John Chabot

Former professional ice hockey player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFormer professional ice hockey player
PlacesCanada
isAthlete Ice hockey player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth18 May 1962, Summerside, Canada
Age62 years
Star signTaurus
Stats
Weight:195 lbs
Sports Teams
Detroit Red Wings
Pittsburgh Penguins
Montreal Canadiens
Frankfurt Lions
EV Zug
The details

Biography

John David Chabot (born May 18, 1962) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player and coach.

Playing career

As a youth, Chabot played in the 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Gatineau.

Chabot was Hull's first-round pick (first overall) in the 1979 QMJHL draft, and won the QMJHL Briere Trophy (MVP) and CCM QMJHL Player of Year in 1981-82 with Sherbrooke. He was drafted in 1980 by the Montreal Canadiens, and played 508 career National Hockey League games for the Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings. In his rookie year for the Canadiens he scored 18 goals and had a total of 43 points.

He signed with HC Milan in 1991 and in 1992, Chabot took his game to Germany and would play nine years in the country’s top-flight, Deutsche Eishockey Liga: He first joined Preussen Berlin (changed name to Berlin Capitals in 1996), then had a three-year stint with the Frankfurt Lions and played for Eisbären Berlin in his last season as a professional athlete (2000–01).

Coaching career

Chabot's junior coaching career includes the QMJHL's Hull Olympiques, Gatineau Olympiques and Acadie-Bathurst Titan. In his four years of coaching the Gatineau Olympiques he made two appearances in the Memorial Cup. He also spent one year as an assistant coach for the New York Islanders of the NHL.

Personal life

Chabot attended high school at D'Arcy McGee in Hull, Quebec. He is Algonquin from Kitigan Zibi, and is active in visiting reserves to speak and run hockey skills camps across Canada. When he was visiting students in the Matawa Learning Center he told students that hockey kept him out of trouble as a young boy. He also stated that "It's a place to go with your friends that is healthy and it gives the opportunity to feel better about yourself and if you feel better about yourself you make better choices". He is also the president of Anishinabeg Communications, a company that specializes in promotional items, printing, graphic design, and brand development.

Career statistics

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1978–79Gatineau L'IntrépideQMAAA
1979–80Hull OlympiquesQMJHL682657832841230
1980–81Hull OlympiquesQMJHL7027628924
1980–81Nova Scotia VoyageursAHL1000020000
1981–82Sherbrooke CastorsQMJHL62341091434019626326
1981–82Sherbrooke CastorsMC538110
1982–83Nova Scotia VoyageursAHL761673891971340
1983–84Montréal CanadiensNHL5618254313111450
1984–85Montréal CanadiensNHL101672
1984–85Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL678455312
1985–86Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL771431456
1986–87Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL721422368
1987–88Detroit Red WingsNHL781344571016415192
1988–89Adirondack Red WingsAHL8312150
1988–89Detroit Red WingsNHL5221012661120
1989–90Detroit Red WingsNHL699404924
1990–91Adirondack Red WingsAHL27113041420110
1990–91Detroit Red WingsNHL2755104
1991–92HC MilanoITA18103646412313162
1991–92HC MilanoAlp2012223412
1991–92CanadaIntl81340
1992–93HC MilanoAlp13617230
1992–93BSC Preussen1.GBun201017271471784
1993–94BSC Preussen1.GBun3292938271056118
1994–95CanadaIntl31230
1994–95BSC PreussenDEL432048684812571214
1995–96BSC PreussenDEL5016658120115141914
1996–97Berlin CapitalsDEL451234464342130
1996–97EV ZugNDA10110
1997–98Frankfurt LionsDEL471246587270552
1998–99Frankfurt LionsDEL49752594481452
1999–2000Frankfurt LionsDEL3810334316513410
2000–01Eisbären BerlinDEL4711243537
NHL totals508842283128533620262
DEL totals319883013892804714344842
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