Steve Duchesne

Steve Duchesne (born June 30, 1965 in Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL from 1986-87 until 2001-02.

Playing career

Duchesne started off his notable hockey career with the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He was not drafted, but was signed by the Los Angeles Kings on October 1, 1984. He played a season with the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League before becoming an NHL regular in 1986-87. In his first season, he played so well that he was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team. It did not take Duchesne long to establish himself as an above average offensive defenceman.

He played with the Kings until May 30, 1991, when he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in a deal that brought Jari Kurri to Los Angeles. He sported the jersey number 28.Duchesne played one season in Philadelphia, before being traded to the Quebec Nordiques with a huge package of players for young phenom Eric Lindros. Although Duchesne set a career high with 82 points in Quebec, he was again traded after the season was done to the St. Louis Blues. He played two seasons with the Blues before getting traded to the Ottawa Senators, then after two seasons with the Senators he was traded back to the Blues for Igor Kravchuk. Duchesne's journeyman status continued, as he signed as a free agent back with the Kings after one season with the Blues, and then during his first season back with the Kings, he was traded to the Flyers at the trading deadline. Finally, after the 1998-99 season, Duchesne signed as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings, where he would win a Stanley Cup in his final season, 2001-02.

Awards

QMJHL First All-Star Team (1985)
NHL All-Rookie Team (1987)
Played in NHL All-Star Game (1989, 1990, 1993)
Barry Ashbee Trophy (1993, 1994)

Records

Career statistics

			Regular season									Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PM	PP	SH	GW	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1983-84	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL	67	1	34	35	79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984-85	Drummondville Voltigeurs	QMJHL	65	22	54	76	94	-	-	-	-	5	4	7	11	8
1985-86	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL	75	14	35	49	76	-	-	-	-	5	0	2	2	9
1986-87	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	75	13	25	38	74	+8	5	0	2	5	2	2	4	4
1987-88	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	71	16	39	55	109	0	5	0	4	5	1	3	4	14
1988-89	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	79	25	50	75	92	+31	8	5	2	11	4	4	8	12
1989-90	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	79	20	42	62	36	-3	6	0	1	10	2	9	11	6
1990-91	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	78	21	41	62	66	+19	8	0	3	12	4	8	12	8
1991-92	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	78	18	38	56	86	-7	7	2	3	-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	Quebec Nordiques	NHL	82	20	62	82	57	+15	8	0	2	6	0	5	5	6
1993-94	St. Louis Blues	NHL	36	12	19	31	14	+1	8	0	1	4	0	2	2	2
1994-95	St. Louis Blues	NHL	47	12	26	38	36	+29	1	0	1	7	0	4	4	2
1995-96	Ottawa Senators	NHL	62	12	24	36	42	-23	7	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Ottawa Senators	NHL	78	19	28	47	38	-9	10	2	3	7	1	4	5	0
1997-98	St. Louis Blues	NHL	80	14	42	56	32	+9	5	1	1	10	0	4	4	6
1998-99	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	60	4	19	23	22	-6	1	0	1	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	11	2	5	7	2	0	1	0	1	6	0	2	2	2
1999-00	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	79	10	31	41	42	+12	1	0	1	9	0	4	4	10
2000-01	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	54	6	19	25	48	+9	2	0	0	6	2	4	6	0
2001-02	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	64	3	15	18	28	+3	1	0	2	23	0	6	6	24
16 seasons	NHL career		1113	227	525	752	824	+88	84	10	30	121	16	61	77	96

International play

Played for Team Canada in the 1994 World Championships.
Played for Team Canada in the 1996 World Championships.

International Statistics

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994	Canada	WC	6	0	1	1	0
1996	Canada	WC	8	1	3	4	4

References

Total Hockey (Second Edition), Editor - Dan Diamond, ISBN 1-892129-85-X

External links

HockeyDB

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