| Sylvain Lefebvre | |
| |
| Position | Defence |
| Shot | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 204 lb (93 kg) |
| Teams | Montreal Canadiens Toronto Maple Leafs Quebec Nordiques Colorado Avalanche New York Rangers |
| Nationality | CAN |
| Born | 14 October 1967, Richmond, PQ, CAN |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Pro Career | 1987 – 2004 |
Sylvain Lefebvre (born October 14, 1967) is a retired ice hockey defenceman who played on five different National Hockey League teams from 1989 to 2003. He is currently an assistant coach for the Colorado Avalanche.
Playing career[]
He signed with the Montreal Canadiens in 1986 and made the team's roster in 1989–90 as an undrafted free agent. He played three seasons with the Habs before being dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a third round draft pick prior to the start of the 1992–93 season. Lefebvre played two seasons with the Leafs before being dealt to the Quebec Nordiques as part of the Wendel Clark-Mats Sundin blockbuster trade on June 28, 1994. Lefebvre played the next five seasons with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche before signing a four-year, $10-million US contract with the New York Rangers that secured a club-option for him to play a fifth season at $3 million in the 1999 off-season. Lefebvre's productivity decreased dramatically and he was considered another overpaid veteran player signed as part of then-general manager Neil Smith's grocery shopping team-building approach. Lefebvre's career low came in the 2002–03 season, when he was assigned to the Rangers farm affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. After the season he left the NHL for one season for the Swiss team SC Bern before retiring.
After winning the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, Lefebvre was involved in an amusing incident that attracted media attention. As part of tradition, each player on the Stanley Cup winning team can take personal possession of the trophy for a day during the summer following the championship, a practice that has led to several misadventures. When it was his turn, Lefebvre decided to have his baby daughter, Alexanne, baptized in it.
Retirement and coaching career[]
Lefebvre was named as assistant coach of the American Hockey League's Lake Erie Monsters. On June 4, 2009, the Colorado Avalanche announced that Lefebvre would serve as an assistant coach.[1]
On June 13, 2012, Sylvain Lefebvre became the head coach of the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League, the Montreal Canadiens' affiliate. The Canadiens purchased and relocated the Bulldogs to become the second iteration of the St. John's IceCaps in 2015, keeping Lefebvre as head coach of their affiliate.[2] In 2017, the Canadiens' AHL franchise was again relocated, becoming the Laval Rocket, taking Lefebvre with the team.[3] After one season in Laval and finishing with the worst record in the AHL during the 2017–18 season, Lefebvre was released immediately upon the conclusion of the season.[4]
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1984–85 | Laval Voisins | QMJHL | 66 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 71 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 48 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 1986–87 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 70 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 44 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 1986–87 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1987–88 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 79 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1988–89 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 77 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 119 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1989–90 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 68 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1990–91 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 63 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1991–92 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 69 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 81 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 90 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 1993–94 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 84 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 79 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 1994–95 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 48 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1995–96 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 75 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 1996–97 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 71 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| 1997–98 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 81 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1998–99 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 76 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 48 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 1999–00 | New York Rangers | NHL | 82 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | New York Rangers | NHL | 71 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | New York Rangers | NHL | 41 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | New York Rangers | NHL | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | SC Bern | NLA | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 44 | ||
| NHL totals | 945 | 30 | 154 | 184 | 674 | 129 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 101 | ||||
References[]
- ↑ Former Avs join Sacco staff. Denver Post (2009-06-20). Retrieved on 2009-06-20.
- ↑ "Canadiens' AHL team moving from Hamilton to St. John's: reports", CBC.ca, March 6, 2015.
- ↑ LEFEBVRE NAMED HEAD COACH OF LAVAL, CARRIÈRE GM. AHL (28 July 2017).
- ↑ SYLVAIN LEFEBVRE RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES AS HEAD COACH OF THE LAVAL ROCKET. Laval Rocket (17 April 2018).
External links[]
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