- Nathan LaFayette
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Nathan LaFayette 
LaFayette as a Los Angeles KingBorn February 17, 1973
New Westminster, BC, CANHeight 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) Position Centre Shot Right Played for St. Louis Blues (1993–1994)
Vancouver Canucks (1994–1995)
New York Rangers (1995–1996)
Los Angeles Kings (1996–1999)NHL Draft 65th overall, 1991
St. Louis BluesPlaying career 1993–2000 Nathan LaFayette (born February 17, 1973) is a former ice hockey player in the NHL. He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 3rd round (65th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers, and Los Angeles Kings. He is best known as the player who hit the post in the final minutes of the 1994 finals between the Rangers and the Canucks in Game 7. He also tied his Vancouver Canuck teammate, Bret Hedican, for the +/- lead in the 1994 playoffs with a total of +13.
On April 10, 2008 he was interviewed on the Team1040 BMac & Rintoul sports radio morning show on the "Where are they now" feature. He states due to injuries, his career was cut short. He played 187 regular games and scored 9 points in 20 playoff games.
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Personal life
After Lafayette retired from hockey in 2000, he started working at Travel Guard Canada. The company, an arm of Travel Guard International, offered travel insurance plans to Canadian travellers. He currently resides in Manhattan, and continues his work as an insurance executive.[1]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1989-90 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 53 6 8 14 14 7 0 1 1 0 1990-91 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 35 13 13 26 10 — — — — — 1990-91 Cornwall Royals OHL 28 16 22 38 25 — — — — — 1991-92 Cornwall Royals OHL 66 28 45 73 26 6 2 5 7 16 1992-93 Newmarket Royals OHL 58 49 38 87 26 7 4 6 10 19 1993-94 Peoria Rivermen IHL 27 13 11 24 20 — — — — — 1993-94 St. Louis Blues NHL 38 2 3 5 14 — — — — — 1993-94 Vancouver Canucks NHL 11 1 1 2 4 20 2 7 9 4 1994-95 Syracuse Crunch AHL 27 9 9 18 10 — — — — — 1994-95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 27 4 4 8 2 — — — — — 1994-95 New York Rangers NHL 12 0 0 0 0 8 — — — 2 1995-96 Binghamton Rangers AHL 57 21 27 48 32 — — — — — 1995-96 New York Rangers NHL 5 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1995-96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 12 2 4 6 6 — — — — — 1996-97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 15 1 3 4 8 — — — — — 1996-97 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 31 2 5 7 16 — — — — — 1996-97 Syracuse Crunch AHL 26 14 11 25 18 3 1 0 1 2 1997-98 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 28 7 8 15 36 — — — — — 1997-98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 34 5 3 8 32 4 0 0 0 0 1998-99 Los Angeles Kings NHL 33 2 2 4 35 — — — — — 1998-99 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 41 9 13 22 24 7 1 0 1 8 1999–2000 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 42 7 15 22 33 — — — — — OHL totals 240 112 126 238 101 20 6 12 18 35 AHL totals 180 58 70 128 129 3 1 0 1 2 IHL totals 99 24 29 53 60 7 1 0 1 8 NHL totals 187 17 20 37 103 32 2 7 9 8 - All statistics are from hockeydb.com.
Transactions
March 21, 1994: Traded to Vancouver by St. Louis with Jeff Brown and Bret Hedican for Craig Janney, March 21, 1994.
April 7, 1995: Traded to New York Rangers by Vancouver for Corey Hirsch, April 7, 1995.
March 14, 1996: Traded to Los Angeles by NY Rangers with Ray Ferraro, Mattias Norstrom, Ian Laperriere and NY Rangers' 4th round choice (Sean Blanchard) in 1997 Entry Draft for Marty McSorley, Jari Kurri and Shane Churla, March 14, 1996.
Awards
OHL
Award Year OHL CHL Scholastic Player of the Year 1991–92 References
- ^ "Where are they now: Nathan Lafayette". Vancouver Canucks. http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=556983. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
External links
Categories:- 1973 births
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Ice hockey people from British Columbia
- Living people
- Long Beach Ice Dogs players
- Los Angeles Kings players
- New York Rangers players
- People from New Westminster
- Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players
- St. Louis Blues draft picks
- St. Louis Blues players
- Vancouver Canucks players
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