Stéphan Lebeau

Stéphan Lebeau
Portrait of Stéphan Lebeau
Born (1968-02-28) February 28, 1968 (age 56)
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1988–2001

Stéphan Armand Lebeau (born February 28, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League from 1988–89 to 1994–95. He won a Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Montreal Canadiens. His brother, Patrick, also played a short time in the NHL.

Playing career

Lebeau was a scoring sensation in junior with the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and in 1987–88 he led the QMJHL in goals scored with 94. He finished his junior career second all-time in QMJHL career goals with 281, behind Mike Bossy, and second all-time in career points with 580, behind only Shawinigan-teammate Patrice Lefebvre.

Lebeau continued his scoring prowess in the American Hockey League after being signed by the Montreal Canadiens in 1986. He played one season in the AHL with the Sherbrooke Canadiens and led the league with 70 goals and 134 points as a rookie, which garnered him three major awards, including the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the league's top rookie. Lebeau's 70 goals still stands as the AHL single season record.[1] The next season, he moved up to the NHL full-time, and scored 15 goals and 35 points in his rookie season. Over the next three seasons Lebeau's point total steadily improved, climaxing with 80 points in the 1992–93 season, the same year the Canadiens came away with the Stanley Cup.

However the next season he failed to produce at the same clip, and midway through was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for goalie Ron Tugnutt. He would play in Anaheim until 1994–95, and then he moved on to play in Switzerland before retiring in 2001. He currently resides in Sherbrooke, Quebec and runs the hockey program at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville.

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1983–84 Cantons de L'Est Cantonniers QMAAA 25 15 35 50 8 — — — — —
1984–85 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 66 41 38 79 20 9 4 5 9 4
1984–85 Shawinigan Cataractes MC — — — — — 2 0 0 0 2
1985–86 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 72 69 77 146 22 5 4 2 6 4
1986–87 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 65 77 90 167 60 14 9 20 29 20
1987–88 Shawinigan Cataractes QMJHL 67 94 94 188 66 11 17 9 26 10
1987–88 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL — — — — — 1 0 1 1 0
1988–89 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 78 70 64 134 47 6 1 4 5 8
1988–89 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
1989–90 Montreal Canadiens NHL 57 15 20 35 11 2 3 0 3 0
1990–91 Montreal Canadiens NHL 73 22 31 53 24 7 2 1 3 2
1991–92 Montreal Canadiens NHL 77 27 31 58 14 8 1 3 4 4
1992–93 Montreal Canadiens NHL 71 31 49 80 20 13 3 3 6 6
1993–94 Montreal Canadiens NHL 34 9 7 16 8 — — — — —
1993–94 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 22 6 4 10 14 — — — — —
1994–95 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 38 8 16 24 12 — — — — —
1995–96 HC Lugano NDA 36 25 28 53 12 4 2 2 4 0
1996–97 HC Lugano NDA 18 14 12 26 12 — — — — —
1997–98 HC La Chaux–de–Fonds NDA 40 31 39 70 14 — — — — —
1998–99 HC La Chaux–de–Fonds SUI.2 40 32 47 79 24 12 9 11 20 4
1999–2000 HC Ambrì–Piotta NLA 45 20 47 67 24 9 0 7 7 6
2000–01 HC Ambrì–Piotta NLA 43 12 22 34 36 — — — — —
NHL totals 373 118 159 277 105 30 9 7 16 12
NLA/NDA totals 182 102 148 250 98 13 2 9 11 6

References

  1. ^ "Yearly Leaders – AHL Hall of Fame".