Kevin LaVallee
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Other people}}
{{BLP no footnotes|date=September 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| caption =
| image_size = 230px
| position = Left wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 180
| played_for = Calgary Flames
Los Angeles Kings
St. Louis Blues
Pittsburgh Penguins
Innsbrucker EV
HC Ambri-Piotta
SC Bern
HC Milan
HC Ajoie
EC Ratingen
Düsseldorfer EG
EC Hannover
HC Davos
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|9|16}}
| birth_place = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 32nd overall
| draft_year = 1980
| draft_team = Calgary Flames
| career_start = 1980
| career_end = 1996
}}
Kevin A. LaVallee (born September 16, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played eight seasons in the National Hockey League with four teams from 1980 to 1987. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1980 to 1996, was mainly spent in Europe.
NHL
LaVallee started his NHL career with the Calgary Flames in 1980. He also played for the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues. LaVallee played the last of his 398 NHL games (including playoffs) with the Penguins during the 1986–87 NHL season.
Europe
Following his NHL career, LaVallee played another nine seasons in various European leagues. He was with Innsbruck EV in Austria from 1987–88 until midway through 1989–90. He played for SC Bern for the remainder of that season. In 1990–91 He moved to Italy playing for HC Milano in 1991–92 he played for a different team in Milan. In 1992–93 He joined the Ayr Raiders of the BHL. Later that season he moved to EC Ratingen in Germany. He moved again during the 1992–93 season, this time to Ajoie in the Swiss National League A (NLA). In 1993–94 he went back to Germany with Düsseldorfer EG. He moved with the team in 1994–95 to the newly created Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). In 1995–96 He started the season playing for the DEL's EC Hannover before returning to Switzerland and playing for HC Davos in the NLA.
LaVallee retired from professional hockey following the 1995–96 season.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
1977–78
| GNML | 30 | 45 | 48 | 93 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1978–79 | OMJHL | 66 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
1979–80
| OMJHL | 65 | 65 | 70 | 135 | 50
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1980–81 | NHL | 77 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 16
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
1981–82
| Calgary Flames | NHL | 75 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 30
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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| 1982–83 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 60 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 17
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
1982–83
| CHL | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1983–84 | NHL | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
1983–84
| AHL | 47 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 25
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1984–85 | NHL | 38 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
1985–86
| St. Louis Blues | NHL | 64 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 8
| 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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| 1986–87 | NHL | 33 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
1987–88
| AUT | 34 | 39 | 33 | 72 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1987–88 | NLA | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
1988–89
| Innsbruck EV | AUT | 40 | 45 | 47 | 92 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1989–90 | Innsbruck EV | AUT | 33 | 43 | 42 | 85 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — | |
1989–90
| SC Bern | NLA | — | — | — | — | —
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
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| 1990–91 | HC Milan | ITA | 36 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
1991–92
| HC Milan | ITA | 16 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 4
| 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 |
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| 1991–92 | HC Milan | ALP | 10 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
1992–93
| GER | 10 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992–93 | Ajoie | NLA | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27
| — | — | — | — | — |
1993–94
| GER | 44 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 33
| 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
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| 1994–95 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 39 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 26
| 10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
1995–96
| DEL | 23 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1995–96 | HC Davos | NLA | 18 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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! colspan="3" | NHL Totals ! 366 !! 110 !! 125 !! 235 !! 85 ! 32 !! 5 !! 8 !! 13 !! 21 |
External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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