Mario Larocque

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Mario Larocque
Born (1978-04-24) April 24, 1978 (age 46) [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

Mario Larocque (born April 24, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

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Playing career

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

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1994–95Collège Français BourassaQMAAA4306653—————
1995–96 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 68719261961425716
1996–97 Hull OlympiquesQMJHL641337501601425734
1997–98 Sherbrooke Faucons QMJHL2861016125—————
1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 500016—————
1998–99 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 595712202—————
1999–2000 Detroit Vipers IHL60055234—————
2000–01 Detroit VipersIHL71213233—————
2001–02 Rochester Americans AHL 75871521920000
2002–03 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 66182644194—————
2003–04 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL30004—————
2003–04 Wheeling NailersECHL66132235166512312
2004–05 Danbury Trashers UHL 68626322711133624
2005–06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL500011—————
2005–06 Danbury TrashersUHL4651015187180111140
2006–07 Fort Wayne Komets UHL762740672311025740
2007–08 HC Innsbruck EBEL 378917123—————
2008–09 SG Pontebba ITA 1544873—————
2008–09 EC Red Bull Salzburg II AUT.2 1217886411233
2009–10 Nottingham Panthers EIHL 2125780—————
2009–10 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL315192457612330
2010–11 Evansville IceMen CHL 64172744151—————
2011–12 Elmira Jackals ECHL6973845140714518
2012–13 Arizona Sundogs CHL497152211842246
2013–14 Braehead Clan EIHL162683630118
2014–15 Stockton Thunder ECHL354913127—————
NHL totals500016—————
UHL/IHL totals22143951387464562127134
ECHL totals23642951376271226830

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References

  1. 1 2 Podnieks, p. 477
  2. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Mario Larocque". hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  4. 1 2 "IceMen Add 3 Star "Double-A" Players". evansvilleicemen.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Clan add Larocque ahead of fife game". Braehead Clan. 2014-01-15. Archived from the original on 2014-01-19. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
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