Éric Veilleux
| Éric Veilleux | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 20, 1972 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Cornwall Aces Hershey Bears SaiPa Kentucky Thoroughblades Manitoba Moose Lowell Lock Monsters | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1993–2001 | ||
Éric Veilleux (born February 20, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. Veilleux spent most of his professional career in the American Hockey League. He is currently the head coach of the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League.[1]
For the 2015–16 season, he was the head coach with the Norfolk Admirals of the ECHL following a season as an assistant coach with the American Hockey League's Norfolk Admirals.[2] In May 2016, he was named the head coach and general manager of the Victoriaville Tigres of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League[3] before being hired to coach the Colorado Avalanche's AHL affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage, on July 6, 2016.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1989–90 | Hawkesbury Hawks | CJHL | 55 | 33 | 68 | 101 | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Hawkesbury Hawks | CJHL | 55 | 33 | 52 | 85 | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 60 | 31 | 40 | 71 | 87 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 | ||
| 1992–93 | Laval Titan | QMJHL | 70 | 55 | 70 | 125 | 100 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 19 | ||
| 1993–94 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 77 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 69 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | ||
| 1994–95 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 70 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 93 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 1995–96 | Cornwall Aces | AHL | 71 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 119 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 68 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 118 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 14 | ||
| 1997–98 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 78 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 127 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1998–99 | SaiPa | SM-l | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 68 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1999–90 | Manitoba Moose | IHL | 73 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 447 | 106 | 174 | 280 | 662 | 70 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 70 | ||||
Awards and honours
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| AHL | ||
| Calder Cup (Hershey Bears) | 1997 | |
| QMJHL | ||
| Ron Lapointe Trophy – Coach of the Year | 2013–14 | [4] |
References
- ^ "Eric Veilleux Named Head Coach of Rampage". San Antonio Rampage. July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Eric Veilleux named Admirals' head coach". ECHL. July 21, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Norfolk Admirals coach leaving to coach Canadian team". WTKR. May 17, 2016.
- ^ "Anthony Mantha named QMJHL MVP at Golden Puck Awards". The Globe and Mail. May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
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External links
- Éric Veilleux career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Éric Veilleux career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
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