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Benoit Doucet

{{short description|Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|23|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 183

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| played_for = Moncton Golden Flames
EV Landshut
EHC Olten
Düsseldorfer EG
Kölner Haie

| ntl_team = GER

| draft =

| career_start = 1985

| career_end = 1999

}}

Benoit Doucet (born April 23, 1963) is a Canadian-German ice hockey coach and a former professional player.

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{{Cite web|title = Site non officiel des Olympiques de Gatineau|url = http://lesolympiques.qc.ca/joueuravie/doucet.php|website = lesolympiques.qc.ca|access-date = 2016-02-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302151646/http://lesolympiques.qc.ca/joueuravie/doucet.php|archive-date = 2016-03-02|url-status = dead}} 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.{{Cite web|title = Minor League Sports News on OurSports Central|url = http://pddjqtm.oursportscentral.com/services/stats/minhockeystatsindex.php?player_id=douceben001|website = pddjqtm.oursportscentral.com|access-date = 2016-02-20}} Doucet never landed a spot on the Flames' NHL roster and after competing in the Canadian National Team system in 1986-87,{{Cite web|title = Interview mit Benoit Doucet (von hockey-news.info)|url = http://www.eishockey-online.com/index.php/newscenter/interviews/1175-interview-mit-benoit-doucet.html|website = www.eishockey-online.com|access-date = 2016-02-20|first = Christian|last = Diepold}} 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.{{Cite news|title = LNH: du rêve à la réalité {{!}} Richard Labbé {{!}} Hockey|url = http://www.lapresse.ca/sports/hockey/201003/29/01-4265259-lnh-du-reve-a-la-realite.php|website = La Presse| date=29 March 2010 |access-date = 2016-02-20|language = fr-CA | last1=Labbé | first1=Richard }}

He spent his first two years in Germany in the country's second division with Duisburger SC and ECD Sauerland, displaying his scoring prowess:{{Cite web|title = Liebes-Geschichte am Rande und S|url = http://www.bz-duisburg.de/sportweb/DU-Eishockeygeschichte/liebesgeschichte_am_rande.htm|website = www.bz-duisburg.de|access-date = 2016-02-20}} 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.{{Cite web|title = Ex-DEG-Stürmer Doucet ist neuer Trainer in Bremerhaven|url = https://www.derwesten.de/nrz/sport/eishockey/deg/doucet-neuer-trainer-in-bremerhaven-id10743229.html|website = NRZ|access-date = 2016-02-20|first = Mareike|last = Scheer}} One of the great moments of his career came in game five of the 1993 finals between arch rivals DEG and Kölner Haie, when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeXF5xT5NI8 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.{{Cite web|title = Legends of Hockey - Time Capsule - Pro Classics: World Cup Hockey 1996 Germany Team Roster|url = http://www.hhof.com/htmltimecapsule/TeamRosterWCUP1996GER.shtml|website = www.hhof.com|access-date = 2016-02-20|archive-date = 2014-08-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140803183606/http://www.hhof.com/htmlTimeCapsule/TeamRosterWCUP1996GER.shtml|url-status = dead}}

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.{{Cite web|title = Fischtown Pinguins : Benoit Doucet übernimmt das Kommando|url = http://www.fischtown-pinguins.de/news/displaysingle/?tx_ttnews%255Btt_news%255D=1992&cHash=cb0428afeb5647181a19cb2fa67af766|website = www.fischtown-pinguins.de|access-date = 2016-02-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160310053804/http://www.fischtown-pinguins.de/news/displaysingle/?tx_ttnews%255Btt_news%255D=1992&cHash=cb0428afeb5647181a19cb2fa67af766|archive-date = 2016-03-10|url-status = dead}} He was sacked by the Pinguins on January 25, 2016 despite sitting in second place in the DEL2.{{Cite web|title = Fischtown Pinguins : Führungswechsel bei den Pinguinen|url = http://www.fischtown-pinguins.de/news/displaysingle/?tx_ttnews%255Btt_news%255D=2157&cHash=0bd58857135343e40e5292285c1a5e92|website = www.fischtown-pinguins.de|access-date = 2016-02-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194542/http://www.fischtown-pinguins.de/news/displaysingle/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2157&cHash=0bd58857135343e40e5292285c1a5e92|archive-date = 2016-03-03|url-status = dead}} In 2020, he took over the coaching job at ESV Waldkirchen in the German minor league Landesliga.{{Cite web|title=Ex Profi Doucet hat beim ESV Waldkirchen Großes vor – ESV Waldkirchen|url=https://www.esv-waldkirchen.de/ex-profi-doucet-hat-beim-esv-waldkirchen-grosses-vor|access-date=2021-05-17|language=de-DE}} In June 2022, Doucet was named head coach of German Landesliga side EV Moosburg.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-16 |title=Neuer Trainer für erste Mannschaft |url=https://www.ev-moosburg.de/post/neuer-trainer-für-erste-mannschaft |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=EV Moosburg |language=de}} In 2023, he went back to Waldkirchen.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Neuer Coach für den EV Moosburg: Robert Steinmann löst Benoit Doucet ab |url=https://www.merkur.de/sport/eishockey/ev-moosburg/trainerwechsel-beim-ev-moosburg-92112902.html |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.merkur.de |language=de}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1979–80

| Lac St-Louis Lions

| QMAAA

| 42

42428441

| 5

3710
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1980–81

| Hull Olympiques

| QMJHL

| 70

25386347

| —

————
1981–82

| Hull Olympiques

| QMJHL

| 62

356510040

| 14

1016264
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1982–83

| Hull Olympiques

| QMJHL

| 68

617613753

| 7

88168
1983–84

| Lausanne HC

| SUI.2

|

|
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1984–85

| University of Moncton

| AUS

| 24

1922410

| —

————
1985–86

| Moncton Golden Flames

| AHL

| 79

26346018

| 10

3257
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1986–87

| Canadian National Team

| Intl

| 63

27315886

| —

————
1986–87

| Moncton Golden Flames

| AHL

| —

————

| 5

03317
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1988–89

| Duisburger SV

| FRG.2

| 43

869418078

| —

————
1989–90

| ECD Sauerland

| FRG.2

| 51

9478172117

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1990–91

| EV Landshut

| 1.GBun

| 43

45428782

| 5

971612
1991–92

| Düsseldorfer EG

| 1.GBun

| 44

24345837

| 9

661213
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1992–93

| Düsseldorfer EG

| 1.GBun

| 17

35813

| 11

691510
1993–94

| Düsseldorfer EG

| 1.GBun

| 44

24254961

| 11

34716
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| Düsseldorfer EG

| DEL

| 39

24335766

| 10

551026
1995–96

| Düsseldorfer EG

| DEL

| 46

30336384

| 13

2111334
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| Düsseldorfer EG

| DEL

| 46

19304966

| 4

1238
1997–98

| Düsseldorfer EG

| DEL

| 45

12415367

| 3

0118
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Grefrather EV

| GER.2

| 10

27932

| —

————
1998–99

| Kölner Haie

| DEL

| 6

0116

| —

————
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! colspan="3" | 1.GBun totals

! 148

! 96

! 106

! 202

! 193

! 36

! 24

! 26

! 50

! 51

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | DEL totals

! 182

! 85

! 138

! 223

! 289

! 30

! 8

! 19

! 27

! 76

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1993

| Germany

| WC

| 6

1346
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994

| Germany

| OG

| 8

30315
1995

| Germany

| WC

| 5

3036
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996

| Germany

| WC

| 6

10118
1996

| Germany

| WCH

| 4

1012
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997

| Germany

| OGQ

| 3

12312
1998

| Germany

| OG

| 4

0006
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | Senior totals

! 36

! 10

! 5

! 15

! 65

References

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External links

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Category:1963 births

Category:Düsseldorfer EG players

Category:ECD Sauerland players

Category:EHC Olten players

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Category:Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Category:Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Category:Iserlohn Roosters players

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