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{{Short description|Haitian-born Canadian ice hockey player}}
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| name = Claude Vilgrain
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| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|3|1}}
| played_for = [[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[New Jersey Devils]]<br>[[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| birth_place = [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
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| weight_lb = 205
| weight_lb = 205
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]]
| shoots = Right
| played_for = [[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[New Jersey Devils]]<br>[[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| ntl_team = CAN
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|3|1}}
| birth_place = [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]
| draft = 107th overall
| draft = 107th overall
| draft_year = 1982
| draft_year = 1982
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'''Claude Vilgrain''' (born March 1, 1963) is a retired [[Haiti]]an-born Canadian [[ice hockey]] right winger. He played in 89 [[National Hockey League|NHL]] games with the [[Vancouver Canucks]], [[New Jersey Devils]], and [[Philadelphia Flyers]]. He played in the [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Olympics]] for [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Team Canada]]. He was raised in [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]].
'''Claude Vilgrain''' (born March 1, 1963) is a [[Haiti]]an-born Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] right winger. He played in 89 [[National Hockey League]] games with the [[Vancouver Canucks]], [[New Jersey Devils]], and [[Philadelphia Flyers]]. He played in the [[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Winter Olympics]] for the [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canadian national team]].

==Early life==
Vilgrain was born on March 1, 1963, in [[Port-au-Prince]], Haiti.<ref name="EP">{{cite web |title=Claude Vilgrain |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/39468/claude-vilgrain |publisher=Elite Prospects |access-date=December 26, 2023}}</ref> He was born into an academically inclined family as his great-uncle was a doctor, his grandfather was a judge,<ref name="Vergian">{{cite news |last1=Vergian |first1=Bill |title=A Devil's Due |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-a-devils-due/137398377/|access-date=December 26, 2023 |work=Daily News |date=October 20, 1991|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and his father was an economist.<ref name="Ross">{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Rosemarie |title=A reluctant pioneer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news-a-reluctant-pioneer/137399149/ |access-date=December 26, 2023 |publisher=The Herald-News |date=January 12, 1992|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> When he was around one year old, his father Alix moved the family to [[Quebec City]] for an economist job after having studied there for seven years.<ref name="Ross"/> Vilgrain later credited his success in hockey to his parents' willingness to adapt to Canadian culture and allow him to play sports.<ref name="ice">{{cite news |title=Where to play hockey in Haiti? 'On ice cubes,' Olympian jokes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-where-to-play-hockey-in-h/137398851/ |access-date=December 26, 2023 |publisher=Times Colonist |date=January 24, 1988|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> As he had grown up in a small suburb of Quebec City, Vilgrain first experienced [[racism]] while playing junior hockey in Montreal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McPhaden |first1=Megan |title=They would 'make monkey noises': former NHLer reflects on his experience for Black History Month |url=https://montreal.citynews.ca/2019/02/03/they-would-make-monkey-noises-former-nhler-reflects-on-his-experience-for-black-history-month/ |publisher=City News |access-date=December 26, 2023 |date=February 3, 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
===Junior===
Vilgrain played junior hockey with the [[Laval Voisins]] in the [[Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League|QMJHL]] from 1980 to 1983.<ref name="EP"/> He played two seasons alongside future [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] star [[Mario Lemieux]] and finished second in team scoring with 126 points.<ref name="Keating">{{cite news |last1=Keating |first1=Jack |title=Olympic star joins Canuck fold |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-olympic-star-joins-canuck-f/137398420/ |access-date=December 26, 2023 |publisher=[[The Province]] |date=June 19, 1987|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Vilgrain reflected positively on his time as Lemieux's teammate and said he tried to emulate his moves.<ref name="ice"/> Despite his on-ice success, Vilgrain said he was thrown by the racial taunts he received during games.<ref name="Vergian"/> Following the 1981–92 season, Vilgrain was drafted in the sixth round of the [[1982 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Detroit Red Wings]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Olson |first1=Arv |title=A smorgasbord of talent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-a-smorgasbord-of-talen/137433990/ |access-date=December 26, 2023 |publisher=The Vancouver Sun |date=June 10, 1982|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Vilgrain spent another season with the Voisins, where he scored 46 goals and 80 points to be selected for the QMJHL Second All-Star Team.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zurkowsky|first=Herb|title=Lafontaine, mate only two Juniors on all-star teams |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-lafontaine-mate-only-two-ju/137434907/ |access-date=December 26, 2023 |publisher=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=May 6, 1983}}</ref> However, after he was not invited to the Red Wings 1983 training camp and refused to report for another season with the Voisins, the Red Wings left him unsigned to a contract.<ref name="ice"/>

===Université de Moncton===
As an unsigned free agent, Vilgrain decided to continue his education and joined the [[Moncton Aigles Bleus]] at the [[Université de Moncton]] from 1983 to 1986.<ref name="EP"/>

==Personal life==
Vilgrain's daughter Cassandra also played collegiate ice hockey before joining Brynäs IF of the Swedish Women's Hockey League.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cassandra Vilgrain joins Swedish Women's Hockey League |url=https://gothunderbirds.ca/news/2018/5/9/cassandra-vilgrain-joins-swedish-womens-hockey-league.aspx |publisher=University of British Columbia |access-date=December 26, 2023 |date=May 9, 2018}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1980–81 QMJHL season|1980–81]]
| [[Laval Voisins]]
| [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|QMJHL]]
| 72
| 20
| 31
| 51
| 65
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1981–82 QMJHL season|1981–82]]
| Laval Voisins
| QMJHL
| 58
| 26
| 29
| 55
| 64
| 17
| 14
| 10
| 24
| 22
|-
| [[1982–83 QMJHL season|1982–83]]
| Laval Voisins
| QMJHL
| 69
| 46
| 80
| 126
| 74
| 12
| 10
| 4
| 14
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1983–84
| [[Moncton Aigles Bleus|Université de Moncton]]
| [[Atlantic University Sport|AUS]]
| 20
| 11
| 20
| 31
| 8
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1984–85
| Université de Moncton
| AUS
| 24
| 35
| 28
| 63
| 20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1985–86
| Université de Moncton
| AUS
| 19
| 17
| 20
| 37
| 25
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1985–86
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| Intl
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87
| Canada
| Intl
| 78
| 28
| 42
| 70
| 38
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1987–88
| Canada
| Intl
| 67
| 21
| 20
| 41
| 41
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1988–89 IHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Milwaukee Admirals]]
| [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]
| 23
| 9
| 13
| 22
| 26
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 AHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Utica Devils]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 55
| 23
| 30
| 53
| 41
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
|-
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| [[New Jersey Devils]]
| NHL
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 AHL season|1989–90]]
| Utica Devils
| AHL
| 73
| 37
| 52
| 89
| 32
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1990–91 AHL season|1990–91]]
| Utica Devils
| AHL
| 59
| 32
| 46
| 78
| 26
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| New Jersey Devils
| NHL
| 71
| 19
| 27
| 46
| 74
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 17
|-
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| New Jersey Devils
| NHL
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 IHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Cincinnati Cyclones]]
| IHL
| 57
| 19
| 26
| 45
| 22
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1992–93 AHL season|1992–93]]
| Utica Devils
| AHL
| 22
| 6
| 8
| 14
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| NHL
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1993–94 AHL season|1993–94]]
| [[Hershey Bears]]
| AHL
| 76
| 30
| 53
| 83
| 45
| 11
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1994–95
| [[SC Herisau]]
| [[National League B|SUI.2]]
| 36
| 27
| 33
| 60
| 44
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 10
|-
| 1995–96
| SC Herisau
| SUI.2
| 36
| 27
| 41
| 68
| 44
| 5
| 5
| 5
| 10
| 12
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97
| SC Herisau
| SUI.2
| 42
| 30
| 46
| 76
| 64
| 11
| 9
| 12
| 21
| 10
|-
| [[1997–98 DEL season|1997–98]]
| [[Frankfurt Lions]]
| [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]]
| 38
| 17
| 13
| 30
| 54
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 DEL season|1998–99]]
| [[SERC Wild Wings]]
| DEL
| 52
| 16
| 29
| 45
| 26
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1999–2000
| [[EHC Biel-Bienne]]
| SUI.2
| 36
| 26
| 44
| 70
| 16
| 9
| 2
| 10
| 12
| 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01
| EHC Biel-Bienne
| SUI.2
| 39
| 25
| 31
| 56
| 20
| 10
| 3
| 5
| 8
| 16
|-
| [[2001–02 Nationalliga A season|2001–02]]
| [[SC Bern]]
| [[National League A|NLA]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 89
! 21
! 32
! 53
! 78
! 11
! 1
! 1
! 2
! 17
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals
! 285
! 128
! 189
! 317
! 148
! 21
! 1
! 9
! 10
! 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | SUI.2 totals
! 189
! 131
! 199
! 330
! 188
! 39
! 22
! 34
! 56
! 62
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|OG]]
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | Senior totals
! 6
! 0
! 0
! 0
! 0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{Ice hockey stats |nhl=8452225 |elite=39468 |euro= |hr=v/vilgrcl01 |hockeydb=5578 |legends=11700 }}
* {{Ice hockey stats |legends=11700}}


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Latest revision as of 21:34, 4 November 2024

Claude Vilgrain
Born (1963-03-01) March 1, 1963 (age 61)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Vancouver Canucks
New Jersey Devils
Philadelphia Flyers
National team  Canada
NHL draft 107th overall, 1982
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 1988–2002

Claude Vilgrain (born March 1, 1963) is a Haitian-born Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played in 89 National Hockey League games with the Vancouver Canucks, New Jersey Devils, and Philadelphia Flyers. He played in the 1988 Winter Olympics for the Canadian national team.

Early life

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Vilgrain was born on March 1, 1963, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[1] He was born into an academically inclined family as his great-uncle was a doctor, his grandfather was a judge,[2] and his father was an economist.[3] When he was around one year old, his father Alix moved the family to Quebec City for an economist job after having studied there for seven years.[3] Vilgrain later credited his success in hockey to his parents' willingness to adapt to Canadian culture and allow him to play sports.[4] As he had grown up in a small suburb of Quebec City, Vilgrain first experienced racism while playing junior hockey in Montreal.[5]

Career

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Junior

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Vilgrain played junior hockey with the Laval Voisins in the QMJHL from 1980 to 1983.[1] He played two seasons alongside future Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario Lemieux and finished second in team scoring with 126 points.[6] Vilgrain reflected positively on his time as Lemieux's teammate and said he tried to emulate his moves.[4] Despite his on-ice success, Vilgrain said he was thrown by the racial taunts he received during games.[2] Following the 1981–92 season, Vilgrain was drafted in the sixth round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings.[7] Vilgrain spent another season with the Voisins, where he scored 46 goals and 80 points to be selected for the QMJHL Second All-Star Team.[8] However, after he was not invited to the Red Wings 1983 training camp and refused to report for another season with the Voisins, the Red Wings left him unsigned to a contract.[4]

Université de Moncton

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As an unsigned free agent, Vilgrain decided to continue his education and joined the Moncton Aigles Bleus at the Université de Moncton from 1983 to 1986.[1]

Personal life

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Vilgrain's daughter Cassandra also played collegiate ice hockey before joining Brynäs IF of the Swedish Women's Hockey League.[9]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1980–81 Laval Voisins QMJHL 72 20 31 51 65
1981–82 Laval Voisins QMJHL 58 26 29 55 64 17 14 10 24 22
1982–83 Laval Voisins QMJHL 69 46 80 126 74 12 10 4 14 4
1983–84 Université de Moncton AUS 20 11 20 31 8
1984–85 Université de Moncton AUS 24 35 28 63 20
1985–86 Université de Moncton AUS 19 17 20 37 25
1985–86 Canada Intl 1 0 0 0 0
1986–87 Canada Intl 78 28 42 70 38
1987–88 Canada Intl 67 21 20 41 41
1987–88 Vancouver Canucks NHL 6 1 1 2 0
1988–89 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 23 9 13 22 26
1988–89 Utica Devils AHL 55 23 30 53 41 5 0 2 2 2
1989–90 New Jersey Devils NHL 6 1 2 3 4 4 0 0 0 0
1989–90 Utica Devils AHL 73 37 52 89 32
1990–91 Utica Devils AHL 59 32 46 78 26
1991–92 New Jersey Devils NHL 71 19 27 46 74 7 1 1 2 17
1992–93 New Jersey Devils NHL 4 0 2 2 0
1992–93 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 57 19 26 45 22
1992–93 Utica Devils AHL 22 6 8 14 4 5 0 1 1 0
1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 0 0 0 0
1993–94 Hershey Bears AHL 76 30 53 83 45 11 1 6 7 2
1994–95 SC Herisau SUI.2 36 27 33 60 44 4 3 2 5 10
1995–96 SC Herisau SUI.2 36 27 41 68 44 5 5 5 10 12
1996–97 SC Herisau SUI.2 42 30 46 76 64 11 9 12 21 10
1997–98 Frankfurt Lions DEL 38 17 13 30 54 7 1 2 3 8
1998–99 SERC Wild Wings DEL 52 16 29 45 26
1999–2000 EHC Biel-Bienne SUI.2 36 26 44 70 16 9 2 10 12 14
2000–01 EHC Biel-Bienne SUI.2 39 25 31 56 20 10 3 5 8 16
2001–02 SC Bern NLA 4 2 2 4 0
NHL totals 89 21 32 53 78 11 1 1 2 17
AHL totals 285 128 189 317 148 21 1 9 10 4
SUI.2 totals 189 131 199 330 188 39 22 34 56 62

International

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Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1988 Canada OG 6 0 0 0 0
Senior totals 6 0 0 0 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Claude Vilgrain". Elite Prospects. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Vergian, Bill (October 20, 1991). "A Devil's Due". Daily News. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Ross, Rosemarie (January 12, 1992). "A reluctant pioneer". The Herald-News. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c "Where to play hockey in Haiti? 'On ice cubes,' Olympian jokes". Times Colonist. January 24, 1988. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ McPhaden, Megan (February 3, 2019). "They would 'make monkey noises': former NHLer reflects on his experience for Black History Month". City News. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  6. ^ Keating, Jack (June 19, 1987). "Olympic star joins Canuck fold". The Province. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Olson, Arv (June 10, 1982). "A smorgasbord of talent". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Zurkowsky, Herb (May 6, 1983). "Lafontaine, mate only two Juniors on all-star teams". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  9. ^ "Cassandra Vilgrain joins Swedish Women's Hockey League". University of British Columbia. May 9, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
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