Mario Larocque (born April 24, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
| Mario Larocque | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 24, 1978[1] Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Tampa Bay Lightning Cleveland Lumberjacks Detroit Vipers Rochester Americans Wheeling Nailers Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins Danbury Trashers Bridgeport Sound Tigers Fort Wayne Komets HC TWK Innsbruck SG Pontebba Nottingham Panthers Muskegon Lumberjacks Evansville Icemen Elmira Jackals Arizona Sundogs Braehead Clan Stockton Thunder | ||
| NHL Draft |
16th overall, 1996 Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
| Playing career | 1998–2015 | ||
Playing career edit
As a youth, Larocque played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Montreal.[2]
Larocque was drafted in the first round, 16th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1996. He managed to play five NHL games for the Lightning during the 1998–99 NHL season, scoring no points with 16 penalty minutes.[3] He spent the rest of that season in the International Hockey League with the Cleveland Lumberjacks before playing two seasons with the Detroit Vipers of the same league. After the IHL folded, he was signed by the Buffalo Sabres but was assigned to the American Hockey League with the Rochester Americans and never saw any ice time with the Sabres.[1]
He spent the next five seasons in the ECHL with the Wheeling Nailers and the United Hockey League with the Danbury Trashers and the Fort Wayne Komets, along with brief spells in the AHL for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. In 2007, he joined Austrian team HC TWK Innsbruck and in September 2008 he signed with Sport Ghiaccio Pontebba. He then joined the EC Red Bull Salzburg on December 1, 2008, and later signed with the Nottingham Panthers on November 5, 2009.[4]
Larocque signed with the Muskegon Lumberjacks on February 12, 2010. Larocque joined the Evansville IceMen in October 2010, after the team relocated from Muskegon, for his 13th pro season and first full campaign under Head Coach Rich Kromm after finishing last season with Kromm in Muskegon.[4]
On January 15, 2014, Larocque opted for another venture abroad signing for the remainder of the season with the Braehead Clan of the EIHL.[5]
Career statistics edit
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Collège Français Bourassa | QMAAA | 43 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 68 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 196 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 1996–97 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 64 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 160 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 34 | ||
| 1997–98 | Sherbrooke Faucons | QMJHL | 28 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 59 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 202 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 60 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 234 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 71 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 233 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 75 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 219 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Wheeling Nailers | ECHL | 66 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 194 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Wheeling Nailers | ECHL | 66 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 166 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 2004–05 | Danbury Trashers | UHL | 68 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 271 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | ||
| 2005–06 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Danbury Trashers | UHL | 46 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 187 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 40 | ||
| 2006–07 | Fort Wayne Komets | UHL | 76 | 27 | 40 | 67 | 231 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 40 | ||
| 2007–08 | HC Innsbruck | EBEL | 37 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | SG Pontebba | ITA | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | EC Red Bull Salzburg II | AUT.2 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | ||
| 2009–10 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 31 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | ||
| 2010–11 | Evansville IceMen | CHL | 64 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Elmira Jackals | ECHL | 69 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 140 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | ||
| 2012–13 | Arizona Sundogs | CHL | 49 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 118 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | Braehead Clan | EIHL | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2014–15 | Stockton Thunder | ECHL | 35 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| UHL/IHL totals | 221 | 43 | 95 | 138 | 746 | 45 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 134 | ||||
| ECHL totals | 236 | 42 | 95 | 137 | 627 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 30 | ||||
References edit
- Podnieks, Andrew (2003). Players: the ultimate A–Z guide of everyone who has ever played in the NHL. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 0-385-25999-9.
- ^ a b Podnieks, p. 477
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ "Mario Larocque". hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ a b "IceMen Add 3 Star "Double-A" Players". evansvilleicemen.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ^ "Clan add Larocque ahead of fife game". Braehead Clan. 2014-01-15. Archived from the original on 2014-01-19. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database