Riley Cote
| Riley Cote | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 16, 1982 Winnipeg, MB, CAN | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2002–2010 | ||
Riley D. Cote (born March 16, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger and is currently an assistant coach with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL). He played four National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers and was mainly known as an enforcer.
Playing career
Undrafted after completing juniors, Cote was a walk on to the Toronto Maple Leafs training camp in fall 2002. He impressed the Leafs staff, signed a one-year contract, and was assigned to the Leafs Central Hockey League affiliate, the Memphis RiverKings. While called up to the St. John's Maple Leafs, Toronto's American Hockey League affiliate, a few times during the 2002–03 season, he spent most of his rookie year with the RiverKings and was with them when they won the CHL championship that season.
Not re-signed by the Leafs, Cote was signed to a two-way contract by the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL and entered the training camp for their NHL affiliate, the Columbus Blue Jackets, in fall 2003.[1] Columbus released him and he returned to the Crunch. An eye injury caused during a pre-season scrimmage resulted in Cote being assigned to the Crunch's ECHL affiliate, the Dayton Bombers, for much of the 2003–04 season. Cote was recruited back to the RiverKings for the 2004–05 season but was offered a try-out contract by the AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms just before the season began. The Phantoms extended his contract twice through the season and Cote eventually spent the entire season with Philadelphia, accumulating a team-leading 280 penalty minutes in the process, and helped the Phantoms win the Calder Cup as league champions. Shortly after the season ended, the Phantoms signed him to a one-year contract.
After participating in the Philadelphia Flyers training camps in the fall of 2005 and 2006, Cote was signed to a two-way contract by the Flyers in 2006–07. Early in the season, he was assigned to the Phantoms and shortly after suffered an ankle injury that kept him from playing for two months.[2][3] Late in the season, Cote played in his first 8 NHL games with the Flyers, making his NHL debut on March 24, 2007 against the New York Islanders.[4][5] Cote was recognized for his contributions to the community when the Phantoms named him as the team's 2006–07 Man of the Year.[6] Cote was re-signed by the Flyers to a one-year contract for the 2007–08 season[7] and made the team out of training camp.
Cote was suspended for three games after he delivered a high head shot to Dallas Stars defenceman Matt Niskanen late in the third period on December 1, 2007.[4] He became the fifth Flyers player to receive a suspension during the 2007–08 season after Steve Downie, Jesse Boulerice, Randy Jones and Scott Hartnell.
Cote scored his only NHL goal on February 17, 2008 against rookie goaltender Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens.[4] On July 2, 2008 the Flyers announced they had signed Cote to a three-year contract extension.[8]
After appearing in only 15 games during the 2009–10 season, Cote retired on August 9, 2010 and was named an assistant coach of the Adirondack Phantoms.[9]
Awards
- 2002–03: Ray Miron President's Cup Memphis RiverKings
- 2004–05: Calder Cup Philadelphia Phantoms
- 2006–07: Man of the Year, Philadelphia Phantoms
- 2007–08: Pelle Lindbergh Memorial, Philadelphia Flyers
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 37 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 1999–00 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 67 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 64 | 17 | 35 | 52 | 114 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 67 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | St. John's Maple Leafs | AHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Memphis RiverKings | CHL | 51 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 241 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | ||
| 2003–04 | Dayton Bombers | ECHL | 57 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 258 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 61 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 280 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 70 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 259 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 70 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 202 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 63 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 174 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 156 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 411 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AHL totals | 183 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 688 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| WHL totals | 235 | 54 | 67 | 121 | 382 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||||
Personal life
He has been an advocate for multiple sclerosis diagnosis and treatment since his older sister, Jamie, was diagnosed with the disease in 2000.[4] His nickname is Riles.[4]
References
- ^ Vickers, Aaron (September 15, 2003). "Blue Jackets: Enforcers Fighting for a Chance at Camp". hockeysfuture.com. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "At The Top Of His Game". Philadelphia Phantoms. April 11, 2007. Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Kurz, Kevin (August 2, 2007). "News: Cote Determined to Open Eyes in Training Camp". Philadelphia Flyers. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c d e "Riley Cote Official Player Page - Bio/News". Philadelphia Flyers. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Unkle, David. "Newest Flyer debuts from the Sin Bin". Canoe.ca. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Cote named Phantoms 2006-07 Man of the Year". Philadelphia Phantoms. April 3, 2007. Archived from the original on February 4, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "News: Flyers Re-Sign Riley Cote and Boyd Kane". Philadelphia Flyers. July 25, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "News: Flyers Sign Randy Jones and Riley Cote". Philadelphia Flyers. July 2, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "A new chapter". Philadelphia Flyers. August 9, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
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External links
Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Dayton Bombers players
- Sportspeople from Winnipeg
- Memphis RiverKings players
- Philadelphia Flyers players
- Philadelphia Phantoms players
- Prince Albert Raiders players
- St. John's Maple Leafs players
- Syracuse Crunch players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Ice hockey people from Manitoba