Éric Laplante
| Éric Laplante | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 1, 1979 Saint-Maurice, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| LNAH team Former teams |
Laval Predators Halifax Mooseheads Drummondville Voltigeurs Quebec Remparts Kentucky Thoroughblades Cleveland Barons Long Beach Ice Dogs Verdun Dragons Saint-Hyacinthe Cousin Jonquière Marquis | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| NHL Draft | San Jose Sharks | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Éric Laplante (born December 1979) is a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Laval Predators in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.[1][2]
Playing career[]
Éric Laplante played junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1996 to 2000. He was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the third round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.
He joined the sharks farm team, the Kentucky Thoroughblades, for the 2000-01 season. He played in the American Hockey League for three years before returning to Quebec. He was arrested in 2006 in connection to the murder of a drug dealer.[3] A year later he, and an accomplice, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.[4]
In September 2012 he was invited to the Jonquière Marquis training camp, and managed to get a place on the team.[5]
On June 9, 2013 he was claimed by the Valleyfield Braves in the expansion draft.[6]
The Laval Predators announced on July 15, 2015, that they had signed him for the upcoming season.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Eric Laplante Stats and News". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ Formánek, Project: Martin. "Eric Laplante profile - Ериц Лапланте Профиль - Eurohockey.com". Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ Brisson, Mélanie. "Un joueur de hockey senior arrêté et accusé de meurtre" (in French) (June 20, 2006). Quebecor Media. Le Journal de Montréal. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ inc., Canoe. "Justice - Éric Laplante écope neuf ans de prison". fr.canoe.ca (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ "Les Marquis donnent une seconde chance | Johanne St-Pierre | Marquis". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ "Nouvelles - Résultat du repêchage d'expansion de Valleyfield - Ligue nord-américaine de hockey". lnah.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ "Nouvelles - Le robuste Eric Laplante s'ajoute aux Prédateurs - Ligue nord-américaine de hockey" (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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- Living people
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- Quebec Remparts players
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- Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) players
- Kentucky Thoroughblades players
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