Adrian Aucoin

Adrian Aucoin
Aucoin with the Calgary Flames
Born	(1973-07-03) July 3, 1973 Ottawa, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	Vancouver Canucks Tampa Bay Lightning New York Islanders Chicago Blackhawks Calgary Flames Phoenix Coyotes Columbus Blue Jackets
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	117th overall, 1992 Vancouver Canucks
Playing career	1994–2013

Adrian Mark Aucoin (born July 3, 1973) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Aucoin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, but grew up in Gloucester, Ontario.

Playing career

Aucoin was drafted 117th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, making his NHL debut in 1994-95, playing one game with Vancouver. With the Canucks, Aucoin established himself as a significant offensive threat, specifically on the power-play. However, it was not until his fourth full season with the team that this became evident, as he rose from just 3 goals in 1997–98 to 23 the next season, 18 of which came on the power-play, tying Denis Potvin for the NHL single-season record (broken by Sheldon Souray's 19 powerplay goals in 2006–07).^[1] In addition to leading all league defencemen in goals and power-play goals in the 1998–99 NHL season, Aucoin also led all defencemen in shorthanded goals (2) and game-winning goals (3).

However, after one and half seasons, Aucoin's offensive production dropped to the point where he had only 3 goals through 47 games in 2000–01. On February 7, 2001, Aucoin (along with a second-round pick for the 2001 NHL Entry Draft) was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for goaltender Dan Cloutier. He only played 26 regular-season games for the Lightning before being traded in the off-season with Alexander Kharitonov to the New York Islanders for Mathieu Biron and a second-round pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

With the Islanders, Aucoin put up the most consistent offensive numbers of his career, including a career-high 33 assists and 44 points in 2003–04, resulting in him being chosen to play in the 2004 NHL All-Star Game for the Eastern Conference. He shared a victory in the hardest shot competition with Sheldon Souray of the Montreal Canadiens with a 102.2 mph blast^[2] and scored the first goal of the game in a 6–4 win over the Western Conference.^[3]

In 2004–05, he represented Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien during the NHL lockout. Once NHL play resumed, Aucoin signed with the Chicago Blackhawks on August 2, 2005 for four years, and even became the team captain. However, the first two seasons of his contract were hampered by injuries,^[4] and in the off-season prior to the 2007–08 campaign, Aucoin waived his no-trade clause and was sent with a seventh-round draft pick to the Calgary Flames for defencemen Andrei Zyuzin and Steve Marr.

In his first season with Calgary, Aucoin recorded the fifth 30-point season of his career in 2007–08 with 35 points, and recorded his sixth 30-point season in the 2008–09 season with 34 points.

In the summer of 2009, Aucoin signed a free agent deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. There he helped the Coyotes win the Pacific Division in 2012, where the team also got to the Western Conference finals.^[4]

After three seasons with the Coyotes, Aucoin left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on July 1, 2012. During the lockout shortened 2012–13 season, Aucoin served as an alternate captain with the Blue Jackets. In 36 games, he totalled just 4 assists, however added a needed veteran presence at the Blueline. In the summer of 2013 he became an Unrestricted Free Agent.

On November 19, 2013, he announced his retirement.^[5] He will begin working with the Chicago Blackhawks’ young defensive prospects.^[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1989–90	Nepean Raiders	CJHL	54	2	14	16	95	4	0	1	1	—
1990–91	Nepean Raiders	CJHL	56	17	33	50	125	17	8	17	25	14
1991–92	Boston University	HE	33	2	10	12	62	—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Canadian National Team	Intl	42	8	10	18	71	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Canadian National Team	Intl	63	5	12	17	82	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Hamilton Canucks	AHL	13	1	2	3	19	4	0	2	2	6
1994–95	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	71	13	18	31	52	—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	1	0
1995–96	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	29	5	13	18	47	—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	49	4	14	18	34	6	0	0	0	2
1996–97	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	70	5	16	21	63	—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	35	3	3	6	21	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	82	23	11	34	77	—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	57	10	14	24	30	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	47	3	13	16	20	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	26	1	11	12	25	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	New York Islanders	NHL	81	12	22	34	62	7	2	5	7	4
2002–03	New York Islanders	NHL	73	8	27	35	70	5	1	2	3	4
2003–04	New York Islanders	NHL	81	13	31	44	54	5	0	0	0	6
2004–05	Modo	SEL	14	2	4	6	32	6	1	0	1	16
2005–06	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	33	1	5	6	38	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	59	4	12	16	50	—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Calgary Flames	NHL	76	10	25	35	37	7	0	3	3	4
2008–09	Calgary Flames	NHL	81	10	24	34	46	6	2	1	3	2
2009–10	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	82	8	20	28	56	7	0	2	2	10
2010–11	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	75	3	19	22	52	4	0	0	0	2
2011–12	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL	64	2	7	9	42	11	0	2	2	10
2012–13	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	36	0	4	4	16	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			1108	121	278	399	793	62	6	15	21	44

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993	Canada	WJC	7	0	1	1	8
1994	Canada	OG	4	0	0	0	2
2000	Canada	WC	9	3	3	6	14
Junior int'l totals			7	0	1	1	8
Senior int'l totals			13	3	3	6	16

Awards


Medal record

Representing Canada
Ice Hockey
Winter Olympics
	1994 Lillehammer
World Junior Championships
	1993 Gävle

Babe Pratt Trophy (Vancouver Canucks' best defenceman): 1999
Selected to one NHL All-Star Game: 2004

Transactions

June 20, 1992 - Drafted 117th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks
February 7, 2001 - Traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 2nd round draft pick (2001 NHL Entry Draft) for Dan Cloutier
June 22, 2001 - Traded to the New York Islanders with Alexander Kharitonov for Mathieu Biron and a 2nd round draft pick (2002 NHL Entry Draft)
August 2, 2005 - Signed a four-year deal with the Chicago Blackhawks
June 22, 2007 - Traded to the Calgary Flames with a 7th round draft pick for Andrei Zyuzin and Steve Marr
July 1, 2009 - Signed with the Phoenix Coyotes
July 1, 2012 - Signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets

References

↑ "Souray knows what makes a power play tick". National Hockey League. April 25, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
↑ Allen, Kevin (February 8, 2007). "Good times roll for Roenick on All-Star Saturday". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
↑ "East vs. West". USA Today. February 8, 2004. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
1 2 Ex-captain Aucoin knows how good Hawks have it, Chicago Tribune
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
↑ http://thethirdmanin.com/2013/10/19/adrian-aucoin-joins-blackhawks-staff-svendsen-retires/

External links

Preceded by Alexei Zhamnov	Chicago Blackhawks captain 2005–07 Martin Lapointe, 2006	Succeeded by Jonathan Toews

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