Benoît Hogue
Benoit Hogue ( born October 28, 1966 in Repentigny, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who, in his playing days from 1983 to 2002 among others for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Toronto Maple Leafs, Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning Phoenix Coyotes, Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Benoit Hogue began his career as a hockey player with the Castors de Saint- Jean, for which he was active from 1983 to 1986 in the Canadian Junior Football League QMJHL. During this period, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1985 in the second round than a total of 35 players from the Buffalo Sabres. With their farm team, the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, for whom he played almost exclusively in his first two seasons in the franchise of the Buffalo Sabres, he won in the 1986/87 season the Calder Cup. In the following season, the attacker made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Sabres, where he scored one goal in three games and gave a presentation. It was followed by three years as a regular in the NHL for Buffalo before he on 25 October 1991 together with Pierre Turgeon, Uwe Krupp and Dave McLlwain in exchange for Pat LaFontaine, Randy Hillier, Randy Wood and a fourth -round vote in NHL Entry Draft 1992 to the New York Islanders have been made.
In the New York Islanders Hogue ran for three years in the NHL on a regular basis, before he was transferred shortly before the end of the Trade Deadline in the 1994/95 season to the Toronto Maple Leafs. This he left after less than a year already again, to join the Dallas Stars. After three years of links Sagittarius left the Texans 1998 first again before he was brought back shortly before the end of the 1998/99 season by those responsible. With Dallas, he won the prestigious Stanley Cup in the following playoffs for the first and only time. For this success he contributed two assists in 14 playoff games. The next season the Canadians spent at the Phoenix Coyotes before he signed for another year and a half with the Dallas Stars. After he had completed the 2001/02 season with the Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals, Hogue finished his playing career at the age of 35 years.