Misplaced Pages

Herb LaFontaine

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Canadian ice hockey player Ice hockey player
Herb LaFontaine
Born Westmount, Quebec, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defenceman
Shot Right
Played for Rensselaer
Playing career 1951–1953

Herb LaFontaine is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman who starred for Rensselaer.

Career

LaFontaine played two seasons for Rensselaer as the team was ascending to the top of the college hockey landscape. In each of his two campaigns, the Engineers finished atop the Tri-State League standings and ended the year with 15 wins. For his second year with the program LaFontaine was named team captain and he led the Engineers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance. RPI lost a close contest with Minnesota in the semifinal then defeated Boston College in the consolation game. For his performance during the season, LaFontaine was an AHCA First Team All-American and made the All-Tournament Second Team.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1951–52 Rensselaer Tri-State 18 4 12 16 34 — — — — —
1952–53 Rensselaer Tri-State 20 6 12 18 22 — — — — —
NCAA totals 38 10 24 34 56 — — — — —

Awards and honors

Award Year
AHCA First Team All-American 1952–53
NCAA All-Tournament Second Team 1953

References

  1. "Herb LaFontaine". College Hockey News. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  2. "1952-1953 All-American Team". The American Hockey Coaches Association. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  3. "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 19, 2013.

External links

Stub icon

This Quebec biographical article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: