Alain Côté (ice hockey, born 1967)

Not to be confused with Alain Côté (ice hockey, born 1957).

Alain Côté
Born	(1967-04-14) April 14, 1967 Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position	Defenceman
Shot	Right
Played for	Boston Bruins Washington Capitals Montreal Canadiens Tampa Bay Lightning Quebec Nordiques
NHL draft	31st overall, 1985 Boston Bruins
Playing career	1987–2006

Alain R. Gabriel Côté (born April 14, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and inline hockey player.

Early life

Côté was born in Montmagny, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1979 and 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Montmagny.

Career

Côté was drafted in the second round (31st overall) by the Boston Bruins in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. His first season in the National Hockey League (NHL) was 1985–86. He played a total of 36 games in his rookie year and had no goals and six assists. Those 32 games marked the most games that he would play in a single NHL season as he spent most of his career playing in the minors and elsewhere.

Côté played for five different NHL clubs during his career. He played for the Boston Bruins (1985–86 to 1988–89), Washington Capitals (1989–90), Montreal Canadiens (1990–91 to 1991–92), Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) and Quebec Nordiques (1993–94). During that span, he played a total of 119 games in which he scored 2 goals and 18 assists for 20 points. He also racked up 124 penalty minutes. As well as the NHL, Côté has played in the QMJHL, AHL and IHL. He has also played hockey in Europe and Japan.

In 1996, Côté played 26 games of inline hockey for the Oakland Skates. He had 4 goals and 15 assists for 19 points.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1983–84	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		60	3	17	20	40		5	1	3	4	8
1984–85	Quebec Remparts	QMJHL		68	9	25	34	173		4	0	1	1	12
1985–86	Granby Bisons	QMJHL		22	4	12	16	48		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Moncton Golden Flames	AHL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Boston Bruins	NHL		32	0	6	6	14		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Granby Bisons	QMJHL		43	7	24	31	185		4	0	3	3	2
1986–87	Boston Bruins	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Maine Mariners	AHL		69	9	34	43	108		9	2	4	6	19
1987–88	Boston Bruins	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Maine Mariners	AHL		37	5	16	21	111		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Boston Bruins	NHL		31	2	3	5	51		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		57	5	19	24	161		3	0	0	0	9
1989–90	Washington Capitals	NHL		2	0	0	0	7		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		49	8	19	27	110		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		28	0	6	6	26		11	0	2	2	26
1991–92	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		20	1	10	11	24		7	0	1	1	4
1991–92	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		13	0	3	3	22		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Fredericton Canadiens	AHL		61	10	17	27	83		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Atlanta Knights	IHL		8	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
1992–93	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Cornwall Aces	AHL		67	10	34	44	80		11	0	2	2	11
1993–94	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		6	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	San Francisco Spiders	IHL		80	5	26	31	133		4	0	0	0	10
1996–97	Quebec Rafales	IHL		76	8	17	25	102		9	0	2	2	30
1997–98	Japan	Intl		38	15	19	34	0		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Nuermberg Ice Tigers	DEL		45	6	12	18	114		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	St. Georges-de-Beauce Garaga	QSPHL		4	1	2	3	8		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Tappara Tampere	SM-liiga		44	9	15	24	111		5	0	1	1	27
2001–02	St. Georges-de-Beauce Garaga	QSPHL		43	8	12	20	55		11	1	3	4	14
2002–03	Rivière-du-Loup Promutuel	QSPHL		14	1	7	8	2		4	0	1	1	8
2003–04	Rivière-du-Loup Promutuel	QSPHL		49	4	17	21	87		10	0	4	4	14
2004–05	Quebec RadioX	LNAH		42	6	8	14	64		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Trois-Rivieres Caron and Guay	LNAH		3	0	1	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Pont Rouge Grand Portneuf	LNAH		31	5	13	18	42		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Saguenay 98.3-FM	LNAH		29	0	8	8	46		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				119	2	18	20	124		11	0	2	2	26

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database