Serge Aubin

Serge Aubin
Aubin in 2022
Born (1975-02-15) February 15, 1975 (age 49)
Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Colorado Avalanche
Columbus Blue Jackets
Atlanta Thrashers
Genève-Servette HC
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Hamburg Freezers
NHL draft 161st overall, 1994
Pittsburgh Penguins
Playing career 1995–2013

Serge D. Aubin (born February 15, 1975) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey centre who played 374 games in the National Hockey League for the Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Blue Jackets and Atlanta Thrashers. He is currently serving as head coach of Eisbären Berlin in the German DEL.

Playing career

Aubin was drafted in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, in the 7th round, 161st overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He spent his junior years playing in the QMJHL, playing for the Drummondville Voltigeurs and the Granby Bisons. Until 1999, Aubin was mostly playing for the NHL's farm league, having only played one NHL game for the Colorado Avalanche. He spent time with the Hampton Roads Admirals of the ECHL and in the AHL with the Syracuse Crunch and the Hershey Bears.

After playing 15 more regular season games and 17 playoff games for Colorado, Aubin moved to the Columbus Blue Jackets as a free agent on July 11, 2000. It was with the Blue Jackets where Aubin had his best season in 2000–01, scoring 13 goals and 17 assists for 30 points and only missed one game the entire season. After another season with Columbus, he was brought back to Colorado, but after just one season, Aubin was claimed by the Atlanta Thrashers in the NHL waiver draft.[1] In the 2003–04 he scored 25 points, 5 short of his NHL career best in scoring.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, which resulted in the cancellation of the 2004–05 NHL season, Aubin played in Switzerland for Genève-Servette HC. Aubin returned to the Thrashers for the 2005–06 season, his last in the NHL. He returned to Geneva for the 2006–07 season. After the season ended for HC Genève-Servette, he was hired by EHC Biel to play in the Nationalliga B playoff finals and in a possible promotion series. Aubin was named captain of the Canadian team for the 2007 Spengler Cup, he signed than on 7 April 2009 by HC Fribourg-Gottéron.[2]

Following a Quarterfinal defeat in the 2010–11 season, Aubin left Fribourg as a free agent and signed a two-year contract with Deutsche Eishockey Liga club, the Hamburg Freezers, on March 28, 2011.[3] In 46 games, Aubin produced a respectable 31 points. With his veteran experience and leadership a positive for the Freezers, Aubin returned to play in the following pre-season European Tournament, however after suffering a severe thumb injury Aubin was unable to play for the Freezers in the 2012–13 season and announced his retirement on January 15, 2013.[4]

Coaching career

Aubin was then named an assistant coach for the Freezers, beginning the 2013–14 season. In the following season he replaced Benoit Laporte on September 25, 2014, and took over head coaching responsibilities. In November 2014, he was named to the coaching staff of the Canadian Men's National Team for the Deutschland Cup, serving as assistant to head coach Jeff Tomlinson.[5] One year later, Aubin served as an assistant coach for the German Men's National Team at the Deutschland Cup.[6] In January 2015, he signed a contract extension, that would keep him in Hamburg until 2017.[7] However, the Freezers organization folded in May 2016, which ended Aubin's coaching tenure in Hamburg.[8]

On June 7, 2016, Aubin was named head coach of the Vienna Capitals of the Austrian Hockey League.[9] He guided the team to the championship in his first year as coach. On December 29, 2017, the ZSC Lions of the National League announced that Aubin would take over the head coaching job at ZSC starting with the 2018–19 season.[10] He was sacked on January 14, 2019 because under his guidance, the team did not develop as the club leaders had hoped for.[11] In May 2019, he signed a two-year deal as head coach of German DEL team Eisbären Berlin.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1992–93 Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL 65 16 34 50 30 — — — — —
1993–94 Granby Bisons QMJHL 63 42 32 74 80 — — — — —
1994–95 Granby Bisons QMJHL 60 37 73 110 55 11 8 15 23 4
1995–96 Hampton Roads Admirals ECHL 62 24 62 86 74 3 1 4 5 10
1995–96 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1996–97 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 57 9 16 25 38 2 0 0 0 0
1997–98 Syracuse Crunch AHL 55 6 14 20 57 — — — — —
1997–98 Hershey Bears AHL 5 2 1 3 0 7 1 3 4 6
1998–99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1998–99 Hershey Bears AHL 64 30 39 69 58 3 0 1 1 2
1999–00 Hershey Bears AHL 58 42 38 80 56 — — — — —
1999–00 Colorado Avalanche NHL 15 2 1 3 6 17 0 1 1 6
2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 81 13 17 30 107 — — — — —
2001–02 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 71 8 8 16 32 — — — — —
2002–03 Colorado Avalanche NHL 66 4 6 10 64 5 0 0 0 4
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 66 10 15 25 73 — — — — —
2004–05 Genève-Servette HC NLA 6 2 1 3 8 3 1 2 3 2
2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 74 7 17 24 79 — — — — —
2006–07 Genève-Servette HC NLA 40 21 29 50 50 5 1 2 3 8
2006–07 EHC Biel NLB — — — — — 10 6 13 19 10
2007–08 Genève-Servette HC NLA 47 27 35 62 65 13 2 10 12 22
2008–09 Genève-Servette HC NLA 36 14 28 42 61 4 0 3 3 4
2009–10 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 49 20 21 41 62 5 0 2 2 2
2010–11 HC Fribourg-Gottéron NLA 31 7 17 24 12 4 0 0 0 4
2011–12 Hamburg Freezers DEL 46 11 20 31 59 5 3 0 3 2
NHL totals 374 44 64 108 361 22 0 1 1 10

Awards and honours

Award Year
AHL
First All-Star Team 1999–2000
DEL
Coach of the year 2021–22[13]

References

  1. ^ "Thrashers sign Aubin, three others". Fox Sports. 2004-06-30. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
  2. ^ "Serge Aubin signs with Fribourg for two seasons". (in German)HC Fribourg-Gottéron. 2009-04-07. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  3. ^ "Freezers have commitment with center Serge Aubin". Hamburg Freezers (in German). 2011-03-28. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  4. ^ "Not another comeback trial: Serge Aubin completes his professional career". Hamburg Freezers. 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  5. ^ "Canada's National Men's Team roster announced for 2014 Deutschland Cup". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  6. ^ "Sturm holt Kreutzer, Aubin und Abstreiter ins Trainerteam". Deutscher Eishockey-Bund. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
  7. ^ MOPO.de (2015-01-21). "Bis 2017: Freezers verlängern Vertrag von Trainer Serge Aubin". MOPO.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  8. ^ "Former NHLer Schubert's last-ditch effort to save Hamburg Freezers fails, DEL team folds | The Hockey News". The Hockey News. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  9. ^ "UPC Vienna Capitals Webseite". www.vienna-capitals.at. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
  10. ^ Lions, ZSC (2017-12-29). "Hans Kossmann is ZSC's new head coach - but next season, Serge Aubin takes over". swisshockeynews.ch. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  11. ^ "Trainerwechsel: Arno Del Curto übernimmt ab sofort | ZSC Lions". www.zsclions.ch (in German). Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  12. ^ Berlin, Eisbären. "Serge Aubin neuer Cheftrainer der Eisbären Berlin | Eisbären Berlin". www.eisbaeren.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-05-03.
  13. ^ "PENNY DEL kürt beste Akteure: Riley Sheen wird Spieler des Jahres". del.org. 11 April 2022.