Maxime Lacroix

Maxime Lacroix
Born (1987-06-05) June 5, 1987
Quebec, QC, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
AHL team
Former teams		 Hershey Bears
South Carolina Stingrays
Hamilton Bulldogs
NHL Draft 127th overall, 2006
Washington Capitals
Playing career 2007–present

Maxime Lacroix (born June 5, 1987 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Sheffield Steelers of the EIHL. He was drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 5th round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft with the 127th pick overall. He is the son of the former NHL player Pierre Lacroix.

Playing career

Lacroix spent his junior career (2004–07) with the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. While with the Remparts, he scored 176 points in combined goals and assists and earned 287 penalty minutes in regular season play. In the 2005–06 postseason, Lacroix scored 7 goals and 5 assists, helping the Remparts to their eventual 6–2 victory over the Moncton Wildcats to win the Memorial Cup.

Lacroix turned pro at the end of the 2007–08 season, entering the Washington Capitals organization and joining the Hershey Bears in the Calder Cup playoffs. He scored one goal in the two games leading up to the Bears' first-round elimination by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

For the 2008–09 season Lacroix joined the ECHL's South Carolina Stingrays in the race for what would become the team's third Kelly Cup championship. He placed second in points during the regular season with the Stingrays, scoring 33 goals and adding 31 assists for 64 points in 63 games, a 1.02 point-per-game average. Lacroix made Kelly Cup finals history when he scored back-to-back goals within 13 seconds of each other to seal a 3–2 comeback win over the Alaska Aces in the first game of the finals. Additionally, he tied the ECHL record for second-highest number of goals in a final series with 6 goals against the Aces.[1]

Lacroix signed with the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs for the 2009–10 season, posting three points and two penalty minutes in 27 games. Lacroix spent the rest of the season with the Cincinnati Cyclones, scoring 28 points in the regular season and 12 points in the playoffs to lead the Cyclones to their second Kelly cup title in three years, as well as Lacroix's second in two years.[2]

Lacroix returned to the Stingrays to begin the 2010–11 season.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 49 6 8 14 34 13 0 0 0 8
2005–06 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 70 25 22 47 79 23 7 5 12 21
2006–07 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 68 22 31 53 85 5 2 1 3 2
2007–08 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 67 30 32 62 89 8 1 5 6 16
2007–08 Hershey Bears AHL — — — — — 2 1 0 1 0
2008–09 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 63 33 31 64 86 23 13 5 18 37
2008–09 Hershey Bears AHL 6 1 0 1 7 — — — — —
2009–10 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 27 1 2 3 2 — — — — —
2009–10 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL 38 17 11 28 51 19 3 9 12 20
2010–11 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 13 7 3 10 20 — — — — —
2010–11 Hershey Bears AHL 57 6 10 16 25 6 0 0 0 0
AHL totals 90 8 12 20 34 8 1 0 1 0
ECHL totals 114 57 45 102 157 42 16 14 30 57

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Andrew (2009-05-27). "Rays' Lacroix on his game". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  2. ↑ Miller, Andrew (2010-11-05). "Ray looking to replicate '09 run". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2010-11-16.

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