Yanick Lehoux
Yanick Lehoux ( born April 8, 1982 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Since July 2011 he is at the Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga under contract, but is optional since January 2014.
Career
Yanick Lehoux played for the Cap-de- la -Madeleine Estacades in a unterklassigen Canadian Junior Football League before leaving for the Baie -Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League walked out onto the ice from the 1998/99 season. In his second season he finished the regular season with a record of 92 scorer points in 67 matches and won the end of season the Trophée Marcel Robert as the players of the QMJHL, best combined athletic and academic success. During this time the striker NHL Entry Draft in 2000 in the third round was selected at position 86 of the Los Angeles Kings. During the season 2000/01 Lehoux definitively established as one of the best scorers of the QMJHL and headed in the regular season 67 goals and 135 points to collect the Baie -Comeau Playoff Drakkar at. His 67 hits were the league 's second- best value this season, only Simon Gamache with 74 Torerfolgen was successful. In the playoffs, Lehoux reached with his team the third round and was defeated in six games in this Acadie - Bathurst Titan to.
It was followed by another season in the Canadian top junior league in which Lehoux again the most successful scorer of the Baie- Comeau Drakkar was and took third place in the list of scorers in the league. At the end of the season 2001/ 02 he received a nomination to the Second All-Star team of the QMJHL. With 382 points scorer in 266 encounters the regular season Lehoux also holds the franchise record of Baie- Comeau Drakkar as the most successful scorer. That same season, the striker made his debut for the Manchester Monarchs, the farm team of the Los Angeles Kings, from the American Hockey League and attended a meeting in the playoffs. In the following three seasons he established himself as a solid center forward and excelled in the 2004/05 season for the first time the mark of 20 goals and 50 points. After completion of the NHL lockout is Lehoux decided to leave the United States and agreed to a contract with the HC Servette Genève from the National League A. After seven games and as many achieved points followed by an engagement at Premier League rivals EHC Basel, for the Canadian aground in four games and contributed two assists.
After only two months, he returned to the organization of the Los Angeles Kings, who put him in November 2005 on the Waiverliste. From this selected him from the Phoenix Coyotes and yet in the same season Lehoux was the first time for the Coyotes in the NHL on the ice and scored one goal. Even before the end of November 2005, the attacker was again back on the Waiverliste and this time was selected by the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings sent him to the farm team for the Manchester Monarchs and the Trade Deadline on March 9, 2006, he was transferred to Phoenix again in exchange for Tim Jackman. During the 2006/07 season Lehoux put on new personal Karrierebestmarken, as he contributed in 72 AHL games of the regular season, 31 goals and 42 assists for the San Antonio Rampage, but with the team missed the playoffs. The subsequent season, he started at the Rampage before the right shooter hired in November 2007 at Atlant Mytischtschi from the Russian Super League.
In July 2008, he was taken by the Montreal Canadiens under contract and the complete season 2008/ 09 used in the farm team for the Hamilton Bulldogs. After it pulled the Canadians for the first time to Sweden Sodertalje SK, for he stood in the Elitserien on the ice. The 2010/11 season began the striker for HC Ambri -Piotta before he signed a contract with a term until the end of season 2011/12 Södertälje SK in January 2011. After he had only occupied with the team to conclude the regular season the eleventh and thus second- last in the Elitserien, the League receipt was missed in the Kvalserien.
In July 2011, he was finally obliged by the Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.
On January 9, 2014, he was exempted from the Adler Mannheim until the end of the season by mutual agreement.
Awards and achievements
- 2000 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2000 Trophée Marcel Robert
- 2002 QMJHL Second All-Star Team