18	29	47	40		4	1	0	1	2
2002–03	Nuernberg Ice Tigers	DEL		20	7	12	19	22		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Nuernberg Ice Tigers	DEL		50	10	26	36	52		6	3	1	4	12
2004–05	Lukko Rauma	SM-liiga		56	9	30	39	48		9	2	5	7	12
2005–06	SC Langenthal	Nationalliga B		36	22	38	60	62		12	4	12	16	28
2005–06	HC Sierre-Anniviers	Nationalliga B		—	—	—	—	—		4	1	1	2	4
2006–07	SC Langenthal	Nationalliga B		44	28	51	79	50		6	4	5	9	14
2006–07	EHC Basel	NLA relegation round		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	SC Langenthal	Nationalliga B
QMJHL totals				241	152	272	424	182		28	20	27	47	34
AHL totals				260	121	194	315	194		14	4	5	9	6
IHL totals				416	218	311	529	373		80	46	46	92	84
NHL totals				26	9	9	18	10		—	—	—	—	—

External links

• Steve Larouche's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Steve Larouche - player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net