Louis Côté is a Canadian retired ice hockey defenseman and right wing who was a two-time All-American for Vermont.
Career Cote was a star defenseman for Vermont in the 1970. He was one of the first big recruits for the program after it moved up to Division I in 1974–75. In each of his four years with the Catamounts Cote was better than a point-per game player and helped the Catamounts transition into becoming a viable team at the top level of college hockey. Cote was named as an All-American for his junior and senior season despite missing 10 games in his final campaign. He left Vermont as the programs all-time leader in scoring by a defenseman and continued to hold that position as of 2021.
After graduation, Cote continued his playing career. He appeared briefly for the Carolina Thunderbirds in 1980 before heading to Japan.
He played three years for Sapporo and then signed on with Chamonix HC, playing hockey on his third continent. He left France for a season to play with the Dundee Rockets but quickly returned and eventually joined the French National Team.
He played in three separate World Championships for France. Cote retired in 1991, shortly after being inducted into the Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame.
Statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1976–77 Vermont ECAC Hockey 305263118————— 1977–78 Vermont ECAC Hockey 3110304018————— 1978–79 Vermont ECAC Hockey 30939398————— 1979–80 Vermont ECAC Hockey 244283220————— 1980–81 Carolina Thunderbirds ACHL 17310136————— 1980–81 Sapporo Snow Brand JIHL —————————— 1981–82 Sapporo Snow Brand JIHL —————————— 1982–83 Sapporo Snow Brand JIHL —————————— 1983–84 Chamonix HC Nationale A —————————— 1984–85 Chamonix HC Nationale A —————————— 1985–86 Dundee Rockets BHL 36237396326310138 1986–87 Ours de Villard-de-Lans Nationale 1A —————————— 1987–88 Ours de Villard-de-Lans Nationale 1A —————————— 1988–89 HC Amiens Somme Nationale 1A 4412364816————— 1989–90 HC Amiens Somme Nationale 1A 39813218————— 1990–91 HC Amiens Somme Ligue Nationale 273811240002 NCAA totals 115 28 114 142 64 — — — — —
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1989 France WC-B 11th 7 0 2 2 0 1990 France WC-B 12th 7 0 0 0 2 1991 France WC-B 11th 7 0 1 1 2 International totals 21 0 3 3 4
Awards and honors Award Year All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1978–79 AHCA East All-American 1978–79 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1979–80 AHCA East All-American 1979–80
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