Patrick Labrecque is a Canadian who is best known for his active participation in ice hockey – first as a player, and later as a coach. While a player, he appeared in several games for various teams in North America and Europe. He is also an award-winning goaltender who became more known when he played for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1995-1996 NHL season.
Interesting facts about Patrick Labrecque
1. How Old Is Patrick Labrecque?
It was on March 6, 1971, that Joseph Denis Patrick Labrecque was born in LaSelle, Quebec. Labrecque has proven a private person. His parents, siblings, wife, and children have remained unknown. He is currently 53 years old.
More so, Patrick keeps his distance to social media. Although there are several pages with a name similar to his, none has proven to be handled by him, except if he uses a different name.
2. How He Made It To Becoming A Prominent Hockey player.
How he started playing hockey or his motivations are kept under the wraps as other aspects of his life aside his games. However, he joined the National Hockey League NHL professional ice hockey players when he was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 5th round as a second pick and 90th overall.
In 1988, he made his debut appearance with the St. Jean Castors of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), before proceeding to St. Jean Lynx from 1989 to 1991. And continued playing for other leagues for almost two decades.
3. Patrick Labrecque Played Only A Season For Montreal Canadiens
In 1994, he signed with the Montreal Canadiens and played the 1995-1996 season before proceeding to Fredericton Canadiens. And later Quebec Rafales in the 1996-1997 season.
4. He Played For 14 Leagues In His Career
Labrecque played for a total number of 14 different leagues. Among many leagues he found himself playing was the NHL when he got signed as a free agent by the Montreal Canadiens team in the 1995-96 season while wearing the number 31 jersey.
Before and after the season with the Canadiens, he played several seasons in several leagues of American Hockey League (AHL), ECHL, International Hockey League (IHL), United Hockey League (UHL), West Coast Hockey League (WCHL). And Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL), Quebec Semi-Pro Hockey League (QSPHL) Russian Elite League, Quebec Senior Major Hockey League (QSMHL), and Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey (LNAH).
5. His Last Moments In NHL
In 2005, he retired as a professional player, but not until he made several achievements in his career. He retired playing for St. Hyacinthe Cousin of the LNAH league.
6. He Played Over 600 Games And Saved More Than 11,000 Goals
Throughout his career from the 1988-1989 season till his retirement, he has been able to appear in over 600 games with only two for the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens.
Throughout his career as a goaltender, Patrick worked hard towards achieving success, including saving goals which are above 11,000 and a total of 16.107 percent.
7. He Is An Award-Winning Player
He is an award-winning player who has won the QMAA Best Goalie prospect in the 1987-1988 season as well as AHL Player of the Week award in the 1995-1996 season.
8. He Served As A Coach Before Retiring
While playing for Sorel Royaux of the QSPHL league in the 2001-02 season, he also served as a goalie coach for Cape Breton Screaming Eagles of the QMJHL league.
9. Where Is Patrick Labrecque Now After NHL?
Even after playing hockey for decades, Patrick has still dedicated much of his time to the service of the game as a coach. From 2012-2013, he was the goaltending coach of the QBAA league team Laurentides Conquerants Bntm AAA.
Since 2000 he has also worked as an Air Canada Ground staff according to his LinkedIn page.
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10. He Is Easily Confused For Actor Patrick LaBrecque
There have been questions about whether Patrick the hockey player and the actor are the same person. They have the spellings of their names the same, except that the actor has an upper case ‘B’ in his name while the hockey players don’t.
However, many sites have linked the two men as the same. Not much information has been recorded on Patrick LaBrecque, except for having American nationality, and some movies he’s appeared in. They include Beethoven (1992), Rookie of the Year (1993), and HeavyWeights (1995) among others.
Looking closely, there are more reasons that the men are two different people often confused as same. Reasons are: hockey player Labrecque was born in 1971 and by the time the movie Rookie of the Year was out, he was 22.
In the same light, the actor LaBrecque in the movie played the role of George who was also Henry’s friend. At that time Henry (Thomas Ian Nicholas) was only 12, therefore, George (LaBrecque) should be about the same age.
11. How Rich Is He?
His main source of income is from hockey and has been estimated at $3 million, having played from 1995 to 2005.
12. His Height And Body Weight
His height is measured at 6 feet 01 inches (1.85 m). His other body measurement is unknown, but his weight is 87 kg (191lbs)
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