Randall Ladouceur (born June 30, 1960) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player, who last served as an assistant coach of the

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. He previously served as an assistant coach for the

Montreal Canadiens The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...

, Hamilton Bulldogs and

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. Ladouceur played in the

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as a

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from 1982 to 1996. He played for the

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and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He played a total of 930 regular season games, scoring 30 goals and 126 assists for 156 points, collecting 1322 penalty minutes. He also played 40 playoff games in his career, scoring 13 points (5 goals and 8 assists). Ladouceur was a team captain for both Hartford and Anaheim. Ladouceur is the last player to wear sweater number 19 for Detroit, prior to the arrival of

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. Ladouceur previously served under Paul Maurice as an assistant coach of the

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between 1997 and 2004. On May 7, 2008, he was fired by interim Maple Leafs GM

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, along with head coach Maurice. On July 31, 2013, Ladouceur was named an assistant coach of the Lake Erie Monsters of the

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Ladouceur was born in

Brockville Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically independent of the county. It is included with Le ...

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. He currently resides with his family in Brockville.

Career statistics

References

External links

Hockey Hall of Fame

Toronto Maple Leafs official web site
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