Adam Courchaine

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Adam Courchaine
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Born (1984-05-23) May 23, 1984 (age 37)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Houston Aeros
Füchse Duisburg
Düsseldorfer EG
Graz 99ers
Krefeld Pinguine
EHC Olten
HK Hradec Kralove
Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
Coventry Blaze
NHL Draft 219th overall, 2003
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 2005–2018

Adam Courchaine (born May 23, 1984) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He last played with the Coventry Blaze in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

Playing career[]

Courchaine was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Growing up in Winnipeg], Courchaine dominated at the minor hockey level with the AAA-midget Winnipeg Warriors,[1] putting up 119 points in 50 games. In 2001–02, he joined the major junior ranks with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was traded during his rookie season to the Vancouver Giants during their inaugural season and became a cornerstone for the franchise in its beginning years. Courchaine put up a team-high 85 points in his first full season with the Giants, helping them to their first playoff appearance in 2003. His 43 goals established a Giants' franchise record which remained unbroken until Evander Kane surpassed the mark in 2008–09.[2] Courchaine was also named a WHL West Second Team All-Star[3] and was subsequently chosen in the off-season by the Minnesota Wild, 219th overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

He played two more seasons with the Giants, leading them in scoring for a second consecutive season in 2003–04 with 82 points while being named to the WHL West First All-Star Team.[3] In four seasons with the Giants, Courchaine led the team in scoring twice and accumulated a franchise all-time leading 126 goals and 273 points in 241 games until both records were broken in 2012 by Brendan Gallagher.[4][5] His 147 assists was also a franchise record until it was surpassed by defenceman Jonathon Blum on February 7, 2009.[6]

Graduating from major junior in 2005–06, Courchaine was assigned to the Wild's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Houston Aeros.[7] However, he was a regular healthy scratch and was demoted to the ECHL where he played with the Pensacola Ice Pilots and Gwinnett Gladiators.[1][8]

Although Courchaine was signed overseas by EK Zell am See of Austria,[3] he spent the 2006–07 season inactive. The following season, Courchaine played in the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Füchse Duisburg. He enjoyed more success than his rookie season in the minors and led Duisburg in scoring with 50 points.[9] In the following 2008–09 season, he joined fellow German team, Düsseldorfer EG. After four year with the team and short stints with Austrian team Graz 99ers and Füchse Duisburg for a second time, he joined the Krefeld Pinguine. In 2013–14, Courchaine led the DEL in scoring, tallying 29 goals and 45 assists in 51 contests.[10]

He parted company with the Krefeld team in January 2015[11] and signed with EHC Olten of the second division NLB in Switzerland the same month. He had six points (one goal, five assists) in five games for EHC.[12]

Courchaine signed with Czech side HK Hradec Kralove for the 2015–16 campaign. He played for the Hungarian club Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the early stages of the 2016–17 season, before returning to Germany, joining Düsseldorfer EG for a second stint. At DEG, he inked a deal for the remainder of the season.[13]

On 31 July 2017, Courchaine moved to the UK's EIHL to sign with the Coventry Blaze.[14][15]

Career statistics[]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 44 5 5 10 6 — — — — —
2001–02 Vancouver Giants WHL 29 16 12 28 8 — — — — —
2002–03 Vancouver Giants WHL 71 43 42 85 24 4 2 1 3 2
2003–04 Vancouver Giants WHL 70 39 43 82 34 11 4 6 10 6
2004–05 Vancouver Giants WHL 71 28 50 78 32 6 4 3 7 2
2005–06 Houston Aeros AHL 10 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2005–06 Pensacola Ice Pilots ECHL 42 21 28 49 24 — — — — —
2005–06 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 3 0 2 2 0 17 5 8 13 6
2006–07 EK Zell am See ANL 32 41 50 91 38 9 3 11 14 31
2007–08 Füchse Duisburg DEL 56 28 22 50 30 — — — — —
2008–09 DEG Metro Stars DEL 39 14 24 38 18 16 12 4 16 4
2009–10 DEG Metro Stars DEL 50 18 26 44 18 3 1 0 1 0
2010–11 DEG Metro Stars DEL 52 16 17 33 16 9 1 6 7 4
2011–12 DEG Metro Stars DEL 52 13 15 28 30 7 2 5 7 0
2012–13 Graz 99ers EBEL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2012–13 Füchse Duisburg 3.GBun 9 8 16 24 4 — — — — —
2012–13 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 33 16 19 35 16 — — — — —
2013–14 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 51 29 45 74 6 5 1 4 5 0
2014–15 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 27 11 12 23 4 — — — — —
2014–15 EHC Olten NLB 5 1 5 6 2 1 0 3 3 0
2015–16 HK Hradec Kralove ELH 48 17 13 30 8 6 0 1 1 4
2016–17 Alba Volán Székesfehérvár EBEL 16 5 5 10 6 — — — — —
2016–17 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 32 2 9 11 6 — — — — —
2017–18 Coventry Blaze EIHL 51 15 36 51 8 2 0 2 2 0
DEL totals 392 148 188 336 144 40 17 19 36 8

Awards and honours[]

Award Year
WHL
West Second All-Star Team 2003
West First All-Star Team 2004

Records[]

  • Vancouver Giants' all-time leading point scorer – 273 (Broken in 2012 by Brendan Gallagher)
  • Vancouver Giants' all-time leading goal scorer – 126 (Broken in 2012 by Brendan Gallagher)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Making the adjustment". CANOE. 2005-11-18. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  2. ^ Walker, Ian (2009-03-05). "WHL: Kane shines in Giants' 6–2 win over Americans". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  3. ^ a b c "Adam Courchaine – Notes". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  4. ^ "Vancouver Giants Team Records". VancouverGiants.com. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  5. ^ "Vancouver Giants Alumni". Vancouver Giants. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  6. ^ "Blum adds to glowing resumé". The Province. 2009-02-10. Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  7. ^ "Minnesota Wild Transactions". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  8. ^ "Penascola Receives Later From Marlies, Roneem, Corchaine From Aeros". ECHL. 2005-11-22. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  9. ^ "2007–08 Duisburg Foxes (DEL)". Hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  10. ^ "Alle DEL-Statistiken - DEL.org". www.del.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  11. ^ Schoofs, H.-G. (14 January 2015). "Krefeld Pinguine: Courchaine löst Vertrag mit den Pinguinen auf". RP ONLINE. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  12. ^ Olten, EHC. "Third import-player found – EHC Olten signs Canadian Adam Courchaine". swisshockeynews.ch. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  13. ^ REINDERS.DE, DEG Eishockey GmbH, IT&T GmbH. "Düsseldorfer EG - News". www.deg-eishockey.de. Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  14. ^ https://eliteleague.co.uk/stewart-delighted-with-hot-shot-courchaine/[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Stewart secures Courchaine coup".

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