Gabe Gauthier

Gabe Gauthier
Born (1984-01-20) January 20, 1984
Torrance, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
PositionCenter
Shot Left
Played forLos Angeles KingsAugsburger Panther(DEL)
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2006–2013

Gabriel Robert Gauthier (born January 20, 1984)[1] is an American former professional ice hockeyforward who is currently the head coach of the Las Vegas Storm in the Western States Hockey League. He played eight games in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings.

Playing career

As a youth, Gauthier played in the 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Los Angeles Junior Kings minor ice hockey team.[2]

Gauthier played Tier II Junior hockey with the Chilliwack Chiefs of the British Columbia Hockey League from 1999 until 2002. He then entered university with the University of Denver, where he played four seasons helping the Pioneers win two consecutive NCAA Championships in 2004 and 2005. After graduation, he was signed as a free agent to a two-year contract by the Kings in 2006.[3] He has played for the Kings organization, mostly for the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League (AHL), including being selected as the team man of the year in his first season, but he periodically played in the NHL; he appeared in 5 games with the Kings in 2006–07 and 3 games in 2007–08.[4][5]

After an injury stricken 2010–11 season split between the Victoria Salmon Kings of the ECHL and the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL, Gauthier left North America to sign with Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) on a one-year contract on July 15, 2011.[6] In the 2011–12 season, Gauthier struggled to adjust in his return from injury, scoring only 10 points in 44 contests.

Looking for a fresh start, Gauthier returned to the state of Colorado and signed a one-year deal with the Colorado Eagles of the ECHL on July 8, 2012.[7] To start the 2012–13 season, he appeared in only 3 games with the Eagles before he was mutually released. After earlier considering to play minor hockey in Colorado with the inaugural Denver Cutthroats of the Central Hockey League (CHL), Gauthier was signed and reunited with former Kings teammate and Cutthroats head coach Derek Armstrong on October 30, 2012.[8][9]

Career statistics

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeam League GP GAPtsPIMGP G A Pts PIM
1999–00 Chilliwack ChiefsBCHL46 21 34 55 24 — — — — —
2000–01 Chilliwack Chiefs BCHL 45 30 51 81 31 — — — — —
2001–02 Chilliwack Chiefs BCHL 50 37 62 99 67 — — — — —
2002–03University of DenverWCHA41 8 8 16 30 — — — — —
2003–04University of Denver WCHA 42 18 25 43 32 — — — — —
2004–05University of Denver WCHA 41 23 29 52 44 — — — — —
2005–06University of Denver WCHA 38 15 24 39 35 — — — — —
2006–07Manchester MonarchsAHL69 14 28 42 54 16 1 4 5 14
2006–07Los Angeles KingsNHL5 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2007–08Manchester Monarchs AHL 61 23 37 60 43 3 0 0 0 4
2007–08Los Angeles Kings NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2008–09Manchester Monarchs AHL 69 12 30 42 32 — — — — —
2009–10Manchester Monarchs AHL 71 8 27 35 36 16 7 4 11 8
2010–11Victoria Salmon KingsECHL2 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
2010–11Syracuse CrunchAHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2011–12Augsburger PantherDEL44 2 8 10 30 2 0 0 0 0
2012–13Colorado EaglesECHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2012–13Denver CutthroatsCHL42 12 26 38 26 5 0 1 1 4
NHL totals 8 0 0 0 2 — — — — —

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-WCHAThird Team2003–04
All-WCHASecond Team2004–05
AHCAWest Second-Team All-American2004–05
WCHAAll-Tournament Team2005[10]
All-NCAAAll-Tournament Team2005[11]

References

  1. ^"Gabe Gauthier player profile". HockeysFuture.com. February 4, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  2. ^"Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA"(PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original(PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. ^"Kings sign forward Gabe Gauthier". Los Angeles Kings. July 12, 2006. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  4. ^"Gauthier named Monarchs AHL man of the year". Los Angeles Kings. March 5, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2007.
  5. ^"Gabe Gauthier". hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
  6. ^"Gabe Gauthier shall be a Panther" (in German). Augsburger Panther. July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  7. ^"Colorado Eagles sign former DU captain Gauthier". Colorado Eagles. July 8, 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  8. ^"Gauthier deal announced with Eagles; former LA King considered Cutthroats". Denver Post. July 8, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  9. ^"Cutthroats shuffle roster; Assigned D-man from AHL". Central Hockey League. October 31, 2012. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  10. ^"WCHA Tourney History". WCHA. Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  11. ^"NCAA Frozen Four Records"(PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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