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Dan Cloutier (born on April 22, 1976 in Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player with the Los Angeles Kings.
Playing career
Cloutier began his career with the New York Rangers, who made him their first selection (26th overall) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He debuted with the club four years later, spending two seasons with them as the back-up to Mike Richter. The New York Rangers traded him to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1999, and he became the starting goaltender for the 1999-00 season; in the 2000-01 season with the Lightning he was traded to Vancouver for Adrian Aucoin and a second round draft pick; he was the starting goaltender since 2001-02, winning over 30 games in each of the next three seasons.
His performances with the team in the playoffs have been criticized for being significantly less effective than his regular season play.
Cloutier was unable to compete in the 2005-06 NHL season due to a partially torn Anterior cruciate ligament suffered in the game against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim on November 20, 2005. Although surgery was performed on December 15, 2005, he was unable to play the rest of the season, leaving Alex Auld as the starting goaltender.
On July 5, 2006, Cloutier was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2007 second-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2009.
In his career he has won 131 games and lost 124, with a 2.67 goals-against average.
See also
1976 births | Binghamton Rangers players | Canadian ice hockey players | Guelph Storm alumni | Hartford Wolf Pack players | Living people | National Hockey League first round draft picks | National Hockey League goaltenders | New York Rangers players | Ontario sportspeople | Quebec sportspeople | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds alumni | Tampa Bay Lightning players | Vancouver Canucks players
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