Donald Dufresne

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1967)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = File:Donald Dufresne.JPG

| caption = Donald Dufresne (2013)

| image_size = 200px

| alt =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|4|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 206

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| team =

| league =

| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
Tampa Bay Lightning
Los Angeles Kings
St. Louis Blues
Edmonton Oilers

| ntl_team =

| draft = 117th overall

| draft_year = 1985

| draft_team = Montreal Canadiens

| career_start = 1987

| career_end = 1998

}}

Donald Alain Joseph Dufresne (born April 10, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Biography

Dufresne was born in Quebec City, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Rimouski.{{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=2019-01-16|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}}

Dufresne started his National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1989, and won the Stanley Cup with the team in 1993. He would also play for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and Edmonton Oilers.

Following his playing days, Dufresne later served as an assistant coach and assistant general manager for the Rimouski Oceanic in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), as well as assistant coach for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League (AHL).{{cn|date=January 2019}}

Career statistics

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

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

! colspan="5" | Regular season

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

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

ALIGN="center"

| Trois Rivieres Draveurs

| 67

| 7

| 12

| 19

| 92

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Trois Rivieres Draveurs

| QMJHL

| 65

| 5

| 30

| 35

| 112

| 7

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 12

ALIGN="center"

| Trois Rivieres Draveurs

| QMJHL

| 63

| 8

| 32

| 40

| 160

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Trois Rivieres Draveurs

| QMJHL

| 51

| 5

| 21

| 26

| 79

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 1986-87

| Longueuil Chevaliers

| QMJHL

| 16

| 0

| 8

| 8

| 18

| 20

| 1

| 8

| 9

| 38

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Sherbrooke Canadiens

| 47

| 1

| 8

| 9

| 107

| 6

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 4

ALIGN="center"

| Montreal Canadiens

| 13

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 43

| 6

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 4

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Sherbrooke Canadiens

| AHL

| 47

| 0

| 12

| 12

| 170

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center"

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 18

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 23

| 10

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 18

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Sherbrooke Canadiens

| AHL

| 38

| 2

| 11

| 13

| 104

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center"

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 53

| 2

| 13

| 15

| 55

| 10

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 21

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Fredericton Canadiens

| AHL

| 10

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 35

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Fredericton Canadiens

| AHL

| 31

| 8

| 12

| 20

| 60

| 7

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 10

ALIGN="center"

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 32

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 32

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 9

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 10

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 1993–94

| Tampa Bay Lightning

| NHL

| 51

| 2

| 6

| 8

| 48

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 22

| 0

| 3

| 3

| 10

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

ALIGN="center"

| Worcester IceCats

| AHL

| 13

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 14

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 1995–96

| Edmonton Oilers

| NHL

| 42

| 1

| 6

| 7

| 16

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| Edmonton Oilers

| NHL

| 22

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 15

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

ALIGN="center"

| Quebec Rafales

| 15

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 20

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 268

! 6

! 36

! 42

! 258

! 34

! 1

! 3

! 4

! 47

References

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External links

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Category:1967 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen

Category:Edmonton Oilers players

Category:Fredericton Canadiens players

Category:Ice hockey people from Quebec City

Category:Longueuil Chevaliers players

Category:Los Angeles Kings players

Category:Montreal Canadiens coaches

Category:Montreal Canadiens draft picks

Category:Montreal Canadiens players

Category:Quebec Rafales players

Category:Rimouski Océanic coaches

Category:Sherbrooke Canadiens players

Category:St. Louis Blues players

Category:Stanley Cup champions

Category:Tampa Bay Lightning players

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Trois-Rivières Draveurs players

Category:Worcester IceCats players

Category:Canadian ice hockey coaches

Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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