Daniel Gauthier

Daniel Gauthier (born May 17, 1970) is a Canadian former ice hockey centre. He played 5 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1994–95 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1990 to 2012, was mainly spent in European leagues.
==Playing career==
Gauthier was drafted 62nd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. He turned pro in 1990 in the International Hockey League with the Albany Choppers for one game before joining the ECHL's Knoxville Cherokees, scoring 41 goals and 93 assists for 134 points. In his rookie season Gauthier was named to the 1990–91 ECHL First All-Star Team and also won the John A. Daley Trophy as the ECHL's Rookie of the Year.
He then had spells in the IHL for the Muskegon Lumberjacks and later the Cleveland Lumberjacks following their relocation. In 1993, Gauthier signed with the Florida Panthers as a free agent, but was assigned to the IHL's Cincinnati Cyclones and never played for the Panthers. A year later he became a free agent once more and signed with the Chicago Blackhawks. He was initially assigned to the IHL's Indianapolis Ice, but eventually played 5 NHL games during the 1994–95 season but scored no points.
After splitting the 1995–96 season with the Ice and the Peoria Rivermen, Gauthier moved to Europe. Brief spells in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Frankfurt Lions and the Wedemark Scorpions were followed by a move to the Austrian Hockey League with VEU Feldkirch. After three seasons, Gauthier moved to the Swiss Nationalliga A and joined SCL Tigers for another three years. He then rejoined Feldkirch in another three season spell before moving to Italy's Serie A, joining HC Asiago. He returned to Austria and signed for EC VSV. In 2008, Gauthier returned to North America and played in the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) with spells for the Saint-Hyacinthe Top Design and the Saguenay 98.3 before returning to Feldkirch once more.
==Post-playing career==
In September 2022, Gauthier was named as the head coach of the Bâtisseurs de Montcalm of the LNAH, an expansion team in their first season, after having previously coached at the junior hockey level.
==Family==
His son, Danick Gauthier (born October 24, 1991) also was a professional hockey player.
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 		GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1985–86 	Laval-Laurentides-Lanaudière Régents	QMAAA 		30 	4 	9 	13 	14 		8 	7 	5 	12 	8
1986–87 	Longueuil Chevaliers 	QMJHL 		64 	23 	22 	45 	23 		18 	4 	5 	9 	15
1986–87 	Longueuil Chevaliers 	M-Cup 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		3 	0 	0 	0 	2
1987–88 	Victoriaville Tigres 	QMJHL 		66 	43 	47 	90 	53 		5 	2 	1 	3 	0
1988–89 	Victoriaville Tigres 	QMJHL 		64 	41 	75 	116 	84 		16 	12 	17 	29 	30
1989–90 	Victoriaville Tigres 	QMJHL 		62 	45 	69 	114 	32 		16 	8 	19 	27 	16
1990–91 	Knoxville Cherokees 	ECHL 		63 	41 	93 	134 	44 		2 	0 	4 	4 	4
1990–91 	Albany Choppers 	IHL 		1 	1 	0 	1 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1991–92 	Muskegon Lumberjacks 	IHL 		72 	21 	20 	41 	42 		9 	3 	6 	9 	8
1992–93 	Cleveland Lumberjacks 	IHL 		84 	42 	68 	110 	102 		4 	2 	2 	4 	14
1993–94 	Cincinnati Cyclones 	IHL 		84 	32 	37 	69 	115 		10 	2 	3 	5 	14
1994–95 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 		5 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Indianapolis Ice 	IHL 		66 	22 	50 	72 	53 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Indianapolis Ice 	IHL 		70 	28 	39 	67 	44 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Peoria Rivermen 	IHL 		10 	3 	5 	8 	10 		11 	4 	6 	10 	6
1996–97 	Frankfurt Lions 	DEL 		8 	1 	0 	1 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Wedemark Scorpions 	DEL 		2 	1 	0 	1 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	VEU Feldkirch 	AUT 		51 	19 	34 	53 	38 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	VEU Feldkirch 	AUT 		42 	11 	32 	43 	43 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	VEU Feldkirch 	AUT 		45 	28 	35 	63 	32 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	SC Langnau 	NLA 		45 	13 	22 	35 	32 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	SC Langnau 	NLA 		39 	21 	24 	45 	68 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	SC Langnau 	NLA 		26 	9 	11 	20 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	VEU Feldkirch 	AUT-2 		8 	12 	18 	30 	8 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	VEU Feldkirch 	AUT 		45 	25 	32 	57 	38 		3 	0 	1 	1 	33
2003–04 	VEU Feldkirch 	EBEL 		32 	16 	13 	29 	28 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Asiago 	ITA 		21 	3 	20 	23 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	EC VSV 	EBEL 		16 	8 	7 	15 	2 		3 	1 	1 	2 	10
2004–05 	EC Dornbirn 	AUT-2 		1 	3 	1 	4 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	EC VSV 	EBEL 		48 	20 	52 	72 	24 		1 	0 	0 	0 	0
2006–07 	EC VSV 	EBEL 		50 	18 	46 	64 	64 		5 	3 	1 	4 	12
2007–08 	EC VSV 	EBEL 		31 	7 	17 	24 	20 		5 	0 	3 	3 	8
2008–09 	Saint-Hyacinthe Chiefs 	LNAH 		3 	0 	2 	2 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	98.3 FM de Saguenay 	LNAH 		22 	7 	23 	30 	10 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	VEU Feldkirch 	AUT-2 		5 	4 	10 	14 	2 		8 	9 	10 	19 	16
2009–10 	Marquis de Saguenay 	LNAH 		43 	17 	40 	57 	32 		12 	5 	12 	17 	16
2010–11 	VEU Feldkirch 	AUT-2 		28 	11 	38 	49 	60 		12 	5 	10 	15 	20
2011–12 	VEU Feldkirch 	AUT-2 		29 	11 	35 	46 	30 		9 	5 	6 	11 	2
AUT/EBEL totals	AUT/EBEL totals 	AUT/EBEL totals		357 	152 	268 	420 	289 		17 	4 	6 	10 	63
NHL totals 	NHL totals 	NHL totals 		5 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==References==
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