Adrian Aucoin
| Adrian Aucoin | |||
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Aucoin with the Calgary Flames
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| Born |
July 3, 1973 Ottawa, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg; 14 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Vancouver Canucks Tampa Bay Lightning New York Islanders Chicago Blackhawks Calgary Flames Phoenix Coyotes Columbus Blue Jackets |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 117th overall, 1992 Vancouver Canucks |
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| Playing career | 1994–2013 | ||
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| Representing Canada
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| Ice Hockey | ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
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1994 Lillehammer | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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1993 Gävle | |
Adrian Mark Aucoin (born July 3, 1973) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Aucoin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, but grew up in Gloucester, Ontario.
Aucoin was drafted 117th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, making his NHL debut in 1994-95, playing one game with Vancouver. With the Canucks, Aucoin established himself as a significant offensive threat, specifically on the power-play. However, it was not until his fourth full season with the team that this became evident, as he rose from just 3 goals in 1997–98 to 23 the next season, 18 of which came on the power-play, tying Denis Potvin for the NHL single-season record (broken by Sheldon Souray's 19 powerplay goals in 2006–07). In addition to leading all league defencemen in goals and power-play goals in the 1998–99 NHL season, Aucoin also led all defencemen in shorthanded goals (2) and game-winning goals (3).
However, after one and half seasons, Aucoin's offensive production dropped to the point where he had only 3 goals through 47 games in 2000–01. On February 7, 2001, Aucoin (along with a second-round pick for the 2001 NHL Entry Draft) was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for goaltender Dan Cloutier. He only played 26 regular-season games for the Lightning before being traded in the off-season with Alexander Kharitonov to the New York Islanders for Mathieu Biron and a second-round pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.
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