Paul Gagné

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1962)}}

{{for|the Canadian literary translator|Paul Gagné (translator)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| caption =

| alt =

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| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 180

| played_for = Colorado Rockies
New Jersey Devils
Toronto Maple Leafs
New York Islanders

| ntl_team =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 19th overall

| draft_year = 1980

| draft_team = Colorado Rockies

| career_start = 1980

| career_end = 1999

}}

Paul L. Gagné (born February 6, 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 390 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders.

He coached the Timmins Rock, a team in the NOJHL, until his retirement after the 2016–17 season. He runs a hockey development camp every summer in Timmins, Ontario called Gagné Hockey Development.

Early career

Gagne began his career at the age of 15 in the NOJHL for the Iroquois Falls Abitibi Eskimos.[https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12663] The Left Wing player had 45 goals and 85 points in 43 games that year. In the next year he played in the OMJHL with the Windsor Spitfires (24 goals and 42 points in 67 games). It was his 101 points in 1979-1980 that led him to be drafted at the age of 17.

Career statistics

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

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! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1977–78

| Iroquois Falls Eskimos

| 43

| 45

| 40

| 85

|

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Windsor Spitfires

| 67

| 24

| 18

| 42

| 64

| 7

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 2

| Windsor Spitfires

| OMJHL

| 65

| 48

| 53

| 101

| 87

| 13

| 7

| 8

| 15

| 19

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| Colorado Rockies

| 61

| 25

| 16

| 41

| 12

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Colorado Rockies

| NHL

| 59

| 10

| 12

| 22

| 17

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 53

| 14

| 15

| 29

| 13

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 16

| 1

| 9

| 10

| 9

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 66

| 14

| 18

| 32

| 33

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 79

| 24

| 19

| 43

| 28

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 47

| 19

| 19

| 38

| 14

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 16

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 6

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Newmarket Saints

| 56

| 33

| 41

| 74

| 29

| 5

| 4

| 4

| 8

| 5

| Newmarket Saints

| AHL

| 28

| 13

| 14

| 27

| 11

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 9

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 43

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1989–90

| Springfield Indians

| AHL

| 36

| 18

| 29

| 47

| 6

| 13

| 10

| 6

| 16

| 2

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| 49

| 44

| 37

| 81

| 41

| 5

| 7

| 7

| 14

| 7

| EV Landshut

| 1.GBun

| 44

| 30

| 23

| 53

| 49

| 8

| 6

| 8

| 14

| 18

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| 1992–93

| 36

| 39

| 28

| 67

| 47

| 7

| 7

| 7

| 14

| 18

| EHC Olten

| 30

| 16

| 18

| 34

| 52

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1994–95

| EHC Olten

| CHE.2

| 32

| 37

| 30

| 67

| 98

| 3

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 35

1995–96

| EHC Olten

| CHE.2

| 26

| 22

| 19

| 41

| 62

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| NDA

| 8

| 5

| 3

| 8

| 6

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 8

1996–97

| EHC Biel-Bienne

| CHE.2

| 41

| 33

| 33

| 66

| 73

| 4

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 2

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| 1997–98

| EHC Biel-Bienne

| CHE.2

| 37

| 29

| 37

| 66

| 86

| 12

| 6

| 10

| 16

| 2

1998–99

| EHC Biel-Bienne

| CHE.2

| 33

| 29

| 26

| 55

| 34

| 4

| 0

| 3

| 3

| 4

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 390

! 110

! 101

! 211

! 166

! —

! —

! —

! —

! —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 120

! 64

! 84

! 148

! 46

! 18

! 14

! 10

! 24

! 7

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! colspan="3" | CHE.2 totals

! 205

! 189

! 173

! 362

! 400

! 30

! 15

! 24

! 39

! 61

References

External links

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