Les Auge
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (1953–2002)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| position = Defense
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 190
| played_for = Colorado Rockies
| ntl_team = USA
| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|5|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|9|20|1953|5|16|mf=y}}
| death_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 1975
| career_end = 1982
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Lester Alexander Auge (May 16, 1953 – September 20, 2002) was an American ice hockey defenseman who appeared in a total of six National Hockey League regular season games with the Colorado Rockies in 1980–81 but spent most of his career in the minor leagues. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Auge was signed as a free agent by the Rockies after playing for the United States team at the 1979 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament as well as the University of Minnesota men's hockey team.
Auge was part of the initial roster for the 1980 United States Olympic team, but did not make the final team.
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 | ||||||||
| 1971–72
| WCHA | 22 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8
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| 1972–73 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 34 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973–74
| University of Minnesota | WCHA | 40 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 58
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| 1974–75 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 38 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 52
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76
| AHL | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6
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| 1975–76 | IHL | 65 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 59
| 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 1976–77
| Dayton Gems | IHL | 29 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1977–78 | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977–78
| IHL | 78 | 3 | 37 | 40 | 104
| 17 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 20 |
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| 1978–79 | CHL | 70 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979–80
| Hershey Bears | AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
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| 1979–80 | CHL | 50 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 26
| 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 1979–80
| Intl | 29 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 14
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| 1980–81 | NHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4
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| 1980–81
| Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 70 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 56
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
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| 1981–82 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 20 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26
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! colspan="3" | CHL totals ! 210 !! 16 !! 63 !! 79 !! 150 ! 20 !! 1 !! 6 !! 7 !! 6 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 6 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 4 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
Awards and honors
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! Award ! Year ! |
| All-NCAA All-Tournament Team
| 1974 |
| All-WCHA Second Team
| 1974–75 |
| AHCA West All-American
| 1974–75 |
In popular culture
In the 1981 made-for-TV movie Miracle on Ice, Auge was portrayed by Jerry Houser.{{cite web |url=https://www.usahockeymagazine.com/article/2009-09/scott-fusco-les-auge-bill-stewart-golf-olympians|title=Auge Came Close To Joining 'Miracle' Team|last=Eickmeyer|first=Cameron|date= |website=USA Hockey Magazine|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}{{cite book |last=Gibson|first=Kevin|author-link= |date= |title=Of Myths and Sticks: Hockey Facts, Fictions and Coincidences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71i1CgAAQBAJ&q=les+auge+1981+jerry+houser&pg=PT77|location= |publisher= |page= |isbn=}}
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=11885}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080602071553/http://www.losthockey.com/obit_main.cfm?letter=a Obituary at LostHockey.com]
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Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen
Category:Colorado Rockies (NHL) players
Category:Fort Worth Texans players
Category:Hershey Bears players
Category:Ice hockey people from Saint Paul, Minnesota
Category:NCAA men's ice hockey national champions
Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey players
Category:Oklahoma City Stars players
Category:Port Huron Flags players
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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