Quick Facts
Biography
Kevin A. LaVallee (born September 16, 1961) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League.
NHL
LaVallee started his NHL career with the Calgary Flames in 1980. He also played for the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues. LaVallee played the last of his 398 NHL games (including playoffs) with the Penguins during the 1986–87 NHL season.
Europe
Following his NHL career, LaVallee played another nine seasons in various European leagues. He was with Innsbruck EV in Austria from 1987–88 until midway through 1989–90. He played for SC Bern for the remainder of that season. In 1990–91 He moved to Italy playing for HC Milano in 1991–92 he played for a different team in Milan. In 1992–93 He joined the Ayr Raiders of the BHL. Later that season he moved to Ratingen EC in Germany. He moved again during the 1992–93 season, this time to Ajoie in the Swiss National League A (NLA). In 1993–94 he went back to Germany with Düsseldorfer EG. He moved with the team in 1994–95 to the newly created Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). In 1995–96 He started the season playing for the DEL's EC Hannover before returning to Switzerland and playing for HC Davos in the NLA.
LaVallee retired from professional hockey following the 1995–96 season.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1978–79 | Brantford Alexanders | OHA | 66 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Brantford Alexanders | OHA | 65 | 65 | 70 | 135 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 77 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1981–82 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 75 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1982–83 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 60 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 47 | 29 | 23 | 52 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 38 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 64 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1986–87 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 33 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Innsbruck EV | Austria | 34 | 39 | 33 | 72 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Innsbruck EV | Austria | 40 | 45 | 47 | 92 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Bern | Swiss-A | Statistics Unavailable | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1989–90 | Innsbruck EV | Austria | 33 | 43 | 42 | 85 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Milan Saima SG | Italy-A | 36 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Milan | Italy-A | Statistics Unavailable | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1992–93 | Ayr Raiders | BHL | 8 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Ratingen EC | 1.GBun | 10 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Ajoie | Swiss-A | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Düsseldorfer EG | 1.GBun | 44 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 39 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | Davos | Swiss-A | 18 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Hannover EC | DEL | 23 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL Totals | 366 | 110 | 125 | 235 | 85 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 21 | ||||