Stephen Valiquette
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Valiquette playing for the New York Rangers in the 2007-08 season
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| Born |
August 20, 1977 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
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| NHL Draft | 190th overall, 1996 Los Angeles Kings |
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| Playing career | 2000–2012 | ||
Stephen Valiquette (born August 20, 1977) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender. Valiquette played 46 games in the National Hockey League, nearly all for the New York Rangers, before finishing his playing career in Europe.
Valiquette is currently employed as a studio analyst for MSG Network covering the Rangers.
While playing junior hockey for the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Valiquette was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft in the eighth round. Playing two more seasons in the OHL with the Wolves and the Erie Otters, Valiquette never actually played for the Kings organization, and in 1998, now a free agent, signed with the New York Islanders. Valiquette played in six NHL games for the Islanders in 1999-2000, but otherwise played for a variety of teams in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) and American Hockey League (AHL) through 2003. When Valiquette made his playing debut in 2000, he was the tallest goaltender to ever play a game in the NHL at 6-foot-6.Ben Bishop, standing 6-foot-7, has since surpassed Valiquette as the tallest NHL goaltender.
In July 2003, Valiquette signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers. Three months later, he was claimed on waivers by the Florida Panthers in the NHL waiver draft on October 3, 2003. Six days later he was claimed back by the Edmonton Oilers. He appeared in one game with Edmonton, playing 14 minutes. Valiquette spent the balance of the 2003–04 season with the Toronto Roadrunners of the AHL, playing in 35 games.
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