Jean-Philippe Côté

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
team= Free Agent
league = NHL
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 216
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1982|04|22
birth_place = Charlesbourg, PQ, CAN
draft = 265th overall
draft_year = 2000
draft_team = Toronto Maple Leafs
career_start = 2005

Jean-Phillipe Côté (born April 22, 1982 in Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He is the son of Alain Côté.

Jean-Phillippe is currently a free agent after being released by the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens at the end of the 2007/2008 season. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, but never appeared in a game for them.

He played his first game in the NHL on November 29th, 2005, against the Ottawa Senators to fill in for the suspended Andrei Markov. He finished the night with 13 minutes of ice time, one penalty, and a -1.

Habs fans had not, however, seen the last of J-P Cote. Another injury to Andrei Markov forced him to play a regular shift, and this time there would be no reduced ice time. He often played with fellow 24-year-old blueliner Mike Komisarek, and the pair formed a very solid and hard-working duo of defensive defensemen. He would again return to the AHL with the return of Andrei Markov.

He played the whole 2006–2007 season with the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL, with the Montreal Canadiens already having 8 defencemen in their line-up.

He had a professional tryout contract with the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche for the beginning of the 2008/2009 season, but was released from this on september 24. 2008.