Benoit Doucet

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Benoit Doucet
Born (1963-04-23) April 23, 1963 (age 60)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Moncton Golden Flames
EV Landshut
EHC Olten
Düsseldorfer EG
Kölner Haie
National teamFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Playing career 1985–1999

Benoit Doucet (born April 23, 1963) is a Canadian-German ice hockey coach and a former professional player.

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He spent most of his professional playing career in Germany and represented the German Men's National Team at the 1994 and 1998 Olympic Games and three World Championships. He is currently the head coach of ESV Waldkirchen in Germany.

Playing career

Doucet played for the Hull Olympiques in the junior league QMJHL [1] alongside John Chabot and Sylvain Turgeon and then spent the 1984-85 season at the Université de Moncton.

He went undrafted, but was invited to the Calgary Flames training camp in 1985 and made 79 AHL appearances for Calgary's affiliate Moncton Golden Flames in the 1985-86 season. [2] Doucet never landed a spot on the Flames' NHL roster and after competing in the Canadian National Team system in 1986-87, [3] he left North America to pursue a career in Europe. This proved to be a decision that he would never regret, Doucet said years later. [4]

He spent his first two years in Germany in the country's second division with Duisburger SC and ECD Sauerland, displaying his scoring prowess: [5] For Duisburg, Doucet registered 43 goals and 51 assists in 27 games through the 1988-89 season and then broke his own record the following season: He was virtually unstoppable as he totaled 67 goals and 60 assists in 33 games for the Iserlohn-based team.

Doucet's impact in Germany's second division led to strong interest from teams of the country's top-tier. He signed with EV Landshut in 1990 and continued his high-scoring ways in Germany's top division, tallying 45 goals and 42 assists in 43 contests.

Prior to the 1991-92 season, Doucet inked a contract with Düsseldorfer EG, the team that swept all before them in German ice hockey in the early 1990s. He won German championships with DEG in 92, 93 and 96 and played a total of 280 Bundesliga/DEL games for the Düsseldorf team, recording 136 goals and 198 assists. [6] One of the great moments of his career came in game five of the 1993 finals between arch rivals DEG and Kölner Haie, when Doucet scored the game-winner in overtime to give Düsseldorf their fourth straight title.

Doucet retired in 1998, but made a brief comeback in 1998-99, playing six games for Kölner Haie and ten games for second-division side Grefrather EV. After winding down his playing career, he returned to his native Quebec.

International career

Doucet received German citizenship in the early 90s. He played for the German Men's National Team at the 1994 and 1998 Olympic Games, attended three World Championships and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. [7]

Coaching career

He worked as a coach at hockey academies in Canada and was named head coach of German DEL2 side Fischtown Pinguins on June 3, 2015. [8] He was sacked by the Pinguins on January 25, 2016 despite sitting in second place in the DEL2. [9] In 2020, he took over the coaching job at ESV Waldkirchen in the German minor league Landesliga. [10] In June 2022, Doucet was named head coach of German Landesliga side EV Moosburg. [11] In 2023, he went back to Waldkirchen. [12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1979–80Lac St-Louis LionsQMAAA424242844153710
1980–81 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 7025386347—————
1981–82 Hull OlympiquesQMJHL62356510040141016264
1982–83 Hull OlympiquesQMJHL68617613753788168
1983–84 Lausanne HC SUI.2
1984–85 University of Moncton AUS 241922410—————
1985–86 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 7926346018103257
1986–87 Canadian National Team Intl6327315886—————
1986–87 Moncton Golden FlamesAHL—————503317
1988–89 Duisburger SV FRG.2 43869418078—————
1989–90 ECD Sauerland FRG.2519478172117—————
1990–91 EV Landshut 1.GBun 43454287825971612
1991–92 Düsseldorfer EG 1.GBun44243458379661213
1992–93 Düsseldorfer EG1.GBun173581311691510
1993–94 Düsseldorfer EG1.GBun44242549611134716
1994–95 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 392433576610551026
1995–96 Düsseldorfer EGDEL4630336384132111334
1996–97 Düsseldorfer EGDEL461930496641238
1997–98 Düsseldorfer EGDEL451241536730118
1998–99Grefrather EVGER.21027932—————
1998–99 Kölner Haie DEL60116—————
1.GBun totals148961062021933624265051
DEL totals18285138223289308192776

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1993 Germany WC 61346
1994 Germany OG 830315
1995 GermanyWC53036
1996 GermanyWC610118
1996 Germany WCH 41012
1997 GermanyOGQ312312
1998 GermanyOG40006
Senior totals361051565

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