Éric Castonguay
Éric Castonguay | |||
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Born |
Granby, QC, CAN | September 18, 1987||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
HockeyAllsvenskan team Former teams |
Tingsryds AIF Get-ligaen IF Frisk Asker AHL Chicago Wolves Bridgeport Sound Tigers Lowell Devils CHL Missouri Mavericks ECHL Reading Royals Trenton Devils Ligue Magnus Dragons de Rouen Diables Rouges de Briançon | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2007–present |
Éric Castonguay (born September 18, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Tingsryds AIF in HockeyAllsvenskan, the Swedish second tier league.
Playing career
Castonguay's Midget AAA career included time with Collège Antoine-Girouard, followed by 3 seasons with the Lewiston Maineiacs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for his Major Junior Ice Hockey career.[1]
After completing his Midget AAA and Major Junior Ice Hockey careers, he began his professional Ice Hockey career starting with the 2007-08 season.[1] He has played professionally for the Trenton Devils and Reading Royals of the ECHL.[1] On June 2, 2011, the Reading Royals of the ECHL announced that they had included Castonguay on their protected list.[2] He has also played professionally for the Lowell Devils and Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League and Dragons de Rouen and Diables Rouges de Briançon, both of the French Ligue Magnus[1]
On September 21, 2013, Castonguay signed with the Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League for the 2013–14 season.[3] During that season, in a game against the Quad City Mallards on March 23, 2014, Castonguay set a Mavericks single-season franchise record of 31 Goals, which itself would ultimately be broken later that same season by Andrew Courtney, who ended the season with 34 Goals.[4][5] That same season, in the Central Hockey League 2013-14 Season "Best of The Best" Poll, he came in 2nd place in the poll for Most Gentlemanly Player[6] On April 18, 2014, Castonguay was loaned to the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League.[5]
On May 17, 2014, Castonguay signed with Frisk Asker Ishockey of the Norwegian GET-ligaen[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Éric Castonguay". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Royals Place 20 on Protected List". Reading Eagle. June 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Mavericks Add Forward Castonguay and Defenseman Courtney". OurSportsCentral.com. September 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Missouri Mavericks Hockey's Photos". Missouri Mavericks. March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- 1 2 "Mavericks' Henrik Odegaard and Eric Castonguay Called-Up by Chicago Wolves". OurSportsCentral.com. April 18, 2014.
- ↑ Harding, Matthew (March 19, 2014). "2013-14 CHL Best of the Best Poll". MinorLeagueHockeyReport.com.
- ↑ "CANADIER KLAR FOR FRISK ASKER!". Frisk Asker (in Norwegian). May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
External links
- Éric Castonguay's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Eric Castonguay's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Éric Castonguay's player profile at NHL.com