Daniel Gauthier
Introduction '''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 seasonPlayoffs 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 357  152  268  420  289 17  4  6  10  63 NHL totals 5  0  0  0  0 —  —  —  —  —
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