Benoit Doucet
Benoit Doucet (born April 23, 1963) is a Canadian-German ice hockey coach and a former professional player.
| Benoit Doucet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 23, 1963 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 team |
 Germany | ||
| Playing career | 1985–1999 | ||
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 | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1979–80 | Lac St-Louis Lions | QMAAA | 42 | 42 | 42 | 84 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 1980–81 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 70 | 25 | 38 | 63 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 62 | 35 | 65 | 100 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83 | Hull Olympiques | QMJHL | 68 | 61 | 76 | 137 | 53 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 | ||
| 1983–84 | Lausanne HC | SUI.2 | ||||||||||||
| 1984–85 | University of Moncton | AUS | 24 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Moncton Golden Flames | AHL | 79 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 1986–87 | Canadian National Team | Intl | 63 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Moncton Golden Flames | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | ||
| 1988–89 | Duisburger SV | FRG.2 | 43 | 86 | 94 | 180 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | ECD Sauerland | FRG.2 | 51 | 94 | 78 | 172 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | EV Landshut | 1.GBun | 43 | 45 | 42 | 87 | 82 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 12 | ||
| 1991–92 | Düsseldorfer EG | 1.GBun | 44 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | ||
| 1992–93 | Düsseldorfer EG | 1.GBun | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 1993–94 | Düsseldorfer EG | 1.GBun | 44 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 1994–95 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 39 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 66 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | ||
| 1995–96 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 46 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 84 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 34 | ||
| 1996–97 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 46 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1997–98 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 45 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1998–99 | Grefrather EV | GER.2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1.GBun totals | 148 | 96 | 106 | 202 | 193 | 36 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 51 | ||||
| DEL totals | 182 | 85 | 138 | 223 | 289 | 30 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 76 | ||||
References
- "Site non officiel des Olympiques de Gatineau". lesolympiques.qc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- "Minor League Sports News on OurSports Central". pddjqtm.oursportscentral.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- Diepold, Christian. "Interview mit Benoit Doucet (von hockey-news.info)". www.eishockey-online.com. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- Labbé, Richard (29 March 2010). "LNH: du rêve à la réalité | Richard Labbé | Hockey". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- "Liebes-Geschichte am Rande und S". www.bz-duisburg.de. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- Scheer, Mareike. "Ex-DEG-Stürmer Doucet ist neuer Trainer in Bremerhaven". NRZ. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- "Legends of Hockey - Time Capsule - Pro Classics: World Cup Hockey 1996 Germany Team Roster". www.hhof.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- "Fischtown Pinguins : Benoit Doucet übernimmt das Kommando". www.fischtown-pinguins.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- "Fischtown Pinguins : Führungswechsel bei den Pinguinen". www.fischtown-pinguins.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- "Ex Profi Doucet hat beim ESV Waldkirchen Großes vor – ESV Waldkirchen" (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- "Neuer Trainer für erste Mannschaft". EV Moosburg (in German). 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- "Neuer Coach für den EV Moosburg: Robert Steinmann löst Benoit Doucet ab". www.merkur.de (in German). 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database