John Chabot

John Chabot
Born (1962-05-18) May 18, 1962
Summerside, PE, CAN
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins
Detroit Red Wings
NHL Draft 40th overall, 1980
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 1982–2001

John David Chabot (born May 18, 1962 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who has become a coach.

He attended high school at D'Arcy McGee in Hull, Quebec. He is Algonquin from Kitigan Zibi, and is active in visiting reserves to speak and run hockey skills camps across Canada. He is also the president of Anishinabeg Communications a company that specializes in promotional items, printing, graphic design, and brand development.

Playing career

Chabot was Hull's first-round pick, No. 1 overall, in 1979 QMJHL draft, and won the QMJHL Briere Trophy (MVP) and CCM QMJHL Player of Year in 1981-82 with Sherbrooke. He was drafted in 1980 by the Montreal Canadiens, and played 508 career National Hockey League games for the Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings.

He signed with HC Milan in 1991 and in 1992, Chabot took his game to Germany and would play nine years in the country’s top-flight, Deutsche Eishockey Liga: He first joined Preussen Berlin (changed name to Berlin Capitals in 1996),[1] then had a three-year stint with the Frankfurt Lions[2] and played for Eisbären Berlin in his last season as a professional athlete (2000–01).[3]

Coaching career

His Junior coaching career includes the QMJHL's Olympiques de Hull, Olympiques de Gatineau and Acadie-Bathurst Titan. He also spent one year as an assistant coach for the New York Islanders in the NHL.[4]

Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1979–80 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 68 26 57 83 28 4 1 2 3 0
1980–81 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 70 27 62 89 24 — — — — —
1980–81 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1981–82 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 62 34 109 143 40 19 6 26 32 6
1982–83 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 76 16 73 89 19 7 1 3 4 0
1983–84 Montreal Canadiens NHL 56 18 25 43 13 11 1 4 5 0
1984–85 Montreal Canadiens NHL 10 1 6 7 2 — — — — —
1984–85 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 67 8 45 53 12 — — — — —
1985–86 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 77 14 31 45 6 — — — — —
1986–87 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 72 14 22 36 8 — — — — —
1987–88 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 13 44 57 10 16 4 15 19 2
1988–89 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 8 3 12 15 0 — — — — —
1988–89 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 2 10 12 6 6 1 1 2 0
1989–90 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 9 40 49 24 — — — — —
1990–91 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 27 11 30 41 4 2 0 1 1 0
1990–91 Detroit Red Wings NHL 27 5 5 10 4 — — — — —
1991–92 Canadian National Team Intl 8 1 3 4 0 — — — — —
1992–93 Berlin Preussen 1.GBun 20 10 17 27 14 — — — — —
1993–94 Berlin Preussen 1.GBun 32 9 29 38 27 — — — — —
1994–95 Canadian National Team Intl 3 1 2 3 0 — — — — —
1994–95 Berlin Preussen Devils DEL 43 20 48 68 48 12 5 7 12 14
1995–96 Berlin Preussen Devils DEL 50 16 65 81 20 — — — — —
1996–97 Berlin Capitals DEL 45 12 34 46 43 — — — — —
1997–98 Frankfurt Lions DEL 47 12 46 58 72 — — — — —
1998–99 Frankfurt Lions DEL 49 7 52 59 44 — — — — —
1999–00 Frankfurt Lions DEL 38 10 33 43 16 5 1 3 4 10
2000–01 Berlin Polar Bears DEL 47 11 24 35 37 — — — — —
NHL totals 508 84 228 312 85 33 6 20 26 2

References

  1. ↑ Herzog,, Thomas. "Top-Scorer John Chabot steht wieder für die Preussen Devils auf dem Eis: Der Häuptling ist zurück". www.berliner-zeitung.de. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  2. ↑ Presse, Frankfurter Neue. "Frankfurt Lions 1997/98: Rückblick: Als Bernie den Bulldozer auspackte | Frankfurter Neue Presse". www.fnp.de. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  3. ↑ "Eisbären Berlin - Eisbären verpflichten John Chabot". www.eisbaeren-app.de. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  4. ↑ "John Chabot - Assistant Coach - New York Islanders". www.nhl.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.

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