Éric Landry
Éric Landry ( born January 20, 1975 in Gatineau, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian- American professional ice hockey player and current coach, who during his active career, among other things, for the Calgary Flames and Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League as well as for the Lausanne HC, EHC Basel, SC Bern and HC Ambri -Piotta has played in the Swiss National League A and National League A.
Career
Éric Landry began his career as a hockey player with the Saint- Hyacinthe Laser, which until 1995 he was active from 1993 in the Canadian top junior league Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He then played each one Lahr long for the Cape Breton Oilers and Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League.
On August 20, 1997, the attackers received as a free agent contract with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League, for whom he made his debut in the NHL in the 1997/98 season, where he scored one goal in twelve games. The majority of the playing time he spent as well as the following year with their AHL farm team, the Saint John Flames. On 12 July 1999, the Links shooter was issued in exchange for Fredrik Oduya to the San Jose Sharks, but only ran for their AHL farm team, the Kentucky Thoroughblades on. After the season he was committed as a free agent by the Montreal Canadiens, for whom he stood in the following two seasons as well on the ice, but also for their farm team, the Quebec citadels, of the American Hockey League.
After a season with the Utah Grizzlies of the AHL Landry went to Europe, where he played from 2003 to 2007 in the Swiss National League A for the Lausanne HC, EHC Basel, SC Bern, prior to the 2007/08 season from HK Dynamo before he Moscow has been committed from the Russian Super League, with whom he won the 2008 Spengler Cup. In the 2008 /09 season, he went with the traditional team in the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League for goals. After another season in the Kontinental Hockey League in which Landry for Atlant Mytischtschi was active, the striker returned to Switzerland back and left it there in the next two seasons his career at the National League A club HC Ambri -Piotta finish.
For the 2012/13 season Landry has been working as assistant coach of the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Internationally
For the U.S., Landry took part in the U20 Junior World Cup in 1998, where he finished fifth with his team.