Sylvain Cloutier

Sylvain Cloutier
Cloutier with the Houston Aeros in 2003
Born	(1974-02-13) February 13, 1974 (age 51) Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	NHL Chicago Blackhawks AHL Adirondack Red Wings Albany River Rats Houston Aeros Syracuse Crunch IHL Detroit Vipers Indianapolis Ice Orlando Solar Bears ECHL Toledo Storm UHL Adirondack Frostbite NLA HC Ambri-Piotta EIHL Coventry Blaze Hull Stingrays
NHL draft	70th overall, 1992 Detroit Red Wings
Playing career	1994–2014

Sylvain Richard Cloutier (born February 13, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He is the elder brother of Dan Cloutier.

Career

Cloutier played junior hockey for the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League from 1991 to 1994, scoring 237 points and 106 goals while also serving as team captain. He was drafted 70th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft and spent the next four seasons playing in the American Hockey League for the Adirondack Red Wings but never managed to make Detroit's main lineup. He would go on to play seven NHL games for the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1998–99 NHL season. ^[1]

Cloutier joined the Coventry Blaze of the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League in 2006 and helped the team win the Elite League title. In 2008, he won his second Elite League title with the Blaze. He then became the head coach of the Corpus Christi IceRays in the Central Hockey League before being let go in February 2009. Afterwards, he returned to the Elite League and became player-coach for the Hull Stingrays. Cloutier became a popular player for the Stingrays and as such his number 83 was retired by the Hull Pirates, the successor team for the Stingrays following their liquidation in 2015.

Cloutier began his junior coaching career with the Bradford Rattlers in 2014-15 and helped the team to a 31-11-0 record. Cloutier served four years as head coach and general manager of the Severn Stallions in the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League beginning in 2017-18. During his time as head coach, the team earned back-to-back Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League Championships in 2018 and 2019. ^[2]

Cloutier currently coaches the Corpus Christi IceRays of the NAHL South Division ^[3]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990–91	Sault Ste. Marie North Stars	GNML		34	51	40	91	92		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Guelph Storm	OHL		62	35	31	66	74		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Guelph Storm	OHL		44	26	29	55	78		5	0	5	5	14
1993–94	Guelph Storm	OHL		66	45	71	116	127		9	7	9	16	32
1993–94	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		2	0	2	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		71	7	26	33	144		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		65	11	17	28	118		3	0	0	0	4
1995–96	Toledo Storm	ECHL		6	4	2	6	4		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		77	13	36	49	190		4	0	2	2	4
1997–98	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		72	14	22	36	155		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Detroit Vipers	IHL		8	0	1	1	18		21	7	5	12	31
1998–99	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		7	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Indianapolis Ice	IHL		73	21	33	54	128		7	3	2	5	12
1999–00	Albany River Rats	AHL		66	15	28	43	127		5	0	0	0	6
1999–00	Orlando Solar Bears	IHL		9	1	1	2	25		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Albany River Rats	AHL		79	16	35	51	115		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Albany River Rats	AHL		60	6	10	16	87		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Houston Aeros	AHL		69	4	11	15	129		23	3	3	6	28
2003–04	Adirondack IceHawks	UHL		33	16	20	36	62		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Albany River Rats	AHL		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		2	0	1	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	HC Ambri-Piotta	NLA		12	3	5	8	14		7	0	2	2	16
2004–05	Adirondack Frostbite	UHL		77	27	50	77	59		6	2	3	5	20
2005–06	Adirondack Frostbite	UHL		75	31	59	90	127		6	5	2	7	11
2006–07	Coventry Blaze	EIHL		52	23	32	55	92		3	1	3	4	0
2007–08	Coventry Blaze	EIHL		49	25	34	59	51		4	1	2	3	8
2009–10	Hull Stingrays	EIHL		44	7	17	24	80		2	1	1	2	0
2010–11	Hull Stingrays	EIHL		51	9	35	44	44		2	1	0	1	0
2011–12	Hull Stingrays	EIHL		50	10	20	30	74		3	1	1	2	8
2012–13	Hull Stingrays	EIHL		51	12	19	31	156		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Hull Stingrays	EIHL		52	10	33	43	80		2	0	1	1	6
NHL totals				7	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				565	86	188	274	1,073		35	3	5	8	42

References

1. "Sylvain Cloutier - Chicago Blackhawks Center". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
2. "IceRays name Sylvain Cloutier as next head coach | North American Hockey League | NAHL". www.nahl.com. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
3. ""I'll always pull for Matty' - Why Sylvain Cloutier believes Matty Davies will succeed as Hull Seahawks coach". 18 January 2023.

• Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South . Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. pp. 25–26. ISBN   1-894974-21-2.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Hockey-Reference.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database