Chad LaRose

Chad LaRose
Born March 27, 1982 (1982-03-27) (age 29)
Fraser, MI, USA
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 173 lb (78 kg; 12 st 5 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
NHL team Carolina Hurricanes
National team  United States
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2003–present

Chad LaRose (born March 27, 1982) is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League.

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Playing career

A product of the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede, LaRose later led the OHL Plymouth Whalers in scoring in 2002–03 with 117 points in 67 games. LaRose was never drafted, but his breakout overage season caught the attention of NHL scouts. He was an invitee to the Detroit Red Wings training camp in 2001 and 2002.

LaRose started the 2003–04 season with the ECHL Florida Everblades, and was shuttling back and forth between the there and Lowell for most of the second half of the year.

LaRose was signed by the Carolina Hurricanes as a free agent in 2003. After winning his first Stanley Cup, Chad signed a 2 year contract to stay a Carolina Hurricane. As a pure goal scorer in Junior hockey, Chad adapted to an aggressive forechecker in the NHL. In 05–06 Chad scored 1 goal and 12 assists in only 49 games. Often seen on the penalty kill. Chad was the first player to play at every level in the Compuware hockey organization, and win the Stanley Cup.

On July 2, 2009, the Hurricanes signed LaRose to a two-year contract worth $3.4 million ($1.5 million in 2009-10 and $1.9 million in 2010-11).[1]

LaRose is the only hockey player to play for all the Compuware-run franchises, as he started out with the Plymouth Whalers, before moving on to the Florida Everblades, working his way to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Records

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000–01 Plymouth Whalers OHL 32 18 7 25 24 19 10 10 20 22
2001–02 Plymouth Whalers OHL 53 32 27 59 40 6 3 4 7 16
2002–03 Plymouth Whalers OHL 67 61 56 117 52 15 9 8 17 25
2003–04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 36 7 9 16 29
2003–04 Florida Everblades ECHL 41 16 19 35 16 14 3 4 7 20
2004–05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 66 20 22 42 32 11 3 5 8 10
2005–06 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 23 14 11 25 10
2005–06 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 49 1 12 13 35 21 0 1 1 10
2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 80 6 12 18 10
2007–08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 58 11 12 23 46
2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 81 19 12 31 35 18 4 7 11 16
2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 56 11 17 28 24
2010–11 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 82 16 15 31 59
NHL totals 406 64 80 144 209 39 4 8 12 26

International

Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM
2002 United States WJC 7 2 2 4 0
2007 United States WC 7 2 1 3 2
Junior int'l totals 7 2 2 4 0
Senior int'l totals 7 2 1 3 2

Awards and honours

Award Year
OHL
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy 2003
Plus/Minus Award 2003
NHL
Stanley Cup 2006

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