Adam Courchaine

Adam Courchaine
Born (1984-05-23) May 23, 1984
Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams		 Düsseldorfer EG
Houston Aeros
Duisburg Foxes
Graz 99ers
Krefeld Pinguine
EHC Olten
NHL Draft 219th overall, 2003
Minnesota Wild
Playing career 2005–present

Adam Courchaine (born May 23, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Düsseldorfer EG of the German Bundesliga (DEL).

Playing career

Growing up in Winnipeg, Courchaine dominated at the minor hockey level with the AAA-midget Winnipeg Warriors,[1] putting up 119 points in 50 games. In 2001–02, he joined the major junior ranks with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He was traded during his rookie season to the Vancouver Giants during their inaugural season and became a cornerstone for the franchise in its beginning years. Courchaine put up a team-high 85 points in his first full season with the Giants, helping them to their first playoff appearance in 2003. His 43 goals established a Giants' franchise record which remained unbroken until Evander Kane surpassed the mark in 2008–09.[2] Courchaine was also named a WHL West Second Team All-Star[3] and was subsequently chosen in the off-season by the Minnesota Wild, 219th overall, in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

He played two more seasons with the Giants, leading them in scoring for a second consecutive season in 2003–04 with 82 points while being named to the WHL West First All-Star Team.[3] In four seasons with the Giants, Courchaine led the team in scoring twice and accumulated a franchise all-time leading 126 goals and 273 points in 241 games until both records were broken in 2012 by Brendan Gallagher.[4] [5] His 147 assists was also a franchise record until it was surpassed by defenceman Jonathon Blum on February 7, 2009.[6]

Graduating from major junior in 2005–06, Courchaine was assigned to the Wild's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Houston Aeros.[7] However, he was a regular healthy scratch and was demoted to the ECHL where he played with the Pensacola Ice Pilots and Gwinnett Gladiators.[1][8]

Although Courchaine was signed overseas by Zell Am See of Austria,[3] he spent the 2006–07 season inactive. The following season, Courchaine played in the German Bundesliga with the Duisburg Foxes. He enjoyed more success than his rookie season in the minors and led Duisburg in scoring with 50 points.[9] In the following 2008–09 season, he joined fellow German team, Düsseldorfer EG. After four year with the team and short stints with Austrian team Graz 99ers and again Füchse Duisburg, he joined the Krefeld Pinguine. In 2013–14, Courchaine led the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) in scoring, tallying 29 goals and 45 assists in 51 contests.[10]

He parted company with the Krefeld team in January 2015[11] and signed with EHC Olten of the second division NLB in Switzerland the same month. He had six points (one goal, five assists) in five games for EHC.[12]

Courchaine signed with Czech side HK Hradec Kralove for the 2015–16 campaign. He played for the Hungarian club Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in the early stages of the 2016-17 season, before returning to Germany, joining Düsseldorfer EG for a second stint. At DEG, he inked a deal for the remainder of the season.[13]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02Medicine Hat TigersWHL4455106—————
2001–02Vancouver GiantsWHL291612288—————
2002–03Vancouver GiantsWHL714342852442132
2003–04Vancouver GiantsWHL70394382341146106
2004–05Vancouver GiantsWHL712850783264372
2005–06Houston AerosAHL100000—————
2005–06Pensacola Ice PilotsECHL4221284924—————
2005–06Gwinnett GladiatorsECHL302201758136
2006–07EK Zell am SeeANL324150913893111431
2007–08Duisburg FoxesDEL5628225030—————
2008–09DEG Metro StarsDEL391424381816124164
2009–10DEG Metro StarsDEL501826441831010
2010–11DEG Metro StarsDEL521617331691674
2011–12DEG Metro StarsDEL521315283072570
2012–13Graz 99ersEBEL30002—————
2012–13Duisburg Foxes3.GBun9816244—————
2012–13Krefeld PinguineDEL3316193516—————
2013–14Krefeld PinguineDEL51294574651450
DEL totals 333 135 167 302 134 40 17 19 36 8

Awards and honours

Award Year
WHL
West Second All-Star Team 2003
West First All-Star Team 2004

Records

References

  1. 1 2 "Making the adjustment". CANOE. 2005-11-18. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  2. ↑ Walker, Ian (2009-03-05). "WHL: Kane shines in Giants' 6–2 win over Americans". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  3. 1 2 3 "Adam Courchaine – Notes". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  4. ↑ "Vancouver Giants Team Records". VancouverGiants.com. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Vancouver Giants Alumni". Vancouver Giants. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  6. ↑ "Blum adds to glowing resumé". The Province. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  7. ↑ "Minnesota Wild Transactions". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  8. ↑ "Penascola Receives Later From Marlies, Roneem, Corchaine From Aeros". ECHL. 2005-11-22. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  9. ↑ "2007–08 Duisburg Foxes (DEL)". Hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  10. ↑ "Alle DEL-Statistiken - DEL.org". www.del.org. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  11. ↑ Schoofs, H.-G. "Krefeld Pinguine: Courchaine löst Vertrag mit den Pinguinen auf". RP ONLINE. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  12. ↑ Olten, EHC. "Third import-player found – EHC Olten signs Canadian Adam Courchaine". swisshockeynews.ch. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  13. ↑ REINDERS.DE, DEG Eishockey GmbH, IT&T GmbH,. "Düsseldorfer EG - News". www.deg-eishockey.de. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

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