Sylvain Locas

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Sylvain Locas
Born (1958-02-17) February 17, 1958 (age 65)
Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Kansas City Red Wings
Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Adirondack Red Wings
Kalamazoo Wings
Milwaukee Admirals
Brûleurs de Loups
NHL Draft 95th overall, 1978
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 19781980
1988–1990

Sylvain Locas (born February 17, 1958, in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a former professional ice hockey centre.

Prior to turning professional Locas played four seasons (1974–78) in the QMJHL with the Chicoutimi Saguenéens and Sherbrooke Beavers. Locas was drafted in the sixth round by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft but never managed to play in the National Hockey League.

Locas played 75 games of professional hockey in the CHL with the Kansas City Red Wings, 36 games in the AHL with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs and Adirondack Red Wings, and 25 games in the IHL with the Kalamazoo Wings and Milwaukee Admirals before retiring from professional hockey in 1980.

Locas returned, after nearly a decade away from the game, to play for Brûleurs de Loups based in Grenoble, France in the Ligue Magnus for two seasons.

Career statistics

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1974–75 Chicoutimi Saguenéens QMJHL 68323264391023525
1975–76 Chicoutimi SaguenéensQMJHL728080160100554911
1976–77 Chicoutimi SaguenéensQMJHL7259981571018391219
1977–78 Chicoutimi SaguenéensQMJHL634712
1977–78 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL628077157128101091924
1978–79 Kansas City Red Wings CHL 7527346192422411
1979–80 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 1143716
1979–80 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 513418
1979–80 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL2534714
1979–80 Milwaukee Admirals IHL20115161621120
1989–90 CSG Grenoble FRA 3917102754
QMJHL totals2802542915453803320254579


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