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Chad LaRose

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1982)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = LaRose 2009-04-09 115 wiki.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 173

| played_for = Carolina Hurricanes

| ntl_team = United States

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|3|27|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Fraser, Michigan, U.S.

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2017

| draft = Undrafted

}}

Chad LaRose (born March 27, 1982) is an American former professional hockey player. He has previously played as a Stanley Cup winner for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

As a youth, LaRose played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Detroit Compuware minor ice hockey team.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}

A product of the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede, LaRose later led the OHL Plymouth Whalers in scoring in 2002–03 with 117 points in 67 games. LaRose was never drafted, but his breakout overage season caught the attention of NHL scouts.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} He was an invitee to the Detroit Red Wings training camp in 2001 and 2002.{{cite web |title=Training Camp 2002 |url=http://www.griffinscentral.com/hist/camp02.html |website=griffinscentral.com |accessdate=February 19, 2019}}

LaRose started the 2003–04 season with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL, and was shuttling back and forth between there and the Lowell Lock Monsters for most of the second half of the year.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

LaRose was signed by the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent in 2003.{{cite web |title=HURRICANES SIGN FREE AGENT CHAD LAROSE |url=https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/hurricanes-sign-free-agent-chad-larose/c-470196 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=February 19, 2019 |date=August 12, 2003}} LaRose is the only hockey player to play for all the Karmanos’ teams, as he started out with the Plymouth Whalers, before moving on to the Florida Everblades, working his way to the Carolina Hurricanes.{{cite news| url = http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/03/3081069/decock-after-10-years-larose-exits.html | title = DeCock: After 10 years LaRose exits | newspaper = The News & Observer | date = 2013-08-03 | accessdate = 2013-08-03}} After winning his first Stanley Cup, LaRose signed a two-year contract to stay a Carolina Hurricanes.{{cite web |title=Hurricanes re-sign LaRose to two-year contract |url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2507688 |website=ESPN.com |accessdate=February 19, 2019 |date=July 2, 2006}}

On July 2, 2009, the Hurricanes re-signed LaRose to a further two-year contract worth $3.4 million ($1.5 million in 2009-10 and $1.9 million in 2010-11).{{cite web|url=http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=433359|title=LaRose Agrees Terms on Two-Year Contract|publisher=Carolina Hurricanes|date=2009-07-02|accessdate=2009-07-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704221830/http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=433359|archivedate=2009-07-04}}

LaRose rejoined the Carolina Hurricanes organization by signing a one-year deal with the team's AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, on July 29, 2014.{{cite web | url = http://gocheckers.com/articles/783-checkers-sign-chad-larose-to-ahl-deal | title = Checker sign Chad LaRose to AHL deal | publisher = Charlotte Checkers | date = 2014-07-29 | accessdate = 2014-07-29 | archive-date = 2015-06-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150627041244/http://gocheckers.com/articles/783-checkers-sign-chad-larose-to-ahl-deal | url-status = dead }} In the 2014–15 season, LaRose added a veteran presence to the Checkers while regaining his scoring touch with 20 goals and 38 points in 64 games.{{cite web |author1=Nicholas Niedzielski |title=CHAD LAROSE EXCITED FOR FUTURE IN HOCKEY |url=http://gocheckers.com/articles/chad-larose-excited-for-future-in-hockey |website=gocheckers.com |accessdate=February 19, 2019 |date=May 6, 2015}}

Unable to attain an NHL contract over the summer, LaRose sat out the following season before opting to continue his playing career in the ECHL during the 2016–17 campaign, with the Orlando Solar Bears on January 25, 2017. LaRose was released on February 25, 2017.{{cite web | url = http://orlandosolarbearshockey.com/news/nhl-veteran-chad-larose-joins-solar-bears/ | title = NHL veteran Chad LaRose joins Solar Bears | publisher = Orlando Solar Bears | date = 2017-01-25 | accessdate = 2017-01-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170130154124/http://orlandosolarbearshockey.com/news/nhl-veteran-chad-larose-joins-solar-bears/ | archive-date = 2017-01-30 | url-status = dead }}

Records

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

style="background:#e0e0e0;"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1999–2000

| Sioux Falls Stampede

| USHL

| 54

| 29

| 26

| 55

| 28

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| Sioux Falls Stampede

| USHL

| 24

| 11

| 22

| 33

| 50

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2000–01

| Plymouth Whalers

| OHL

| 32

| 18

| 7

| 25

| 24

| 19

| 10

| 10

| 20

| 22

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Plymouth Whalers

| OHL

| 53

| 32

| 27

| 59

| 40

| 6

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 16

2002–03

| Plymouth Whalers

| OHL

| 67

| 61

| 56

| 117

| 52

| 15

| 9

| 8

| 17

| 25

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| Lowell Lock Monsters

| AHL

| 36

| 7

| 9

| 16

| 29

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2003–04

| Florida Everblades

| ECHL

| 41

| 16

| 19

| 35

| 16

| 14

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 20

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Lowell Lock Monsters

| AHL

| 66

| 20

| 22

| 42

| 32

| 11

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 10

2005–06

| Carolina Hurricanes

| NHL

| 49

| 1

| 12

| 13

| 35

| 21

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 10

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Lowell Lock Monsters

| AHL

| 23

| 14

| 11

| 25

| 10

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2006–07

| Carolina Hurricanes

| NHL

| 80

| 6

| 12

| 18

| 10

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| Carolina Hurricanes

| NHL

| 58

| 11

| 12

| 23

| 46

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2008–09

| Carolina Hurricanes

| NHL

| 81

| 19

| 12

| 31

| 35

| 18

| 4

| 7

| 11

| 16

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

| Carolina Hurricanes

| NHL

| 56

| 11

| 17

| 28

| 24

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2010–11

| Carolina Hurricanes

| NHL

| 82

| 16

| 15

| 31

| 59

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

| Carolina Hurricanes

| NHL

| 67

| 19

| 13

| 32

| 48

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2012–13

| Carolina Hurricanes

| NHL

| 35

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 29

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Charlotte Checkers

| AHL

| 64

| 20

| 18

| 38

| 44

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2016–17

| Orlando Solar Bears

| ECHL

| 8

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 189

! 61

! 60

! 121

! 115

! 11

! 3

! 5

! 8

! 10

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 508

! 85

! 95

! 180

! 286

! 39

! 4

! 8

! 12

! 26

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2002

| United States

| WJC

| 7

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007

| United States

| WC

| 7

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 2

Awards and honors

class="wikitable"
Award

! Year

!

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| colspan="3" | OHL

Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy

| 2003

|

Plus/Minus Award

| 2003

|

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| colspan="3" | NHL

Stanley Cup

| 2006

|

References

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External links

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Category:1982 births

Category:Living people

Category:American men's ice hockey right wingers

Category:Carolina Hurricanes players

Category:Charlotte Checkers (2010–) players

Category:Florida Everblades players

Category:Ice hockey players from Michigan

Category:Lowell Lock Monsters players

Category:Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL) players

Category:People from Fraser, Michigan

Category:Sportspeople from Macomb County, Michigan

Category:Plymouth Whalers players

Category:Sioux Falls Stampede players

Category:Stanley Cup champions

Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players